King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of
Sweden have made a two-day visit to the United Kingdom as both
countries prepare to celebrate. The visit, which took place
between Thursday, 26 and Friday, 27 May, was centred around many
topics, including education and culture, and the royal couple was
accompanied on the occasion by Swedish Education Minister Anna
Ekström. The King and Queen…
The Swedish Royal Court has released
details for this year’s National Day celebrations on 6 June. After
two years of scaled-down celebrations due to the global health
crisis, things will be back to normal in 2022. King Carl Gustaf and
Queen Silvia will start the…
Princess Estelle of Sweden has visited
her duchy of Östergötland alongside her parents and unveiled her
first portrait. The ten-year-old Princess and her parents, Crown
Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel, first travelled to Linköping
Castle, where Estelle unveiled her…
The political situation in Europe is
tense after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. One of the significant
consequences is that the neutral nations of Sweden and Finland have
applied for NATO membership. In the recent years, Sweden has
invested heavily in upgrading its military, and King Carl XVI
Gustaf visited the Swedish Air Force to watch military defence
exercises. The Swedish King…
The Swedish Royal Family pulled out all
the stops for the first day of the Finnish State Visit, a crucial
engagement that comes when the two nations have officially begun
the process of obtaining full NATO membership. The official welcome
took place at the Royal…
Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf has
revealed his thoughts on his country potentially joining NATO – the
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. The King was given information
that Sweden plans to apply for membership in NATO on 16 May in a
Foreign Affairs Committee…
Ahead of the beginning of the Finnish
presidential couple’s state visit to Sweden, the Royal Court has
published an open invitation to members of the population to take
part in it. As is tradition, the visit will begin with a
carriage ride from the Royal Stables to the Royal Palace through
the streets of Stockholm. At the Royal Palace, the Finnish
President will receive the official welcome…
Queen Silvia of Sweden recorded a video
message in honour of International Nurses Day, celebrated every
year on the 12th of May. In her message, Her Majesty said: “I
would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your
very own day,” as the role of nurses…
Many royals spend a lot of time promoting
their national economy and local business. It is essential that
royalty encourage issues that strengthen the nation’s economy, and
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel did just that at the
opening of a brand new factory in…
Crown Princess Victoria, Princess Estelle
and Prince Oscar have marked Nordic Coastal Cleanup Day by picking
up rubbish on the beach of Djurgården Island. On Saturday, 7 May,
more than 50,000 Swedish citizens accepted the invitation of the
Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation and descended on one of the many
beaches of the country to pick up rubbish. The royals
immediately went to work, with…
