Sweden

Princess Sofia of Sweden takes part in Tough Viking obstacle course race

Princess Sofia of Sweden took part in the Tough Viking obstacle course race alongside her sisters, Lina and Sara this past weekend. The 15-kilometre course was at Djurgården in Stockholm. The Swedish Royal Court’s Director of the Information and Press Department, Margareta Thorgren told Svenskdam, “Princess Sofia conducted Tough Viking weekend privately with her two sisters.” Princess…
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European RoyalsThe Netherlands

Princess Beatrix opens "Resistance and Sadness in the picture" exhibtion

This last week, Princess Beatrix opened an exhibition of sculptures at House Doorn near Utrecht. The exhibition is entitled “Resistance and Sadness in the picture” and features work from Germany and the Netherlands – the former representing links with World War I and the latter with World War II. During WWI, Holland was actually a neutral country and at the end of the war Kaiser Wilhelm II…
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Denmark

Prince Joachim, Princess Marie and their children visit Tonder Festival

On Friday, Princess Marie, Prince Joachim and their children, Prince Henrik and Princess Athena visited Tonder Festival. The Tonder Festival is a well-known folk music festival in Europe. The festival was founded in 1975 and this year’s headliners included Lukas Graham, Tami Neilson, and The Mavericks. Princess Marie has been patron since 2009, and she has attended every year since then, except…
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Denmark

The Danish Crown Prince Couple's visit the Faroe Islands - Day 1

The Danish Crown Prince Family started their four-day visit to the Faro Islands yesterday. Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary and their four children (Princes Christian and Vincent and Princesses Isabella and Josephine) will visit this part of the Danish kingdom from 23 to 26 August. The royals surprised everyone when they wore traditional Faroese folk costumes. The press was able to…
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