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'Let's hope everything goes well': Victoria

Society: 18 Aug 11
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria on Thursday expressed her gratitude to those who wished her well following news of her pregnancy, while newspapers across Sweden pondered the significance of the impending royal birth. READ »

'It's about time': royal expert

Society: 17 Aug 11
The news of Crown Princess Victoria's pregnancy couldn't come at a better time for a Swedish Royal Family looking to turn the page on a tumultuous year, according to one royal expert. READ »

Victoria pregnant

National: 17 Aug 11
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and her husband Prince Daniel Westling are expecting their first child, the Swedish Royal Court announced on Wednesday. READ »

Victoria most beautiful royal bride ever: poll

Society: 2 Aug 11
Swedish Crown Princess Victoria is the most beautiful royal bride all time, outclassing other high-profile royals like Princess Diana, Kate Middleton, and Grace Kelly, a new survey has shown. READ »

From wedding bliss to royal crisis: the state of Sweden's monarchy

Analysis & Opinion: 17 Jun 11
One year after the royal wedding of Crown Princess Victoria, Sweden's royal family finds itself mired in crisis. The Local's Clara Guibourg examines why the wedding glow faded so fast and what it means for the monarchy's future. READ »

The King's turbulent year: a timeline

Analysis & Opinion: 31 May 11
Following King Carl XVI Gustaf's denials that he visited strip clubs or had contacts with the criminal underworld, The Local takes a look at some of the events that marked the Swedish monarch's tumultuous last twelve months. READ »

Sweden's king celebrates 65th birthday

National: 1 May 11
Well-wishers gathered at the royal palace in Stockholm on Saturday as King Carl XVI Gustaf celebrated his 65th birthday and vowed not to retire from his royal duties. READ »

Victoria 'stole the show' on London red carpet

Society: 29 Apr 11
Crown Princess Victoria and husband Daniel Westling made quite a splash when they arrived in London on Thursday, but the couple are not among the few who will attend all of Friday's wedding festivities. READ »

Swedes head to the UK for William and Kate protest

Society: 26 Apr 11
Swedish anti-monarchy advocates are heading to London this week to join their UK counterparts in a 'not the royal wedding' celebration similar to events which took place at the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria in 2010. READ »

King's speech focuses on environment

National: 25 Dec 10
The environment was in focus as the King gave his traditional Christmas Day speech. He also thanked the people of Sweden for their support for the royal wedding. READ »

Live Blog: parliament opens

Politics: 5 Oct 10
Another eventful day in Swedish politics has come to a close with Fredrik Reinfeldt having presented his new government, the Sweden Democrats having added a little colour and outraged drama, and the king having calmly reminded the Riksdag of its role as a bastion of Swedish democracy. READ »

Royals in unwitting electoral bid

Politics: 31 Aug 10
Voters in the general election will be able to cast a vote for Princess Madeleine or Prince Daniel, thanks to a fringe party and a quirk in electoral law. READ »

HostelBookers' Day Trips from Stockholm

Travel: 1 Jul 10
HostelBookers invites you to explore the beaten path outside Stockholm by taking day trips to Uppsala, Västerås and Drottningholm, writes Madeleine Wilson. READ »

Sweden takes Daniel to its heart after speech

National: 21 Jun 10
Prince Daniel's emotional speech at Saturday's wedding banquet has left Sweden’s media and large swathes of the population delighted with the latest addition to the royal family. READ »

World's press hails 'fairytale romance'

Society: 20 Jun 10
Sweden’s royal wedding has made a major mark on media outlets around the world, although its impact has been greatly diminished by a boycott on the part of three leading international news agencies. READ »

The Royal Wedding: Live Blog

National: 19 Jun 10
Today's the day that Crown Princess Victoria will get her man of the people. We'll be following the whole thing live - with reporters around Stockholm providing the latest news, reactions and (hopefully) informed speculation from the Royal Wedding. READ »

'Thank you for giving me my Prince'

