As each year on the 10th of December, the
Swedish Royal Family attended the Nobel Prize Ceremony at the
Concert Hall of Stockholm to honour the Laureates. During the
ceremony, King Carl XVI Gustaf handed out 14 Nobel Prizes in five
categories. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia were joined by
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel as they stepped out on
the stage of the Concert Hall in…
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia
will undertake a State Visit to India in early December, the Royal
Court announced on Monday. From 2 to 6 December, the King and Queen
of Sweden will visit New Delhi, Mumbai and various places within
the state of Uttarakhand. They…
From 15 October to 17 October, Queen
Silvia was in Lebanon to celebrate the Mentor Foundation’s 25th
anniversary. Mentor Arabia is a regional non-governmental
organization that advocates for youth empowerment to prevent risky
behavior among children and youth and it…
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 wanted to see these children who
were so vulnerable. And also not see what happens to the internet
and the dangers of the…
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…
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…
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…
King Carl XVI Gustaf presented the
Solliden Prize to Pav Johnsson, a nature expert, in a ceremony in
Öland at Solliden Palace on Thursday. King Carl XVI Gustaf was
accompanied by Queen Silvia and Crown Princess Victoria, who were
dressed in traditional Öland…
King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia and
their family, have made their traditional appearance at the
ceremony of the Polar Music Prize 2019. King Carl XVI Gustaf was
asked to hand out the awards to this year’s laureates. The Swedish
Royal Family was well represented…
Today festivities all over Sweden are
taking place as the country celebrates Nationaldagen or its
National Day. Of course, the Swedish Royal Family is out in full
force to join in the celebrations. Princess Estelle and Prince
Oscar have already wished everyone a happy National Day with three
new photos, as is the tradition. On the 6th of June, Sweden
celebrates its National Day. On this day the…
