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King Carl XVI Gustaf grants wish of cancer-stricken young boy

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden granted the wish of a seven-year-old cancer-stricken young boy when he met him yesterday morning at the Royal Palace of Stockholm. The meeting was organised by Sweden’s Min Stora Dag (My Special Day) which is similar to the Make-a-Wish Foundation. The King’s youngest child, Princess Madeleine is the patron of Min Stora Dag. Akram in the Royal Palace. Photo…
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Crown Princess Victoria takes hike through Dalsland

Crown Princess Victoria continued her series of hikes through the Swedish landscape yesterday in Dalsland. This was her thirteenth walk in Sweden, and the next walk will take place on 12 September in Uppland. The walk began at the Svankila Nature Reserve and continued through the Dalmatian Pilgrim Trail along the Spången and East Bohemian Lakes before ending at Upperud to take a canoe ride…
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The King and Crown Princess of Sweden attend the Stockholm Water Prize Symposium

His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf and his oldest daughter, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden attended together the Stockholm Water Prize Symposium on Wednesday. Together father and daughter participated in the seminar “Balancing Green and Gray – Getting On Nature’s Good Side”. The workshop was held at the City Conference Centre in Stockholm and is part of the World Water…
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Two-year-old Prince Alexander of Sweden makes first official visit to Duchy

His Royal Highness Prince Alexander, Duke of Södermanland, visited Gijsjön in Nynäs Nature Reserve on Thursday to open a viewpoint which was given to him as a gift on the occasion of his baptism by Södermanland County. Accompanied by his parents, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia, the young royal was welcomed to Gijsjön by Södermanland’s governor, Liselotte Hagberg. Prince Alexander…
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