The Crown Princess Family of Sweden has
released their traditional National Day photos. Three images taken
by Linda Broström have been released showing Crown Princess
Victoria and Princess Estelle in Sweden’s national costume, while
Prince Daniel and Prince Oscar are in suits and ties. Photo: Linda
Broström/The Royal Court of Sweden The family visited Gripsholm
Castle in…
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia
have made another stop in their jubilee visits to all of Sweden’s
counties – this time in Västra Götaland. Their Majesties arrived in
the county’s main city, Gothenburg, where the Governor, Sten
Tolgfors, and Mrs…
Count Folke Bernadotte - the Swedish royal who helped save thousands during World War Two
4th June 2023
Ahead of the 500th anniversary of modern
Sweden, we are taking a look at a less-known royal who helped save
thousands during World War II – including hundreds of Danish Jews
from concentration camps – Count Folke Bernadotte. Folke Bernadotte
(b. 1895) was the…
The Bernadottes first began ruling over
the Kingdom of Sweden in 1818 with King Karl XIV Johan (also called
King Charles XIV John), who was also the King of Norway during this
time. He was born on 26 January 1763 in France as Jean Bernadotte.
It was in 1810 that he was unexpectedly elected as the heir to King
Charles XIII of Sweden just as he was preparing for his new role as
the governor of…
Princess Désirée of Sweden is the elder
sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. She was born on 2 June
1938 at Haga Palace, a royal residence on the outskirts of
Stockholm as the third child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of
Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of…
Sweden has a constitutional monarchy
under a parliamentary system – similar to that in other kingdoms in
Europe. The current monarch is King Carl XVI Gustaf, who has been
on the throne since 1973; his heir apparent is Crown Princess
Victoria. The monarch in Sweden…
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Prince Carl
Philip of Sweden stepped into their military uniforms to celebrate
Veterans Day. The celebrations were held on Monday, 29 May,
at the Royal Djurgården, in the Swedish capital, in the presence of
all top officials in the country: not only the King and his son but
also the Speaker of the Riksdag (Parliament) Andreas Norlén, the
Prime Minister Ulf…
The link between the two monarchs goes
back to Queen Victoria, who is the great-great-great-grandmother to
King Charles (through his mother, Queen Elizabeth II) and
great-great-grandmother of King Carl XVI Gustaf through both his
mother and father through two of Victoria’s…
Queen Silvia was back in her home country
of Germany to receive a special honour in her birthplace. While in
Heidelberg (where she was born in 1943), the Queen of Sweden was
given honourary citizenship in a special ceremony. Lord Mayor
Eckart Wuerzner welcomed Silvia…
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel
of Sweden celebrated the 400th-anniversary country’s first high
school. On 24 May, the couple travelled to Västerås, in the
southwest of the country. The city is considered one of Sweden’s
industrial bedrocks and is especially renowned for its strength in
the motor vehicle industry. Their first stop was the city’s
cathedral, where they were…
