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February 14, 2012
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Princess Victoria: 2011 a 'very rough year'
Society: 29 Dec 11
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Queen Silvia have finally broken their silence about the past year's royal scandals in an open-hearted interview set for broadcast on Thursday.
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Sweden's royal family joins Facebook
National: 20 Nov 11
With pictures and videos, the Swedish royal family has taken another step onto the digital world, and can now be found on their own Facebook account.
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Swedish king makes secret Afghanistan visit
National: 16 Apr 11
King Carl XVI Gustaf has visited Swedish troops in Afghanistan in secret, returning from a several-day trip on Saturday.
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'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.
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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.
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Big royal turnout expected for wedding
National: 16 Jun 10
Sweden’s royal wedding is set to attract one of largest gathering of kings and queens seen in Europe for years, a guest list for Friday’s pre-wedding concert has revealed.
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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.
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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.
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Ex-royal bodyguard sentenced for rape
National: 4 May 10
A policeman with the Swedish Security Service who once served as a bodyguard to King Carl Gustaf and Crown Princess Victoria has been jailed for six years for rape.
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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.
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March in Sweden: Slush, bears and skiing royals
Lifestyle: 17 Mar 10
The Year in Sweden - March: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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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.
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Princess Lilian taken to hospital
Society: 9 Feb 09
Princess Lilian, 93, the British-born aunt of Sweden's King Carl Gustaf, is being treated at hospital on Monday after taking a tumble at her Stockholm home.
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Sweden decks the halls for Nobel festivities
Society: 10 Dec 08
Over a million Swedes are expected to stay glued to their television sets on Wednesday to watch monarchs, politicians and assorted clever clogs tuck in to the annual Nobel banquet.
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Borg tops in Sweden power rankings
National: 14 Nov 08
Finance minister Anders Borg has surpassed prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt as Sweden’s most influential powerbroker, according to a new ranking.
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Queen defends husband over wolf row
Society: 31 Oct 08
Queen Silvia has leapt to her husband's defence after a prominent Swedish author ridiculed comments made in support of wolf hunting by King Carl Gustaf XVI.
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King sparks controversy with wolf hunt comments
Society: 17 Oct 08
Remarks by King Carl Gustaf XVI in support of wolf hunting have generated a wave of concern from members of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
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Princess Lilian breaks hip in fall
National: 13 Aug 08
Princess Lilian, the British-born aunt of Sweden's King Carl Gustaf, has been taken to hospital after falling and breaking her hip.
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Balloons fill sky on National Day
National: 7 Jun 08
Yellow and blue balloons filled the Stockholm sky as National Day celebrations took place in the scorching summer heat.
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Prince claims his first points in Carrerra Cup
Sport: 1 Jun 08
Prince Carl Phillip has secured his first points in the Porsche Carrerra Cup. The prince came 11th and gained five points after a race in Karlskoga.
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King turns off lights for environment
Society: 29 Mar 08
King Carl Gustaf XVI has announced that the lights will be turned off for an hour at royal castles on Saturday in support of the WWF.
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Green king plans cottages in nature reserve
National: 4 Jan 08
King Carl Gustaf wants to build guest cottages for his children near his house in northern Sweden.
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King gets raise from state
National: 20 Dec 07
Sweden’s royal family is to get significantly more money from the state next year, with its grant, known as the Appanage, rising by 12 million kronor.
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Pomp and ceremony for Nobel winners
National: 11 Dec 07
Stockholm put on its glad rags and millions watched on TV as the Nobel Banquet celebrated the world's best brains.
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Lilian to miss Nobel party
National: 7 Dec 07
King Carl Gustaf's Welsh-born aunt, Princess Lilian, will miss the Nobel Festivities for the first time since 1976.
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Homeless 'tidied away' for king's visit
National: 27 Sep 07
Homeless people in Malmö are complaining that they are being 'tidied away' so as not to blight a visit by King Carl Gustaf on Saturday. But police insist there are security reasons that justify the move.
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Security Service reports TV crew for Reinfeldt attack
National: 23 May 07
The Swedish Security Service was not amused when a TV crew squirted water at Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. An employee of Strix Television has now been reported to the police.
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Confidence in monarchy rises
Politics: 20 Apr 07
Swedes have more confidence in national institutions, with the monarchy recovering support. People have a favourable view of the health service, but unions and the EU fare badly.
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Royals enjoy Japanese countryside
National: 28 Mar 07
King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden have been taking in the Japanese countryside on the third day of their state visit. The royal couple have now been joined in Tokyo by Carl Bildt.
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King kicks off Sweden's Linnaeus festivities
Science & Technology: 29 Jan 07
A year of celebrations to mark the 300th anniversary of the birth of Swedish botanist Linnaeus was kicked off on Sunday in the town of Växjö, where he attended school.
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Sweden loves Reinfeldt and Wallström
National: 29 Dec 06
Who do Swedes most admire? Royals, sports personalities and comedians are all in evidence on the nation's top ten lists - but Swedes reserve greatest admiration for their political leaders.
