Princess Christina of Sweden served as
first lady of the Kingdom of Sweden from the death of her mother,
Princess Sibylla, in 1972 until her brother married Queen Silvia in
1976. At a ceremony at the Royal Palace in Stockholm this week, His
Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf presented his sister Princess
Christina with His Majesty the King’s Medal of the twelfth size
with diamonds in a…
King Harald has opened the ninth Sami
Parliament. Crown Prince Haakon was also present at the solemn
opening in the city of Karasjok. The Sami Parliament is the Sami
people’s elected parliament in Norway. Every four year,s at the
same time as the Norwegian…
King Harald attends ceremony for handover of important Sami document
21st October 2021
King Harald was present when the
important and symbolic document “Lappekodisillen” came home to the
Sami archive in Kautokeino, 270 years after the signing of the
border treaty between Norway and Sweden. The Norwegian monarch is
also a monarch over the Sami people living…
Representatives of the Tesla Science
Foundation Philadelphia have awarded the Order of Nikola Tesla to
Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia, as
well as a bust of the great Serbian scientist. The Honorary
Director of the Tesla Science Foundation, President of Tesla
Scientific Foundation, director of the Tesla Education Program and
owner of the Pertini company visited the…
A future monarch or heir to the throne in
Sweden wouldn’t have to give up their royal role if they were to
contract a same sex marriage. The Marshall of the Realm confirmed
that a same sex union would not be a bar to succession, just days
after the Dutch Prime…
The Kingdom of Sweden and Italy have a
long diplomatic history, and this week, that relationship is
further strengthened as Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel
visit the Italian Republic on an official tour. The Swedish Crown
Princess Couple began their journey to…
Louisville, Kentucky, honours Serbia’s Crown Prince Couple with their own day of celebration
20th October 2021
Greg Fischer, the Mayor of Louisville,
one of the largest cities in Kentucky, USA, has proclaimed 18
October 2021 to be Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess
Katherine of Serbia Day in the city. The honour is another
recognition of the high respect that many important people abroad
have for the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Serbia. In his
Proclamation, Mayor Fischer wrote, ”…
In 1992, the year after King Olav’s
death, King Harald of Norway established a new prize for cancer
research in honour of his late father, and this week, Bjarne Bogen
and Bjørn Tore Gjertsen were awarded King Olav V’s Cancer Research
Prize for 2020 and 2021.
Orders of knighthood are an important
part of many monarchies, and Sweden is no exception. In most
monarchies, the monarch is the head of all chivalrous orders, and
on Monday, King Carl XVI Gustaf attended an important meeting
associated with the nation’s orders of…
The King and Queen of Sweden have visited
the city of Gothenburg. Although they came together, they split up
and attended their own events that day before being reunited to
attend an event together. At the New Shipyard, at the start of his
visit on October 15th 2021, the King participated in the naming of
the research vessel Skagerak, while the Queen reopened the newly
renovated Queen Silvia…