National: 19 Jun 10
Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria has got her Prince. In front of a crowd of thousands outside Stockholm’s Royal Palace following her marriage to Daniel Westling, she thanked the Swedish people for letting her marry the man she loves. READ »

Royal wedding brings out the magic

National: 19 Jun 10
Mattias Frihammar, Ethnologist at Stockholm University, talks to Gabriel Stein about the Royal Wedding this Saturday, the irrational Swede and magic. READ »

Party underway in Daniel’s home town

National: 19 Jun 10
Saturday’s wedding festivities got off to an early start in Daniel Westling’s home town of Ockelbo where visitors were treated to a free breakfast. READ »

Crowds gather along procession route

Society: 19 Jun 10
Police expect some 250,000 people to take to the streets to catch a glimpse of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling when they leave Stockholm Cathedral in a carriage procession after their wedding on Saturday afternoon. READ »

Roxette reunite for royal performance

Society: 19 Jun 10
Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling were treated to a star-studded gala performance on the eve of their wedding as a reunited Roxette brought the audience to its feet Stockholm at Stockholm Concert Hall. READ »

Swedes falling out of love with monarchy

Society: 19 Jun 10
Support for Sweden's monarchy has dipped below 50 percent while a quarter if the population is opposed to the institution, according to a poll published a day before Crown Princess Victoria's wedding. READ »

Bridal couple grateful for toaster

Society: 19 Jun 10
Crown Princess Victoria and fiancé Daniel Westling received a toaster and a wooden horse as wedding gifts when officials converged on Stockholm City Hall for a reception on Friday afternoon. READ »

How to follow the Royal Wedding

National: 18 Jun 10
Want to follow events in Stockholm on Crown Princess Victoria's wedding day? The Local's got it covered. READ »

Wedding chocolates 'made with child labour'

Business & Money: 18 Jun 10
The official royal wedding chocolate were made with the help of child labour, according to a Sveriges Radio (SR) report. READ »

Royal wedding festivities begin in earnest

Society: 18 Jun 10
Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Friday opened the more ceremonial state proceedings of the impending royal wedding, when he hosted a government reception at Stockholm City Hall. READ »

Modern Swedes face up to the monarchy paradox

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Jun 10
As the republican cause sharpens its rhetorical weapons, The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson ponders why the self-proclaimed most modern country in the world is suffering a bout of introspection over its constitutional monarchy. READ »

Police out in force for royal wedding

Society: 18 Jun 10
Some 2,000 police officers are set to patrol the streets of Stockholm in the coming days, with around 15 heads of state attending the marriage of Crown Princess Victoria and commoner Daniel Westling. READ »

Finishing touches put on Daniel and Victoria's big day

Lifestyle: 17 Jun 10
Saturday's Royal Wedding will represent the culmination of more than a year of hard work and planning by the Royal Court - and months of preparation will come to a head, writes The Local's royal correspondent Juan Navas. READ »

Roxette star among wedding guests

National: 17 Jun 10
Roxette’s Per Gessle, Eurovision contestant Malena Ernman and businesswoman Cristina Stenbeck: the great, the good and the celebrated of Sweden will be out in force at Saturday's royal wedding. READ »

'Today she can marry whoever she wants'

Society: 17 Jun 10
Ingemar Eliasson, who was Marshal of the Realm - the most senior official at the Swedish Royal Court - until this year, talks to The Local about how Crown Princess Victoria's wedding shows how the monarchy has modernized. READ »

Sweden pulls out the stops for royal wedding

Society: 17 Jun 10
Wedding fever has gripped Sweden this week amid frenzied last-minute preparations for Crown Princess Victoria's nuptials on Saturday with her former personal trainer Daniel Westling after more than eight years of courtship. READ »

'Royal wedding boosts republican cause': MP

Society: 14 Jun 10
As the royal wedding nears, the Swedish Republican Association has invited representatives from republican associations across the EU to Stockholm, claiming that focus on the wedding has boosted their cause. READ »

