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The Swedish Academy's Formal Assembly
On Saturday 20 December, The King and Queen attended the traditional celebration of the Swedish Academy's formal assembly...
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H.M. The Queen's birthday
Her Majesty The Queen's birthday will be celebrated on 23 December with a national flag day and midday gun salute.
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Crown Princess opens disability exhibition in Belgrade
On Friday 12 December, The Crown Princess visited Belgrade in Serbia to open an exhibition on assistive technology for...
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King and Queen host lunch for Martti Ahtisaari
On 12 December, The King and Queen hosted a lunch for this year's recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, peace mediator and...
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H.M. The King's dinner for the Nobel Laureates
On 11 December, The King and Queen gave their traditional dinner at the Royal Palace for the 2008 Nobel Laureates. The...
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Queen presents diploma to winners of DN's current affairs quiz
According to tradition on Nobel day, 10 December, Queen Silvia handed out diplomas to the 22 county winners of DN's...
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Audience for Botswana's former President Festus G Mogae
On 1 December, The King received Botswana's former President Festus G Mogae at an audience at the Royal Palace. President...
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Crown Princess makes opening speech at Interfaith Climate Summit in Uppsala
A two-day summit in Uppsala on 28-29 November covered the issue of climate change from a religious and cultural...
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Queen speaks at opening of Rio de Janeiro congress
Queen Silvia and Princess Madeleine attended the “World Congress III Against the Sexual Exploitation of Children", which...
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Crown Princess presents "Entrepreneur of the Year in Sweden 2008" award
On 13 November, Crown Princess Victoria presented the “Entrepreneur of the Year in Sweden 2008" award. The prize went to...
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King, Queen and Crown Princess celebrate Prince Charles' 60th birthday
On 13 November, The King and Queen and Crown Princess Victoria attended Prince Charles' 60th birthday celebrations at...
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Crown of Knowledge
On 13 November, The King and Queen participated in the first seminar in the 'Crown of Knowledge' series: “How do we bid...
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King gives audience for President Mikhail Saakashvili
On 31 October, The King gave an audience for Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili, who was on a two-day visit to...
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Prince Carl Philip presents Hasselblad Prize
On 25 October, Prince Carl Philip presented the Hasselblad Prize to Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide at a ceremony...
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King visits United Arab Emirates
The King is visiting the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 23-26 October. In his role as Honorary Chairman of the World Scout...
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Princess Madeleine visits University Hospital in Lund
On 21 October, Princess Madeleine paid a visit to the University Hospital in Lund. The visit had been organised by the...
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King visits Alnarp and Wrams Gunnarstorp
On 20 October, The King and Prince Carl Philip visited Alnarp and Bjuv. In Alnarp, The King and Prince Carl Philip...
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Crown Princess visits India
The Crown Princess is on a visit to India. On 16 October she was received by Vice President Hamid Ansari at his residence...
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King awards “Settler of the Year" prize
On 13 October, The King attended the presentation of the “Settler of the Year" prize in the Bernadotte Library.This...
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King and Queen visit Västergötland
On 9 October, The King and Queen visited Essunga Municipality in Västergötland. On arrival at Nossebro, The King and...
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Crown Princess in Helsinki
On 8 October, President Tarja Halonen and Crown Princess Victoria opened the exhibition "1809 - A Kingdom Divided and a...
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Seminar to commemorate Folke Bernadotte
On 7 September, The King and Queen attended a seminar to commemorate Folke Bernadotte. The seminar took place in the...
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Crown Princess receives “Pink Ribbon"
On 1 October, The Crown Princess held an audience for Ursula Tengelin and Bengt Westermark from the Swedish Cancer...
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State visit to Ukraine: Day 2
The second day of the state visit began with The King and Yushchenko taking part in the Ukrainian-Swedish Business...
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State visit to Ukraine
The King and Queen are carrying out a state visit to Ukraine on 1—4 October at the invitation of President Viktor...
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Crown Princess visits Skåne
On 29 - 30 September, Crown Princess Victoria paid a visit to Skåne. The visit began with a trip to Kristanstad´s...
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Crown Princess presents Bertil Hult Prize
On 25 September, Crown Princess Victoria presented the "Bertil Hult Prize" to Norrtull School in Eksjö. The prize was...
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King visits New York and Detroit
On Wednesday 24 September, The King began a five-day visit to the USA. The King was invited to events surrounding "The...
