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Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel to lead Swedish business delegation in Copenhagen

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24th August 2019
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel will undertake a Swedish business delegation to Denmark in mid-September and will be hosted by their Danish counterparts, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary. The Royal Houses of Denmark and Sweden announced the news on their official websites earlier in the week, noting that the trip comes at the behest of Business Sweden and Svensk…
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Queen Silvia and IKEA team up to provide housing for dementia patients

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12th August 2019
Queen Silvia has leant her support – and her name – to a new affordable housing scheme for those suffering from memory loss. The SilviaBo project will make housing safe and accessible for dementia patients in Sweden and is part of BoKlok, a partnership between IKEA and Swedish construction company Skanska. The two companies joined forces in the 1990s to create affordable…
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Images from Victoriadagen over the years

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10th July 2019
Each year on 14 July, Victoriadagen (or Victoria Day in English) is celebrated in Sweden on the island of Öland. The day is significant as it is Crown Princess Victoria’s birthday, and it was first celebrated in 1979 – when Victoria was two-years-old. For milestone birthdays, like her 40th birthday in 2017, the celebration is extended to other days, as well. The day begins at the…
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A look at the Swedish line of succession

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8th July 2019
In a new series, we are taking a look at the various lines of successions in the world’s monarchies. This edition is looking at the ten people in the Swedish line of succession. Current monarch: King Carl XVI Gustaf (b. 1946) who came to the throne in 1973 after the…
Sweden

Three-year-old Prince Oscar visits Skäralid

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20th June 2019
Three-year-old Prince Oscar of Sweden, Duke of Skåne, visited Skäralid on Monday, 17 June in Skåne’s Söderåsen’s National Park alongside his parents, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel. The little royal was able to visit the playground named after him…