Bookies cash in on royal wedding

Society: 13 Jun 10
With the royal wedding less than a week away, bookmakers in Sweden are taking bets on everything from Crown Princess Victoria’s honeymoon destination to the likely profession of her eventual first-born child with Daniel Westling. READ »

Couples flock to tie knot on drop-in wedding day

National: 13 Jun 10
An estimated 200 couples took the opportunity to get hitched at a popular Stockholm park’s first ever drop-in wedding day on Saturday. READ »

Strangers to marry at alternate 'royal' wedding

Society: 11 Jun 10
A Malmö-based art network has decided to join in the royal wedding fun and organise their own mass wedding under the theme "kinda cheaper, not as good" and with a twist - the hopefuls will not know whom they will marry until the day. READ »

Swedes think Daniel will do good job: poll

National: 9 Jun 10
Seven out of 10 Swedes believe that Daniel Westling will do a 'good job' as a prince of Sweden, following his marriage next week to Crown Princess Victoria. READ »

Daniel descended from aristocracy: new book

National: 8 Jun 10
Next week, he will become a prince. But Daniel Westling already has aristocratic blood - and possibly even Russian blood - coursing through his veins, according to a new book. READ »

Stockholm metro opens gates for royal wedding

Society: 8 Jun 10
Metro services in Stockholm will be free of charge on June 19th, the day of the royal wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling, the local transport authority has announced. READ »

Sweden celebrates national day

National: 6 Jun 10
While the Swedish national day is largely a low key affair, the upcoming royal wedding has lent an extra spice to the celebrations this year with the public invited to the palace to express their goodwill for the happy couple. READ »

Colombia donates royal wedding flowers

Society: 6 Jun 10
The upcoming wedding of Princess Victoria will be decorated with thousands of flowers donated by Colombia, government and business officials said Saturday. READ »

Royal Court: Princess Lilian has Alzheimer's

Society: 3 Jun 10
Princess Lilian, the 95-year-old widow of Prince Bertil, an uncle of King Carl XVI Gustaf, has Alzheimer's and will thus not be able to attend the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling in June, the Royal Court has confirmed. READ »

New titles for future Prince of Sweden

Society: 30 May 10
The families of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling gathered in the Royal Chapel on Sunday morning for the publishing of the banns of marriage. The palace also announced that Daniel is to receive the title His Royal Highness. READ »

Daniel could be made HRH: report

National: 27 May 10
Crown Princess Victoria’s fiancé Daniel Westling could be granted the title His Royal Highness, according to reports. READ »

Stockholm's royal love fest unveiled

National: 25 May 10
The City of Stockholm has unveiled the programme for the "Love 2010" festivities to celebrate the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling. READ »

Tourist board seeks folk costume renaissance

Society: 25 May 10
The Swedish Tourist Association is hoping that a design competition will encourage people to rediscover the traditional folk costume and provide a sartorially acceptable wedding gift for Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling. READ »

King to lead princess to the altar: Royal Court

National: 25 May 10
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf will lead his daughter, Crown Princess Victoria, to the altar at her wedding to Daniel Westling on June 19th, the Royal Court has confirmed. READ »

Wedding prompts huge foreign media interest

National: 24 May 10
Some 500 foreign journalists have said they plan to come to Sweden to cover the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria to Daniel Westling next month. READ »

Prince-in-waiting keen to start family

Society: 22 May 10
Daniel Westling is keen to settle down and have kids with Crown Princess Victoria after the pair wed next month, the future prince said in a joint interview with his fiancée published in Saturday. READ »

Who's who in the extended royal family

Lifestyle: 21 May 10
The King, Queen and their children might be the best-known members of the Swedish royal family, but there are numerous other Swedish princes and princesses - including the last surviving great-grandchild of Britain's Queen Victoria, writes Juan Navas. READ »

Dismay after Victoria asks to be given away

National: 20 May 10
A decision by Crown Princess Victoria to be given away by her father at her wedding next month has caused dismay among Swedish church leaders, who view the practice as foreign and sexist. READ »

