At 08:00 the final day of a week-long
birthday celebration for The King began with 43 Swedish flags being
raised on Skeppsbron accompanied by a soundtrack of the Life Guards
Music Corps. A traditional Te Deum thanksgiving service in the
Royal Chapel at the Royal Palace of Stockholm followed at 10:00. At
10:25 the Swedish Navy’s Music Corps marched and performed a
musical program in the Outer…
The first photo of the newborn Prince
Alexander of Sweden have been released by the Swedish Royal Court.
The photo of the three-day-old prince was taken by his father,
Prince Carl-Philip, at Drottningholm Palace. The prince’s full
name was announced two days after his…
The youngest member of the Swedish Royal
Family’s name was announced today during a cabinet meeting by his
grandfather Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and in the presence of
his aunt Crown Princess Victoria. The young Prince, son of Prince
Carl-Philip and Princess Sofia…
The past year has been an eventful one
for the Swedish royal family. Princess Madeleine gave birth to
Prince Nicolas in June, only two days after the wedding of Prince
Carl Philip and Princess Sofia. Crown Princess Victoria and Prince
Daniel had their second child, Prince Oscar, last month. And
finally, completingthe trio, Princess Sofia gave birth to a healthy
baby boy last Tuesday at 18.28 local…
Since last June, the Swedish Royal Family
has experienced a significant baby boom. One should not be
surprised with all the wonderful baby news coming from the Northern
European country after another royal wedding last year. Soon, the
family will welcome yet another little…
This year, Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth
II isn’t the only monarch celebrating a milestone birthday.
Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf will turn seventy on 30 April. The
popular monarch has been on the throne for 42 years. His family and
the people of Sweden are…
Welcome to April – a month that
promises several important events in several European royal houses.
We will have birthdays, Jubilees, state visits and royal … births!
Photo: The Royal Court, Sweden Yes, this week we
enter another official #BabyWatchSeason (yes, that’s a thing),
while we wait for Prince Carl-Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden
first child to make his/her big…
New archeological evidence seems to
confirm the bones found in a medieval reliquiary at Uppsala
Cathedral in Sweden, belong to Saint King Erik. Erik IX was a
Swedish king, who reigned c. 1155-1160. No contemporary
historical records of Erik survive, what little is known…
Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria has made
her first public appearance since giving birth to Prince Oscar just
28 days before. The heir to the throne attended the annual Dag
Hammarskjöld Lecture in Stockholm on Wednesday as she smiled to the
cameras waiting outside to…
The Swedish Court has released new photos
of Prince Oscar, the son of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince
Daniel who was born on 2 March 2016. The photos are accompanied
with a word of thanks from the Crown Princess and Prince Daniel.
The message reads: “Thank you very much for all the greetings, good
wishes and congratulations we received in connection with Princess
Estelle’s birthday…
