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Police confirm attempted break in at Crown Princess Victoria’s home

The Swedish Royal Court has confirmed that a person tried to enter Haga Palace where Crown Princess Victoria and her family live. The news was first reported by the Swedish newspaper “Expressen”, but later the head of communications at the Swedish court confirmed that there had been an incident at Haga.

Margreta Thorgren, Head of Communications at the Swedish Court, also confirmed to the newspaper that the security service had been informed, but the attempted break-in had been unsuccessful. The case was handed over to the police, the Royal Court states. The Royal Court does not want to confirm whether any of the royals were at Haga Palace when the incident occurred.

The Swedish police have confirmed that there was an incident at Haga on December 10th 2020 and that they moved out with large crews from the ordinary police and forces from the bodyguard service and the secret police SEPO. The police did not want to give any further comment than beyond noting that one person tried to enter the palace.

Haga Palace is the permanent home of Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel and their two children. In addition to the 1550 square metres indoors, Haga Palace has a large outdoor area. After a renovation and upgrade of the home, Crown Princess Victoria has decorated the home herself. The family has lived here since they moved in in November 2010, after the Crown Princess Couple received the castle as a gift from the Swedish government. The small palace was originally built by King Gustav IV Adolf at the beginning of the 19th century and is built in the Italian villa style.

The palace is also connected to a large park that is open to the public. The Crown Princess Family has 25 of the rooms for private use, and these rooms are located on the upper floors. The ground floor is mainly reserved for representation and public assignments. The current King Carl Gustaf himself grew up at Haga Palace and lived here with his sisters and parents, Prince Gustav Adolf and Princess Sibylla, until his father’s sudden death in a plane crash in 1947. However, the rest of the family lived in Haga Palace until 1950, three years after his father’s death. From 1966 until 2009, the fashionable palace was used as the Swedish government’s guest house during state visits from abroad.

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Senior Europe Correspondent Oskar Aanmoen has a master in military and political history of the Nordic countries. He has written six books on historical subjects and more than 1.500 articles for Royal Central. He has also interview both Serbian and Norwegian royals. Aanmoen is based in Oslo, Norway.