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Sweden plans hero's welcome for Fuglesang
Science & Technology: 23 Dec 06
'Space minister' Maud Olofsson wants Christer Fuglesang to know that Sweden is proud of his achievement. And the man himself was in fine spirits when he met journalists on Saturday, following his twelve day trip into space.
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Swedish humour: you're joking?
Lifestyle: 19 Dec 06
Many foreigners think Swedish humour is as amusing as Björn Borg - but there's a rich seam of ribaldry below the surface. Christine Demsteader looks at what makes Sweden laugh.
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Genius meets royalty on Nobel Day
Science & Technology: 10 Dec 06
Sunday saw the Swedish party of the year: the Nobel banquet. And as usual, genius and royalty took centre stage at the Stockholm celebrations.
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Climate top of Swedish king's agenda
National: 28 Nov 06
King Carl Gustaf sorts out his recyclables in his private kitchen, runs a pellet-fired boiler at Drottningholm palace and talks about climate change whenever he goes on state visits - but he doesn't drive a 'green' car.
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A trip to Swedish foodie heaven
Travel: 30 Jul 06
A weekend at Grythyttan is the perfect way to get to the heart of rural Sweden, while tasting food that could not be sourced more locally.
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Thousands greet Victoria on birthday
National: 15 Jul 06
A large crowd gathers at the royals' summer palace on Öland to celebrate the Crown Princess's 29th birthday. For the first time the princess's boyfriend, Daniel Westling, was also there.
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Swedish Royals head to Turkey
National: 28 May 06
Sweden's King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia are expected to travel to Turkey on Monday for a five-day official visit at the invitation of Turkish President.
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Led Zeppelin honoured with Swedish music prize
Lifestyle: 23 May 06
Members of one the legendary rock act - along with Russian conductor Valery Gergiev - picked up the prestigious Polar Music Prize in Stockholm on Monday.
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Thousands line Stockholm streets to cheer king
National: 30 Apr 06
The crowds turned out in force on Sunday to wish King Carl Gustaf happy birthday. The music and cheers even drowned out the protest of the Republican Association, which described the day as a 'publicity stunt'.
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Birthday service as Carl Gustaf turns 60
National: 30 Apr 06
12 million kronor to King's new charity
The weekend's birthday celebrations continued with a morning service in the palace chapel - time for the king to reflect on the countless gifts, donations and events in his honour - and a horsedrawn trip to banquet at Stockholm City Hall.
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Carl Gustaf delighted by gifts fit for a king
National: 28 Apr 06
No mere socks and aftershave for the Swedish king, who turns 60 on Sunday. At an official gift ceremony on Friday, he was showered with everything from homemade jam to a conference on water quality. Fantastic, he said.
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Horsehair beds 'Sweden's export of the year'
Business & Money: 24 Apr 06
Hästens, Swedish maker of luxury horsehair-stuffed beds, has been named the country's exporter of the year by King Carl Gustaf in a ceremony in Stockholm.
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Relaxed king prepares to turn 60
National: 21 Apr 06
Young people are being exposed to the wrong kind of role models in the media, Carl Gustaf has said in an interview ahead of his 60th birthday. He also talks of his childhood and Victoria's fear of succeeding him.
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Biathlon gold for Olofsson
Sport: 25 Feb 06
A second medal at the Winter Olympics for Sweden's Anna Carin Olofsson, this time in the women's inaugural 12.5km biathlon mass start race. Afterwards, King Carl Gustaf bounded onto the course to congratulate her.
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Silvia's brother dies
Smörgåsbord: 19 Feb 06
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Newsreader complains over King affair rumours
National: 29 Dec 05
A Swedish newsreader is making a complaint against her own channel, after a comedy programme said she was King Carl Gustaf's lover. TV4 anchorwoman Anna Lindmarker said she felt violated.
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King's speech: hope from year of disasters
National: 25 Dec 05
The natural catastrophes of 2005 dominated King Carl Gustaf's traditional Christmas Day speech. But he pointed out that the misery and chaos was not without hope.
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Royals shine at Nobel banquet
National: 11 Dec 05
Swedish king presents Nobel prizes
The theme of Saturday's Nobel banquet was 'Nordic' and Sweden's royal family glittered among the intellectual elite. The evening also provided a brief respite for beleaguered foreign minister Laila Freivalds.
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Swedish royals dodge Kyoto in visit down under
National: 7 Nov 05
King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia are flying the flag in Australia. And despite saying that he might raise controversial environmental issues, the Swedish king has so far held himself to diplomatic niceties.
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Royal crowns to be put on view
Politics: 21 Sep 05
The king will have to account in future for the way he spends his money, according to proposals in the budget. But critics of the royals are sceptical over whether the new openness goes far enough.
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Persson promises 4% jobless next year
Politics: 13 Sep 05
As parliament begins again, Prime Minister Göran Persson presents the government's policy statement and sets himself some big targets on jobs, terrorism and the environment.
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Palace fury over tabloid headline
National: 12 Sep 05
A magazine reports that King Carl Gustaf has had affairs with three famous Swedish women. A tabloid reports on the story but adds rather more weight to words like 'King' and 'unfaithful' in the headline. Everyone's unrepentant.
