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Foreign royals set to attend Crown Prince Frederik's 50th birthday celebration

Various royal houses have announced the attendance of their members at the 50th birthday celebrations for Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark this weekend. The Crown Prince will turn 50 on 26 May. Photo released for Crown Prince Frederik’s 50th. © Photographer Steen Evald Just last year the royals all travelled to The Netherlands to celebrate King Willem-Alexander’s 50th birthday and…
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Sweden

Prince Carl Philip visits Värmland

Prince Carl Philip visited his duchy, Värmland in the west of Sweden, on Thursday. The day began at the Kummelöns Nature Reserve, which has “enclosed pasture land now filled with oak trees which are several hundreds of years old,” according to the Värmland tourism website. The reserve also has lime trees and plants that are not native to the area. While there, Prince Carl Philip met with…
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Sweden

Crown Princess Victoria attended the Sea and Water Forum

On Wednesday, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria attended the Sea and Water Forum in Gothenburg. The forum was started when Jakob Granit, Director General of the Sea and Water Authority, welcoming everyone and especially the Crown Princess. After that, Sweden’s maritime ambassador Helen Ågren spoke about the world’s ocean as a resource for global development; his speech had…
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Sweden

King Carl XVI Gustaf will not hand out the Nobel Prize in Literature this year

King Carl XVI Gustaf usually hands out all the Nobel Prizes except for the Peace Prize in December. However, this year, the Swedish Academy, who nominates the candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature, has decided not to hand out the prize. This is due to a severe internal crisis in the Academy that has been going on for several weeks now. Yesterday morning the Swedish Academy published an…
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