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Crown Princess Victoria makes opening speech on “Brain Day"
On 24 September, Crown Princess Victoria opened the Brain Foundation´s education day, “Brain Day", at Uppsala Concert &...
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Prince Carl Philip opens Swedish design exhibition in Hamburg
On 24 September, Prince Carl Philip opened the exhibition Design S/Swedish Design Award at the Hamburg Museum of...
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Queen opens World Forum Against Drugs and Council of Europe´s children´s conference
On 8 September, The Queen opened the “World Forum Against Drugs" in Stockholm. Representatives from 82 different...
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Crown Princess congratulates medallists
At a ceremony on 19 September at Hotel Scandic Anglais, Crown Princess Victoria congratulated the returning Paralympic...
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King and Queen and The Crown Princess attend Synod
On Tuesday 23 September, The King and Queen and The Crown Princess attended the opening of the Synod in Uppsala.Women...
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Crown Princess Victoria in Uppsala on the 60th anniversary of the death of Folke Bernadotte
On Wednesday 17 September, Crown Princess Victoria paid a visit to Uppsala to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the...
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King opens Parliamentary Session
On 16 September, The King opened the Parliamentary Session according to tradition. All the members of the Royal Family...
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Queen celebrates "Pensioners´ Day"
The 3 September marked the 10th anniversary of "Pensioners´ Day" on Ekerö. The Queen took the initiative in establishing...
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Crown Princess attends Paralympics
Crown Princess Victoria is following events at the Paralympics in Beijing. On 10 September, she witnessed Jonas Jacobsson...
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King visits Storuman
On Wednesday 3 September, The King opened Skellefteå Kraft´s new bioenergy plant in Storuman. The King was shown around...
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Queen presents diploma to best Mayflower sellers
On 3 September, The Queen presented a diploma to the National Winner of the Mayflower Fundraising Competition — Karolina...
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King visits Skärholmen district of Stockholm
On Thursday 4 September, The King visited the district of Skärholmen, just south of Stockholm. The King met residents,...
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Crown Princess Victoria visits Abisko
On 12-14 August 2008, Crown Princess Victoria carried out a study visit to Abisko in Norrbotten, regarding the research...
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Crown Princess presents “Swedish-American of the Year" Award
On 12 August, Crown PrincessVictoria presented the “Swedish-American of the Year" Award to Sweden ´s Consul-General in...
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King and Queen visit the Olympic Games
The King and Queen were at the Olympic Games in China between 15 and 25 August, and attended the doubles tennis final,...
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Crown Princess Victoria presents Junior Water Prize
On 19 August, Joyce Chair from the USA was presented with the Junior Water Prize by the Crown Princess.Joyce Chai was...
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Crown Princess presents Stockholm Water Prize
On 21 August, Crown Princess Victoria presented the Stockholm Water Prize to John Anthony Allan for his “virtual water"...
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Crown Princess visits Ministry of Defence
On 25 — 28 August, Crown Princess Victoria carried out a study visit to the Ministry of Defence in order to find out...
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King presents Polar Music Prize
The King presented the Polar Music Prize to opera singer Renée Fleming and the pop group Pink Floyd at a ceremony at the...
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Crown Princess presents this year´s Export Hermes Award
On 28 August, The Crown Princess presented the “Export Hermes" Award to companies Tobil Technology in Danderyd, and Cibes...
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The Prince Won Prestigious Design Competition in the U.S.
- My great interest in design deepened during my studies at Rhode Island School of Design. This nice recognition for my...
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The Royal Couple Opened Gate to National Day Festivities
The Royal Couple began the celebrations of Sweden´ National Day on June 6 by opening the gate to the Royal Palace in...
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The King Opened Third Largest Wind Farm in the World
King Carl XVI Gustaf opened Lillgrund, the world´s third largest wind farm, in Öresund off the Swedish south coast on...
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The King Opened International Newspaper Congress
King Carl XVI Gustaf opened the 61st World Association of Newspaper (WAN) Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden on June 2. The...
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Crown Princess Victoria attended the commemorative meeting of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters
On 13 March, Crown PrincessVictoria attended the commemorative meeting of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters at...
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Queen Silvia launch the website "Röda sidorna"
On 13 March, Queen Silvia attended the launch of the website “Röda Sidorna" (Red Pages), on BRIS.se, a children´s rights...
