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Crown Princess Victoria attends climate crisis meeting

Crown Princess Victoria attended a digital meeting with Professor Johan Rockström on a busy Thursday for the heir to the Swedish throne. During the meeting, Johan Rockström, head of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, spoke about the work on climate issues after the United Nations climate conference COP26, held in Glasgow in November 2021. The report “10 New Insights in…
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Man arrested after new drones spotted flying over Drottningholm Palace

A man has been arrested on suspicion of having flown drones over Drottningholm Palace in Stockholm. Swedish Police said on 31 January that they had arrested a Russian citizen who flew a drone above Drottningholm Palace on 30 January. The man is suspected of violating the Swedish “Protection Act.” The Swedish Royal Court, Sweden’s Security Police and the Swedish Armed Forces have all…
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Danish and Swedish heirs pay tribute to goddaughter on social media as she comes of age

The Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish royal families have shared a special bond for many years, and on the occasion of Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s 18th birthday, they all took to social media to mark the happy day. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark are two of the princess’s godparents, and both royals posted Instagram wishes for her coming of age…
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A look at Princess Birgitta on her 85th birthday

Princess Birgitta of Sweden was born on 19 January 1937 as the second child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her elder sister is Princess Margaretha (born 1934), and her younger siblings are Princess Désirée (born 1938), Princess Christina (born 1943) and King Carl XVI Gustaf (born 1946). Birgitta and her sisters have no succession…
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