Westling claims kidney illness 'not hereditary'

Society: 18 May 10
Daniel Westling, the future husband of Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria, has insisted that he is in great shape ahead of the couple's June wedding, arguing that his kidney illness is not hereditary. READ »

King foots half of daughter's wedding bill

Society: 17 May 10
The June wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling is set to cost at least 20 million kronor ($2.63 million), half of which will be met by the the bride's father, King Carl XVI Gustaf, with the remainder funded by the Swedish taxpayer. READ »

Victoria 'kidnapped' for her hen party

National: 14 May 10
With her wedding only a month away, friends of Crown Princess Victoria have been gathering to help her bid farewell to her days as a spinster, 'kidnapping' her from her brother's birthday dinner. READ »

Princess feels 'panic' as wedding nears

National: 13 May 10
Crown Princess Victoria has said she is eagerly awaiting her impending wedding but confessed to feeling a sense of panic as her big day draws near. READ »

Palace guards in uniform pants appeal

Society: 11 May 10
The Royal Court has sought the help of the Armed Forces to lend suitable attire for the guards at the new Haga Palace home of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling, as their trousers have not yet arrived. READ »

Royal wedding stamps and coins to go on sale

Society: 10 May 10
Sweden Post and Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, have unveiled new stamps and coins commemorating the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling on June 19th. READ »

Princess Madeleine takes time out after split

National: 7 May 10
Princess Madeleine has decided to take a time out from official engagements in order to give her time to deal with her aborted engagement to lawyer Jonas Bergström, the Royal Court in Stockholm has announced. READ »

A prince of the people?

Lifestyle: 6 May 10
Traditionalists in Sweden might have preferred Crown Princess Victoria to marry a fellow royal, but her choice of Daniel Westling is very much in line with her European royal contemporaries, writes The Local's royal correspondent, Juan Navas. READ »

Gotland ruins open up for weddings

Society: 6 May 10
The ruins in the medieval city of Visby on Gotland are set to become a popular offbeat choice for Swedish couples to tie the marital knot after Gotland's Museum took over the sites and loosened up rental restrictions. READ »

Palace invites tabloid journo in wedding party mix-up

Society: 3 May 10
Håkan Kjellgren, a tabloid journalist living in Stockholm, has found himself invited to a pre-wedding dinner hosted by the Crown Princess Victoria and her fiancé Daniel Westling after a Royal Court mix up. READ »

Bergström and Prince Charles invited to royal wedding pre-party

Society: 30 Apr 10
Two unexpected names have cropped up on the invitation list to the official pre-party for Crown Princess Victoria's wedding: Jonas Bergström, Princess Madeleine's former fiancé, and Emma Pernald, who dated Prince Carl Philip until a year ago. READ »

Blogger Profile: Juan Navas

Analysis & Opinion: 29 Apr 10
With the Royal Wedding coming up, Juan Navas, an American former information secretary at the Royal Court, has joined The Local's team to give readers the inside track on events. READ »

Sweden no longer immune from royal gossip

Lifestyle: 27 Apr 10
Sweden's tabloids have until recently had a fairly respectful attitude to the royal family, but are times changing, asks The Local's Royal Correspondent, Juan Navas. READ »

How the French Revolution gave Sweden its royals

Lifestyle: 23 Apr 10
The French Revolution was bad news for France's royal family, but Sweden's 200-year-old Bernadotte dynasty would not have existed without it, explains The Local's royal correspondent Juan Navas. READ »

Royal court releases wedding details

National: 15 Apr 10
The launch of a new web page with details of the royal marriage of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling on June 19th has caused a stir of interest in Sweden. READ »

Lars Ohly turns down royal wedding invite

Politics: 14 Apr 10
Left Party leader Lars Ohly has declined the invitation to attend Crown Princess Victoria's wedding to Daniel Westling on June 19th, citing his opposition to the monarchy as grounds for staying away. READ »

