Crown Princess Victoria and her family have a new four-legged addition to the household. As reported earlier this week by Swedish magazine Svensk Damtidning, the Crown Princess Family have a new dog which moved in with the family at Haga Castle outside the Sweden’s capital Stockholm.
The poodle puppy is only a few weeks old, although the colour is unknown.
Last Sunday the Crown…
Gustavus Adolphus or better known as King Gustav II of Sweden was born in 1594. At the age of only 16, Gustav was a war-torn young Crown Prince who was eager to take over the Swedish throne. When Denmark-Norway stirred up a new war in 1610, it was only a question of when the…
On Monday, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden volunteered to help make food boxes. The act of kindness was done through the Stockholm City Mission. Her Royal Highness visited the Stockholm City Mission’s office at Mariatorget in the centre of the Swedish capital to make…
While the coronavirus continues to spread, we can rewind a little over a hundred years in time. In 1918 and 1919, another virus as ravaged countries across the globe. It caused widespread devastation, but despite its origins, it became known as Spanish flu, named after the Spanish king at that time, Alfonso XIII.
King Alfonso was one of the first in Spain to be diagnosed with the flu; however…
The Swedish Royal Family has cancelled a grand reception dinner due to the coronavirus outbreak. The dinner was due to take place on Wednesday evening, with 150 guests in attendance.
A statement from the Royal Court read: “For the sake of invited guests, the…
Princess Astrid of Norway was joined by the King of Sweden this weekend in the Norwegian city of Trondheim. There the two royals attended the Ski Tour 2020. They spent Saturday and Sunday watching the various ski sports and meeting the Norwegian and Swedish participants.
On Wednesday, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent showed their support for safety measures during an event in Stockholm, Sweden. The King and Prince attended the third Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety.
The royal visitors were just two of a number of international representatives. The UN General Assembly asked Sweden to host the…
Prince Daniel, the husband of Crown Princess Victoria, together with Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia attended Monday evening the annual Swedish Sports Gala at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm.
During the gala, Prince Carl Philip presented the Radio Sports’…
On Friday, the funeral took place for Ari Behn, the former husband of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, at Oslo Cathedral.
Ari Behn died last week after taking his own life on Christmas Day aged 47. Many royals and members of the Behn family attended the funeral which…
Tuesday of this week was busy. Both the Swedish and the Norwegian royal families attended events related to the Nobel Prize. In Sweden, many prominent members of the Royal Family were present both at the award ceremony and the following grand gala dinner. During the ceremony, King Carl XVI Gustaf handed out 14 Nobel Prizes in five categories.
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia were joined by…
