Thursday, February 27, 2014
Crown Princess Mary in Høje Taastrup
Crown Princess Mary accompanied today the Minister of Labour to the Family Home in Høje Taastrup where she met with young mothers.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Prince Joachim at Carlsberg Museum.
Prince Joachim attended a dinner at the Carlsberg Museum in Valby on February 24th.
More photos here
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| Photos © Agnès Colbert |
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| Photos © Agnès Colbert |
Sweden's new little Princess.
Today King Carl XVI Gustaf announced the name of Princess Madeleine's daughter at a cabinet meetin at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. The full title is Her Royal Highness Princess Leonore Lilian Maria of Sweden, Duchess of Gotland.
Two photos were released aswell
You can watch a video of the meeting here
Two photos were released aswell
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| Photo: Princess Madeleine |
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| Photo: Mr. Christopher O'Neill |
You can watch a video of the meeting here
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Information regarding Princess Madeleine's daughter.
Tomorrow at 3:00 p.m Swedish time, a cabinet meeting will be held at the Royal Palace in Stockholm where King Carl XVI Gustaf will announce his granddaughter's full name and titles.
STV will be broadcasting the meeting here
Also, on 2 March a Te Deum will be held in honor of the birth.
STV will be broadcasting the meeting here
Also, on 2 March a Te Deum will be held in honor of the birth.
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Princess Estelle's 2nd Birthday.
Hooray! Our favorite little Princess is turning 2 today and to celebrate, the Royal Court released three new pictures. Congratulations!
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| Photo: Kate Gabor/Royalcourt.se |
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| Photo: Kate Gabor/Royalcourt.se |
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| Photo: Kate Gabor/Royalcourt.se |
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Princess Benedikte visits Maritime museum.
On Thursday Princess Benedikte finished her Regency by visiting the permanent exhibition on the Danish Maritime History Museum near Kronborg Castle in Elsinore.
Friday, February 21, 2014
Sweden welcomes a new Princess!
Princess Madeleine and Mr. Christopher O'Neill recieved their little daughter yesterday at the New York Presbyterian Hospital. From the Royal Court:
Communiqué from Grand Marshal Riksmarskalksämbetet is pleased to announce that her Royal Highness Princess Madeleine on Thursday 20 February 2014 at 22.41, local New York, gave birth to a daughter.Christopher O'Neill gave a Press Conference:
Both mother and child are doing well.
The name of the baby will be revealed tomorrow in a cabinet meeting at the Royal Palace.
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| Princess Madeleine's baby's footprint on the proud father's arm. |
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Crown Prince Frederik in Sochi.
Yesterday, Crown Prince Frederik was photographed practicing with Greenladic-Danish athleteMartin Møller, who's representing Denmark on Cross-Country Ski.
Today he handed out the medals of the Women's 2x6KM Mixed Relay.
Swedish Royal Roundup.
Crown Princess Victoria today met with Director General Annika Rembe, Agnes Gudmundson lidbeck and Karin Marsh from the Swedish Institute at the Royal Palace.
The Swedish Institute was founded in 1945 and is a state agency with about 140 employees in Stockholm, Visby and Paris. They are working to increase the world’s interest and confidence in Sweden. To achieve this, the Swedish Institute has four priority areas: innovation, environment and sustainability, culture and creativity, and social issues.
On Tuesday, Crown Princess Victoria met with the general secretary of WarterAid, Cecilia Chatterjee-Martinsen. During the meeting the Crown Princess was made aware of some of the iniatives the organization is part-taking in some regions in Africa.
The Crown Princess and Prince Daniel have been patrons of Wateraid since 2011. WaterAid’s vision is of a world where everyone has access to water and sanitation.
Around 700,000 children die every year from diarrhea caused by dirty water and poor sanitation. 768 million people have no access to clean water.
Today, the Queen held an audience with Anka Wittenberg, President of the World Childhood Foundation Germany. Anka Wittenberg is the new President of the World Childhood Foundation in Germany. The Queen is the World Childhood Foundation's founder and honorary chairman.
Childhood's work is based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and is religiously and politically independent. Childhood has offices in Sweden, Brazil, Germany and the U.S. and provides assistance to approximately 100 projects in 17 countries.
On Tuesday, February 18 Prince Daniel visited SUP46, Start-Up People of Sweden, a meeting place for entrepreneurs with start-ups.
During the visit, Prince Daniel attended presentation of SUP46 and a tour of their premises in central Stockholm.
SUP46 brings together people, ideas and knowledge. It gives entrepreneurs opportunities to network and thus develop faster. SUP46 has niched itself against young companies in the Internet, mobile, media, and gaming.
Today, Prince Daniel visited the gaming company King in Stockholm.
During the morning the Prince got a presentation of the Swedish founded King company which is currently one of the largest companies in the gaming on mobile and Facebook. During his visit, the Prince met with Sebastian Knutsson, Creative Director and Founder, Thomas Hartwig, CTO and founder, Marcus Jacobs, game developers, Klas Nordén, game developers, and public relations director Martin Bunge-Meyer.
King offers 180 games in 14 languages and has around 324 million unique users. On 18 February 2014 it was announced that King will exchange notes on the New York Stock Exchange.
Prince Joachim and Princess Marie at a concert.
On January 10th, as patron of the Symphonic Orchestra of Jutland, Prince Joachim and Princess Marie attended a concert.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Norwegian Royals at the Opening of the Constitution Bicentenary
On Sunday, February 16, the Norwegian Royal Family attended the Opening of the Norwegian Constitution's Bicentenary. The King delivered a speech.
Royal Sochi Roundup.
Today Crown Prince Frederik visited the Danish athletes in Sochi
King Harald and Queen Sonja yesterday on the biathlon
Crown Prince Frederik was also with the King and Queen at the biathlon
Crown Prince Frederik at the Women's Denmark vs Great Britain Curling Match
Interview with Crown Prince Frederik video
Crown Prince Frederik was also with the King and Queen at the biathlon
[It was] A very good experience. It was curling at a high level. It is extremely impressive to win over Great Britain. It was absolutely world class curling
The Crown Prince has certainly tried his hand at the game and has great respect for it
Curling has certainly risen in my esteem. I’ve tried to deliver a stone during a Women’s World Cup in Esbjerg. I have serious respect for that they can deliver a stone and keep the balance, it shows how difficult the sport is.
Friday, February 14, 2014
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia in Sochi.
Today King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia attended the Men's 15km Classic Cross Country event in Laura Cross-Country Ski & Biathlon Center in Sochi
They also watched Alexander Majorov's performance during the Figure Skating Men's Free Skating at the Iceberg Skating Palace
Crown Princess Victoria inaugurates Central Station
Yesterday, Crown Princess Victoria inaugurated the newly revamped Stockholm Central Station