Madeleine made to wait for royal wedding

National: 13 Apr 10
Sweden's Princess Madeleine, third in line to the Swedish throne, will have to wait before tying the knot to her beau Jonas Bergström, Queen Silvia confirmed on Tuesday. READ »

Sky-high rents await royal wedding tourists

Society: 6 Apr 10
A large number of Stockholm residents are hoping to take the opportunity to boost their incomes by renting out their apartments during the week of the royal wedding in June. READ »

Republicans call for elk to dethrone cash king

Society: 16 Mar 10
The Swedish Republican Association has called on the central bank to ditch the royals on the country's coins and bank notes in favour of majestic beasts and giants of science and literature. READ »

Mounting costs for royal wedding

National: 7 Mar 10
Royal events can be expensive. A case in point is the wedding this summer of Crown Princess Victoria to Daniel Westling. So far, costs of 80 million kronor ($11.4 million) have been made known. READ »

Swedes back pensioner king to carry on

Society: 1 Mar 10
A majority of Swedes are in favour of King Carl XVI Gustaf remaining on the throne despite reaching the pension age in 2011. READ »

SVT 'cheering on the monarchy'

Society: 24 Feb 10
The Swedish Republican Association has accused public service broadcaster SVT of ditching its principles of objectivity ahead of the impending wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling. READ »

Westling learns how to become Prince Daniel

National: 21 Feb 10
Daniel Westling, fiancé of the Swedish Crown Princess, is participating in a comprehensive program to deepen his understanding about being a prince. He is marrying Crown Princess Victoria in June. READ »

Why deny a princess her fairytale? Republicans and the royal weddings

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Feb 10
With Sweden's royal wedding year now upon us, writer and commoner Allan Burnett hoists the flag for an influential group catering for the anti-monarchy needs of a large and flabbergasted minority. READ »

Royal court decries report on Westling 'illness'

National: 6 Feb 10
The Royal Court has decried a media report that Daniel Westling, fiancé of the Swedish Crown Princess, was seriously ill a few days ago and in the care of a doctor. READ »

Swede slams English use for royal wedding bash

Society: 18 Jan 10
A slogan chosen by the city of Stockholm to promote events related to the June 2010 wedding of Crown Princess Victoria has been reported to the Ombudsmen of Justice for violating Sweden’s language laws. READ »

Crown Princess in surprise Afghanistan trip

Society: 5 Jan 10
Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria and her fiancé Daniel Westling on Sunday and Monday greeted Swedish soldiers stationed in Afghanistan. READ »

Prince-to-be named Sweden's hottest country bumpkin

Society: 28 Dec 09
Daniel Westling, who is set to become Prince and Duke of Västergötaland when he marries Crown Princess Victoria next June, can now also add “hottest hick” of the year to his list of titles. READ »

Müller slams Russia at Nobel awards ceremony

Society: 11 Dec 09
While the glittering Nobel Prize ceremony opened to a trumpet fanfare, Herta Müller, winner of the Nobel Literature Prize, criticized a number of countries, including Russia, for their lack of commitment to human rights. READ »

Royals must wait in line for flu vaccine

National: 31 Oct 09
Daniel Westling, fiancé of Crown Princess Victoria, has received the swine flu vaccine after being placed in a high-risk group following a kidney transplant earlier this year. The rest of the Swedish Royal Family, however, has to wait patiently for the jab. READ »

Royal wedding brings military to attention

National: 17 Oct 09
The Swedish Armed Forces are beginning preparations for next year's royal nuptials and anticipate sending 3,000 soldiers to stand guard when Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria marries Daniel Westling in June. READ »

Sweden's archbishop to perform Victoria's royal wedding

Society: 23 Aug 09
Crown Princess Victoria and her fiancé Daniel Westling are to be wed by Sweden’s archbishop Anders Wejryd. READ »

'I fell for her beautiful blue eyes'