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Back to college for Sweden's young royals
National: 6 Sep 05
The burdens of being Sweden's figureheads will fall mainly upon the king and queen this autumn as their children get back to their studies - although Victoria might just squeeze in a trip to China.
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Carl Gustaf: US catastrophe is a wake-up call
National: 2 Sep 05
Sweden's king says that the carnage wreaked by Hurricane Katrina is clear evidence of global climate change and that it is time to "think the unthinkable".
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Unity on show as Norway's royals sail in
National: 2 Sep 05
It's one hundred years since Norway and Sweden went separate ways, but as the Norwegian royals docked their boat at Stockholm's Skeppsbron, all talk was of Scandinavian unity.
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Minister of hate to "hunt down" Swedish king
National: 25 Aug 05
Fanatical American gay hate minister, Fred Phelps, is coming to Sweden to "hunt down" King Carl Gustav. He wants to ram home his message that Sweden is a God-foraken land for its treatment of the pentecostalist minister Åke Green.
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Swedish king crashes car
National: 25 Aug 05
King Carl Gustaf smashes his 800,000 kronor BMW into another car at a Norrköping roundabout. It's the latest in a series of traffic 'incidents' involving the car-loving monarch.
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Swedish royals call in the lawyers over preacher
National: 19 Aug 05
Sweden's royals send in the lawyers against American extremist Christian Fred Phelps, after he published a rant against them on his anti-gay website. It's defamation, says the palace.
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Royal plane in emergency landing
National: 2 Aug 05
A plane on its way to pick up King Carl Gustaf to take him to Saudi Arabia made an emergency landing this morning after a warning light came on. Bosse Ringholm, Sweden's deputy prime minister, was on board at the time.
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Bernadottes celebrate royal wedding
Smörgåsbord: 19 Jun 05
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Victoria: I'd choose the throne over love
National: 19 Jun 05
The heir to Sweden's throne, Crown Princess Victoria, says that she would never give up her right to the crown. "I was born to help Sweden", she tells a Turkish newspaper.
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Queen Silvia praises Swedes' generosity
Smörgåsbord: 16 Jun 05
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Child abuse is getting worse - Silvia
National: 16 Jun 05
See also: Queen Silvia praises Swedes' generosity
In an in-depth interview before a concert for her World Childhood Foundation, Sweden's Queen Silvia talks about her work helping abused children around the globe - and warns that there are many obstacles still to be overcome.
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Swedes look to create new National Day tradition
National: 7 Jun 05
See also: Swedes sceptical towards National Day
The polls may have you believe that Swedes can't see the point of the new National Day holiday. But Sweden's number one family had no problems finding something to celebrate.
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Swedish royals cost more than Danes
National: 4 Jun 05
Swedish taxpayers pay more to keep their royal family than their neighbours in Denmark. But it's the Norwegian royals who set the standard for royal spending in Scandinavia.
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Royal squeezes kept out of the family
National: 1 Jun 05
The Swedish royals will be meeting their distant cousins on Thursday, in the biggest-ever gathering of the Bernadotte clan. But the young royals' partners are off the guest list.
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King speaks out for apathetic children
Politics: 27 Apr 05
King Carl Gustaf risks getting into another political row, as words of support for refugee children suffering from “apathy” are interpreted as an attack on the government. Supporters of the children say the king's words are significant.
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Royal couple thank Thailand
National: 18 Feb 05
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Sweden's king and queen visit Thailand to thank Thais and Swedes for their help to Swedish holidaymakers affected by the tsunami. “You’ve done a great job”, the king told embassy staff.
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Carl Gustaf: "The debate is unnecessary"
National: 20 Jan 05
The king calls a press conference for the first time in 20 years to express his irritation at the storm around his comments following the tsunami catastrophe - and to reveal that he and the prime minister share a passion for farming.
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Carl Gustaf: "Nobody dares to take responsibility"
National: 10 Jan 05
In a moving speech King Carl Gustaf reminds victims of the tsunami that he knows how it feels to grow up without a father and "like the king in the fairytale" wishes he could make everything all right. But in a newspaper interview he reveals that it took the government 36 hours to brief him on events in Asia.
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King Carl Gustaf: "I share your sorrow"
National: 30 Dec 04
In a speech broadcast on Swedish radio and television, the king speaks of his deep sympathy for the victims of the catastrophe, both Swedes and local people.
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Victoria ?the clever one? among Sweden?s royals
National: 16 Dec 04
Only three percent of Swedes think that the king is more clever than his children, a survey suggested this week. Distasteful and misinformed, says the palace
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Madame Wu visits Sweden
Smörgåsbord: 30 Sep 04
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Carl Philip follows in Party King?s footsteps
National: 28 Sep 04
Expressen reveals the shocking news that the king is a member of a posh club for middle-aged men. And a newly made-over Prince Carl-Philip seems to have inherited his father's taste for fast cars.
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20 things to know before moving to Sweden
As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
How far can English take you in Sweden?
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
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