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Crown Princess Victoria's name day celebrated at the Royal Palace
Crown Princess Victoria´s name day was celebrated as usual on 12 March, with music from the army´s drum corps. Guards and...
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State visit day 2
The Romanian state visit continued until 12 March and was concluded during the afternoon, when the Presidential couple...
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State visit from Romania
On 11 March, the President of theRepublicofRomania , Taian Basescu, and his wife, Maria Basescu, began a two-day state...
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Queen meets "Sharafs hjältar"
On 4 March at the RoyalPalace, Queen Silvia received the first group of women trained by the organisation Sharafs hjältar...
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Crown Princess on Two Day Tour to Västmanland
Crown Princess Victoria visited the province of Västmanland on March 3 and 4. The main point of the visit was Monday´s...
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Scouting in Focus When The King Visited Saudiarabia
As Honorary President of the World Scout Foundation, King Carl XVI Gustaf visited Saudiarabia February 20 to 24 to meet...
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The Queen Opened Swedish Dementia Center
Queen Silvia opened Swedish Dementia Center, a national center of competence for dementia issues, in Stockholm on...
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The King Visited World Championships Biathlon 2008
in Östersund
King Carl XVI Gustaf visited the town of Östersund and the World Championships in Biathlon 2008 on February 13th. He was...
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The Crown Princess Participates in Manifestation Against Street Violence
On Sunday February 10th Crown Princess Victoria participated in a manifestation against street violence at Stockholm´s...
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Crown Princess opens Uppsala University Hospital´s 300th Anniversary
Uppsala University Hospital celebrates its 300th anniversary in 2008, and Crown Princess Victoria opened the festive year...
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Prince Carl Philip Opens Uddeholm Swedish Rally
On February 7th Prince Carl Philip, the Duke of Värmland, opened this year´s Uddeholm Swedish Rally in Karlstad.
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The King and The Queen Visit The House of Aging Research
Aging, and care of the elderly, was the theme when King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia visited the Stockholm...
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Queen Silvia Re-Inaugurates Bromma High School
Bromma High School outside Stockholm has undergone a complete renovation, and on February 5th Queen Silvia re-inaugurated...
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The Queen Attends Start of New Course on Dementia for Nurses
Queen Silvia was present when a new course in dementia care for nurses started at Silviahemmet on January 31st. The...
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The Crown Princess Honors International Cancer Researcher
For the first time The Georg and Eva Klein Visiting Professor Award was handed out at a ceremony on January 29th at...
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Presentation of Medals at The Royal Palace
On Tuesday, January 29th, the presentation of medals by H.M. The King took place at the Royal Palace.Amongst the...
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The Queen Holds Opening Speech at Conference on Dementia
Queen Silvia held the opening speech at the first National Geriatric Women´s Forum (Nationellt Geriatriskt Kvinnoforum)...
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Official Dinner at The Royal Palace
On Thursday evening Their Majesties, The King and The Queen, gave their first official dinner of the year. Guests...
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Visit to Stockholm City Theatre
On January 23rd The King and The Queen, along with Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Carl Philip, visited the Stockholm...
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AFA Insurance Receives Distinction from The King
AFA Insurance received the Swedish Quality Award from The King at a special ceremony on January 23rd. The award was...
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The Queen Hands Out Scholarships
On January 23rd Queen Silvia handed out scholarships from the Queen Silvia Jubilee Fund for research on children and...
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Crown Princess Presents Al Gore with Award
On January 22nd Crown Princess Victoria handed out the The 2007 Göteborg Award for Sustainable Development to Al Gore for...
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The Princess Sibylla Centenary
H.R.H. Princess Sibylla, The Duchess of Västerbotten, was born on January 18th 1908. She was married to Hereditary Prince...
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Their Majesties and The Crown Princess Attend Film Premiere
The King and The Queen, along with Crown Princess Victoria attended the premiere of of the motion picture "Tali-Ihantala...
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Prince Carl Philip Celebrates Swedish Athletes
Prince Carl Philip presented Zlatan Ibrahimovic with the prestigious sports prize "Jerringpriset" at the annual Swedish ...
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Crown Princess and Prince Carl Philip Visit Swedish National Defence College
On January 9th The Crown Princess and Prince Carl Philip attended the so called “formal start" of The Swedish National...
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