Society: 11 Aug 09
Princess Madeleine and fiancé Jonas Bergström revealed on Tuesday that their decision to wed came in June when the future duke went down on one knee during a holiday on the Italian island of Capri. READ »

Madeleine's engagement 'a surprise': royal watcher

Society: 11 Aug 09
The timing of Princess Madeleine's engagement to boyfriend Jonas Bergström has come as a surprise to most Swedes, a royal expert tells The Local. READ »

Princess Madeleine announces engagement

Society: 11 Aug 09
Princess Madeleine, Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf's youngest child, is to wed her long-time boyfriend Jonas Bergström, the Royal Court has announced. READ »

Princess Victoria brings birthday fever to Swedish island

Society: 14 Jul 09
Thousands of well-wishers are expected to flock to Borgholm on the Swedish island of Öland to join in Crown Princess Victoria's 32nd birthday celebrations on Tuesday. READ »

Ohly declares royal residence 'a scandal'

Society: 13 Jul 09
Left Party leader Lars Ohly has spoken out against the Swedish government's decision to turn Haga Palace in Stockholm into a royal residence following Crown Princess Victoria's wedding to Daniel Westling next year. READ »

Royal dish rags hit Swedish stores

Society: 12 Jul 09
A plethora of souvenirs commemorating the engagement between Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling has begun to flood the market. At Designforum, a shop in Gävle, a royal dish rag has become a best seller. READ »

Princess Victoria on climate change visit to Greenland

Science & Technology: 28 May 09
Crown Princess Victoria joined the two other heirs to Scandinavia's thrones on Wednesday for a visit to Greenland to raise awareness of how the Arctic region has been affected by climate change. READ »

Kidney transplant for Princess's fiancé

National: 27 May 09
Daniel Westling, the fiancé of Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria, has received a new kidney from his father, royal officials have announced. READ »

Sweden gifts palace to Victoria and Daniel

Society: 23 Apr 09
The Swedish government announced on Thursday that it is to hand over the use of Haga Palace near Stockholm to Crown Princess Victoria prior to her marriage next year. READ »

Stockholm hotels in royal demand

Society: 13 Apr 09
Stockholm's hotel rooms are already in short supply for the weekend in June 2010 when Crown Princess Victoria weds Daniel Westling. Travel firms are betting on a summer tourism boom for the capital. READ »

Swedish Easter snaps lovers crave company of Mede or Nyqvist

Society: 8 Apr 09
Actor Mikael Nyqvist and comedian Petra Mede are the number one Easter drinking partners of choice, according to a survey polling 1,000 men and women about the Swedish celebrity with whom they would most like to sip snaps. READ »

Swedish media enjoy April Fool jokes

Society: 1 Apr 09
The royal wedding, doggie doo DNA and a confession from Alfie Atkins' secret friend, as well as The Local's own Japanese girl band, were among the traditional April Fool's hoaxes in the Swedish media on Wednesday. READ »

Victoria and Daniel name the day

National: 23 Mar 09
Crown Princess Victoria will marry fiancé Daniel Westling in Stockholm on 19th June 2010, the Royal Court has announced. READ »

Daniel Westling takes Victoria Day bow

Society: 12 Mar 09
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria celebrated her name-day at the royal palace in Stockholm on Thursday. Her husband to be, Daniel Westling, was in attendance for the first time. READ »

Prince's relationship crumbles following royal engagement

Society: 4 Mar 09
After nearly a decade together, Sweden’s Prince Carl Philip and his girlfriend Emma Pernald have decided to go their separate ways. READ »

A Svensson in the palace? Pass the smelling salts

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Feb 09
The engagement of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling has underlined, rather surprisingly, that Sweden is still a society that divides along class lines, writes The Local's James Savage. READ »

Poll: wedding boosts Sweden's monarchy

Society: 26 Feb 09
The engagement of Swedish Crown Princess Victoria to her former gym instructor Daniel Westling has boosted the monarchy's popularity, a new survey shows. READ »


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