Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of
Luxembourg has become head of his country’s Scout movement,
following in the footsteps of his beloved grandfather, Jean, who
died earlier this year. And Guillaume took his promise in the
presence of the Honourary Chairman of the World Scout Foundation,
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. The Swedish monarch joined around
3000 Scouts from across Luxembourg as…
Queen Silvia on Childhood celebrating its 20th anniversary: "It feels nice"
4th October 2019
Queen Silvia has given an exclusive
interview to Expressen, a Swedish newspaper, about the World
Childhood Foundation that she founded 20 years ago. “Then,” Queen
Silvia says, “it was very difficult to talk about these issues… No
one wanted to listen and no one…
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel attend Memorial Ceremony for Estonia disaster
29th September 2019
On a rainy Saturday, Crown Princess
Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden attended a Memorial Ceremony
for the Estonia disaster on its 25th anniversary. The ceremony was
held at the Galärvarv Cemetery on the Djurgården in Stockholm where
the Crown Princess Couple laid a…
The King and Queen of Sweden visited the
factory of “Handpappersbruket” in the small city of Lessebo to
participate in the celebration of the paper factory’s 300th
anniversary. The visit started when the royals arrived at the manor
house in Lessebo. There, the King and Queen were welcomed by
representatives from Lessebo Municipality and Lessebo Paper. The
royal couple had a guided…
Swedish Crown Princess Couple celebrates Alingsås 400th anniversary
22nd September 2019
Yesterday, Crown Princess Victoria and
Prince Daniel went to their duchy of Västergötland to celebrate the
400th anniversary of the city of Alingsås. King Gustav II Adolf
issued city rights to Alingsåsin 1619. The Crown Princess Couple
first toured the Kom Loss Fair…
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel
of Sweden have concluded their trip to Denmark where they
accompanied a Swedish business delegation and met up with close
friends, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.
The visit began on 16 September and…
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of
Sweden opened the Folke Bernadotte Bridge yesterday in Stockholm.
The pedestrian bridge crosses the Djurgårdsbrunnsviken and connects
Museum Park and Rosendal Palace. Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg
was a cousin to the King and one of his godfathers. He was known
for negotiating the release of tens of thousands of prisoners at
German concentration…
In a new interview with Swedish magazine
Mama, Princess Madeleine revealed that she was having contractions
during her brother, Prince Carl Philip’s June 2015 wedding to Sofia
Hellqvist (now Princess Sofia). Two days later, her son, Prince
Nicolas was born. The…
Details of Swedish Crown Princess Couple's visit to Denmark announced
12th September 2019
The program for Crown Princess Victoria
and Prince Daniel’s upcoming working visit to Denmark has been
revealed. The Swedish Royal House published the itinerary on
Wednesday, noting that this is a reciprocal visit to Denmark after
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown…
On 10 September, the Swedish Royal Family
attended the annual Opening of Parliament in Stockholm. Only
Princess Madeleine and Chris O’Neill were absent as they stayed in
Florida where they currently live. Traditionally, the Royal Family
wears black and white outfits to honour the black and white court
dresses that the ladies used to wear to the opening session. The
family first attended a…
