Sweden

Crown Princess Victoria and King Carl XVI Gustaf join forces to attend Foreign Affairs Committee meeting

Crown Princess Victoria and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden were at the Royal Palace in Stockholm to attend the Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on 3 February. The Royal Court released two photographs from the meeting. In one picture, the King and Crown Princess are seen welcoming attendees to this meeting. In the second photograph, the entire committee is gathered under the leadership of His…
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Crown Princess Victoria speaks about health innovation at Expo 2020

Crown Princess Victoria shared that she knows “from personal experience what good healthcare can mean” as she officially opened the “Redefining Health and Care – Unique Opportunities Beyond the Pandemic” event in a video message at Dubai’s Expo 2020. “Sweden, as a country, is innovative, export-oriented and internationally open,” the Crown Princess said…
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Remembering the tragedy that devastated Sweden's royals, 75 years on

The Swedish Royal Family will mark a sad anniversary on January 26th 2022. It is the 75th anniversary of the death of Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, eldest son of the later King Gustaf VI Adolf. The Prince, second in line to the throne of Sweden at the time of his death, was the father of Carl XVI Gustaf, the current King of Sweden, and his four sisters. Prince Gustaf Adolf was killed in an…
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Swedish royals rally virtual support around Swedish athletes before Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics

The Beijing Winter Olympics are almost underway, and delegations from the 90 participating countries are starting to make their way into the Chinese capital. King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel and Prince Carl Philip all jumped on a virtual meeting to wish good luck to both the Olympic and the Paralympic athletes competing.  The royals had…
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