On Monday, Crown Princess Victoria of
Sweden presented the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award to the South
Korean picture book artist Baek Heena and the French author
Jean-Claude Mourlevat at a digital awards ceremony. The ceremony
was also attended by the Swedish Minister of Culture and Democracy,
Amanda Lind. The award ceremony began with Minister Amanda Lind
giving a speech before the Crown…
Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of
Sweden will be absent from this year’s National Day celebrations on
6 June. Only King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess
Victoria and Prince Daniel will participate in the scaled-down
celebrations. The Royal Court…
On Tuesday this week, Her Majesty Queen
Silvia of Sweden opened the AEPC 2021 Congress with a video
greeting. During the congress, doctors from all over Europe gather
digitally to discuss congenital heart disease in children. In her
opening speech Her Majesty said…
The Scandinavian royals are not only
excellent friends, but they are also relatively closely related to
each other. During the Viking Age, the royals in these three
kingdoms were bitter enemies; however, during the Middle Ages all
nations were united under one kingdom under the Kalmar Union and
had a common royal family under, among others, Queen Margrethe I.
Today, all the Scandinavian nations…
Prince Carl Philip of Sweden has attended
his first meeting of the Swedish National Museum`s Friend`s Board.
The prince was elected to be a new member of the board earlier this
month. The prince has long been involved in the association and
has, on several occasions, had…
The Crown Princess Family of Sweden has
released two new spring-themed images to mark Pentecost. Both
photos were taken by Linda Broström outside of the family’s home at
Haga Palace this month. One photo features the happy family of four
with their dog, Rio, while…
Crown Princess Victoria gave the opening
address at SEABOS’s three-day working meeting to discuss research
and innovations related to sustainable seafood production and
marine health. In her speech, the Swedish royal noted about the
coronavirus pandemic that it has shown all of us “the power of
cooperation and science.” SEABOS, or Seafood Business for Ocean
Stewardship, will meet this…
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of
Sweden inaugurated a glass exhibition at Solliden Palace on
Tuesday. The royal couple were joined by the artist Bertil Vallien
at the inauguration of the new summer exhibition at Solliden
located just outside Stockholm. This…
The King of Sweden marked his 75th
birthday yesterday with scaled-back ceremonies in Stockholm due to
the pandemic. He received visits at the Royal Palace from members
of the Riksdag (Swedish parliament), Armed Forces and other members
of Sweden’s government. In the…
It might be the birthplace of Sweden’s
current king and the home of Crown Princess Victoria and her
family, but Haga Palace has also served many different functions
over the years, ranging from an orphanage to a guest house for
visiting foreign statesmen to a conference facility. The palace was
modelled after an Italian villa and built in 1802 by architect
Carl Christoffer Gjörwell at…
