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Crown Princess Victoria pushes for transformation of global seafood industry

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7th October 2020
Crown Princess Victoria participated in a virtual keystone dialogue with the seafood industry and ocean experts to discuss sustainable fishing practices this week. In a speech where she advocated for sustainable fishing, Crown Princess Victoria said: “Transforming the global seafood industry is no small task. It is more like turning an ocean liner around: it is difficult, because of its size.
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Part of Queen Silvia’s dementia project declared illegal by Swedish Court

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25th September 2020
Queen Silvia of Sweden has placed herself in the middle of a major housing dispute that revolves around one of the Queen’s most important projects. Last weekend, Queen Silvia was a guest in a podcast with the Alzheimer Life Foundation, on the occasion of World Alzheimer’s Day. One of the topics brought up in the podcast was the Queen’s project “SilviaBo”, a project she had…
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Taking a look back at the christenings of Princess Estelle and Prince Oscar

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21st September 2020
Princess Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary, Duchess ofÖstergötland, was born on23 February 2012 to Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden. Her christening into the Lutheran faith took place on22 May 2012 in the Royal Chapel of the Royal Palace of Stockholm (also called Stockholm Palace). As a future Queen of Sweden, her godparents included family and other future monarchs.
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Prince Carl Philip awards King's scholarship

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10th September 2020
On Wednesday 2 September Prince Carl Philip carried out an engagement at the Royal Palace. He handed out scholarship prizes to the winning artists from The Thinking Hand – The King’s Scholarship Contest for Young Artists. The fund was established in honour of the King’s 70th birthday in 2016 as a way to promote and support young artists. Its goal is to show the special…
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