Members of the Swedish Royal Family
celebrated the World Childhood Foundation’s 20th anniversary
yesterday in Stockholm. Earlier in the day, Princess
Madeleine and Queen Silvia attended the World Childhood
Foundation’s executive meeting. The Princess, who flew into
her hometown for the celebrations from her home in Florida, posted
about the meeting on her Instagram account. …
The Swedish Royal Regalia which was
stolen last year has been recovered by police. The Crown Jewels
were found on Monday night – It is uncertain whether all or only
parts of the regalia have been discovered. According to Swedish
media, they were found hidden in a…
The past two days, Crown Princess
Victoria of Sweden has attended events surrounding Holocaust
Memorial Day. On 27 January, the Crown Princess was present at
Stockholm’s Great Synagogue for a memorial ceremony set to honour
and memorialise the victims of the Holocaust…
Princess Madeleine of Sweden has finally
revealed her children’s book that she has been working on for the
past year. The Princess revealed her debut book yesterday with a
photo of the cover. Madeleine is credited simply as Madeleine
Bernadotte in the Swedish language book called “Stella och
hemligheten,” which means “Stella and the Secret” in English.
“Stella…
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden has
braved freezing winter temperatures to visit her country’s armed
forces. The Crown Princess visited the Army Hunters Battalion and
the Armed Forces’ Winter Unit on Wednesday. Both of this companies
are a part of…
If you’ve always wanted to work in a
royal household and you’re available to live in Sweden, you might
be in luck. The Swedish Royal Court has listed three job vacancies
for gardeners on their website, and they’re also looking to add
about 200 seasonal…
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…
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…
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…
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 since the election on 9
September. The reason is that neither the bourgeois block nor the
red-green group will negotiate with…
