On Monday, Princess Estelle was taken to
the Bernadotte Library in the Royal Palace by her grandfather, King
Carl XVI Gustaf and mother, Crown Princess Victoria to learn more
about her family’s history. The Bernadotte Library holds
hundreds of thousands of books relating to the Bernadotte dynasty
with many books being written by the royals themselves. King Karl
XIV Johan (the first Bernadotte…
Queen Silvia visits South Africa for World Childhood Foundation
19th January 2019
Queen Silvia visited South Africa earlier
this week to view projects supported by the World Childhood
Foundation and other organisations. The World Childhood Foundation
has partnerships with 12 projects in South Africa that range from
support to victims of child abuse, home…
Crown Princess Victoria visits Helsingborg
18th January 2019
Crown Princess Victoria visited the
municipality of Helsingborg earlier this week to learn more about
the city’s sustainable development. Crown Princess Victoria’s visit
began at DrottningH, a city development project that aims to
“develop a million-district urban area…
Prince Daniel of Sweden has apologised
for comments he made in SVT’s annual programme “Året med
kungafamiljen” (or “Year with the Royal Family” in English). In
this year’s feature, Prince Daniel played in an ice hockey game in
his hometown of Ockelbo to open up the town’s new hockey rink.
The game featured former and current professional hockey players –
both male and female.
King Carl XVI Gustaf briefed on Sweden's ongoing government crisis by the Parliament Speaker
12th January 2019
His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of
Sweden was personally briefed about the ongoing government crisis
in Sweden by the parliament speaker, Andreas Norlén. The meeting
took place at the royal palace in Stockholm. Work to form a new
government in the country has been stalled…
Crown Princess Victoria visits the Life Guard
11th January 2019
On Wednesday of this week, Her Royal
Highness Crown Princess Victoria visited the Royal Swedish Life
Guards. During the visit, the Crown Princess received information
about the Life Guard’s activities. The Crown Princess also had the
opportunity to hear more about the 13th…
Crown Princess Victoria takes Princess Estelle to get acquainted with the symbols of the Swedish monarchy
9th January 2019
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden took
her six-year-old daughter, Princess Estelle – also a future queen –
to get acquainted with the symbols of the Swedish monarch in the
Treasury of the Royal Palace of Stockholm yesterday after school.
Items, which have been on display since the 1970s, Their Royal
Highnesses were able to view included Karl (X) Gustav’s
heirloom crown (which is also the…
Crown Princess Family of Sweden takes to the slopes
6th January 2019
The Crown Princess Family of Sweden has
taken to the slopes in a new Instagram video. Crown Princess
Victoria, Prince Daniel, Princess Estelle, and Prince Oscar are
seen in a video on the Royal Family’s official Instagram account
skiing in the mountains over the Epiphany…
Princess Sofia talks about her daily work behind the scenes
2nd January 2019
Most people think that the Royal Family
only works a few days a month, on the days they attend official
engagements. However, there is so much more work that is done
behind the scenes as Princess Sofia talks about in this year’s året
med kungafamiljen. Each year in…
At the end of each year, we can study and
comment on the work of the British Royal Family. The UFO No
More team decided to look at the work of the Scandinavian
royal families which is something that is not always done. Before
going into the numbers, a little disclaimer. These numbers
represent the days worked by each member of the royal families
based on their official calendar. Of course, there…

