The Swedish Royal Family has marked
National Day with sweet tributes on Instagram. Princess Madeleine,
who lives in Florida with her husband and three children, shared a
photo on her Instagram account wishing everyone a happy National
Day. The photo features her three children, Princess Leonore,
Prince Nicolas and Princess Adrienne. Her message, written in
Swedish, translates in English to…
On 6 June each year, Sweden celebrates
its National Day. First celebrated in 1916, it was then made a
public holiday in 2004. The Swedish Royal Family always makes sure
to publicly celebrate the holiday, and all of the women in the
family wear the…
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel
of Sweden have sent the Royal Family’s traditional National Day
greetings. Their children, Princess Estelle and Prince Oscar were
also included in the annual photos. Linda Broström/Kungl.
Hovstaterna The photos were taken by…
Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of
Sweden’s home, Villa Solbacken, is a beautiful estate located along
the outskirts of the Kungliga Djurgården (“Royal Game Park”)
in Stockholm. Djurgården has been owned the Swedish Royal
Family since the 15th century. It originally served as the
royals’ hunting grounds but is home to many attractions
today. Villa Solbacken is protected from…
It was a royal wedding with a recycled
gown worn by a woman who gave up her royal status for love. When
Princess Desiree of Sweden got married, she left her HRH status at
the altar to be with the man she loved. Royal Wedding Rewind heads
back to June 1964 for the wedding of…
Princess Madeleine’s approval among
Swedes is at an all-time low, according to a survey conducted by
Sifo for Svenskdam. The Princess, who resides in Florida with her
family, has an approval rating of zero per cent. Respondents were
asked which member of the Royal…
Earlier this week, Queen Silvia of Sweden
took part in a virtual roundtable discussion on the issue of doping
and announced a new anti-doping and public health
professorship. Also present at the seminar was Professor Arne
Ljungqvist, one of the biggest names in Sweden’s fight against the
doping phenomenon and one of the founders of WADA, the World
Anti-Doping Agency, which supervises and…
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…
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: “Depending on where they are born,
children grow up under very different circumstances. And yet, they
all have the same basic…