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Estelle baptized in 'historic' ceremony

Society: 22 May 12
Princess Estelle, second in line to the Swedish throne, was baptized in the Royal Chapel in Stockholm as a host of European royals, government ministers, and family members looked on. READ »

Live Blog: the baptism of Princess Estelle

Lifestyle: 22 May 12
Sweden's newest princess, Princess Estelle, is to be baptized in the Royal Chapel on Tuesday. The Local brings you all the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding the baptism of Sweden's future head of state. READ »

Sweden's child rights prize awarded

Society: 21 May 12
The Swedish-founded World's Children's Prize has been awarded to Anna Mollel of Tanzania for her efforts in helping disabled Maasai children, and will be presented in Stockholm on Wednesday by Queen Silvia. READ »

Princess Madeleine's man set for royal debut

Society: 21 May 12
Sweden's Royal Court has broken tradition by inviting Princess Madeleine's US banker boyfriend as well as the girlfriend of Prince Carl Philip’s to Princess Estelle's baptism on Tuesday. READ »

Sweden readies for Princess Estelle baptism

Society: 18 May 12
With Sweden's Princess Estelle's christening just days away, the Royal Court on Friday released new images of the infant princess and her proud parents, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel. READ »

Swedish king's uncle dies at 95

Society: 6 May 12
The last surviving great-grandchild of Britain's Queen Victoria, Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg, has died at the age of 95. READ »

Trust in Swedish royals at all-time low: report

Society: 25 Apr 12
New figures show that Swedes have less confidence in the royal family than ever before, despite the recent wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel and the birth of Princess Estelle. READ »

'We are Sweden's true royal family'

Lifestyle: 19 Apr 12
With Sweden still basking in the royal glow of the birth of Princess Estelle, The Local’s Peter Vinthagen Simpson talks to a US academic who claims that his family, and not the “immigrant” Bernadottes, should be on Swedish throne. READ »

Museum evacuated after 'racist' bomb threat

Society: 18 Apr 12
A Stockholm museum was evacuated on Tuesday afternoon after receiving a “racially motivated” bomb threat, just days after a controversial piece of artwork had been revealed. READ »

‘My monkey was my best friend’: Queen Silvia

Society: 5 Apr 12
Swedish Queen Silvia recently confessed to a children's magazine that when she was a child her best friend was the family’s pet monkey, Mickey. READ »

Prince Charles shoots hoops with Swedish PM

Society: 23 Mar 12
Prince Charles locked horns with Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on a basketball court in Stockholm on Thursday, before lunching with Princess Victoria on Friday for her first royal engagement since the birth of Princess Estelle. READ »

Charles and Camilla hit Stockholm

National: 22 Mar 12
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, arrive in Sweden shortly after lunch on Thursday, after spending a few days in Norway on their official trip to Scandinavia. READ »

Princess Estelle baptism revealed by Royal Palace

Society: 20 Mar 12
Princess Estelle’s baptism date has been announced by the Royal Family, quashing rumours that came through an admin slip up by a Swedish county governor on Monday. READ »

Princess Estelle baptism 'revealed' in RSVP slip-up

Society: 19 Mar 12
Sweden's Royal Court was scrambling on Monday after a county governor's scheduling conflict appeared to inadvertently reveal the as-yet-unreleased date when Princess Estelle will be baptized. READ »

Live Blog: Sweden celebrates new princess

Lifestyle: 24 Feb 12
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria gave birth to a daughter in the early hours of Thursday morning. The Local brings you all the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding Sweden's first royal birth in more than three decades. READ »

'Her name is Estelle': King Carl XVI Gustaf

National: 24 Feb 12
Sweden's new princess will be called Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary, announced King Carl XVI Gustaf on Friday in Stockholm. READ »

Victoria to hospital early Thursday morning

Science & Technology: 23 Feb 12
Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria was admitted to the maternity ward at Karolinska University Hospital shortly before 1am on Thursday morning. READ »

Queen Silvia slammed for 'flawed' Nazi probe

Society: 20 Jan 12
Sweden's Queen Silvia was reportedly "shattered" following an investigative journalism report criticizing the findings of a probe meant to clear the air regarding her father's Nazi connections. READ »

Sweden's five biggest news stories of 2011

Analysis & Opinion: 29 Dec 11
As 2011 draws to a close, The Local looks back at some of the stories that dominated headlines in Sweden in the past year. READ »

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. READ »

Tranströmer the focus of Nobel festivities

National: 11 Dec 11
Swedish Nobel laureate in literature, Tomas Tranströmer, continued to be the focus of attention during the Nobel banquet on Saturday night. READ »

'Queen Silvia shouldn't be blamed for her father's Nazi past'

Analysis & Opinion: 5 Dec 11
The Swedish media's obsession with investigating the ties Queen Silvia's father had to the Nazis during the Third Reich is misplaced, argues former Royal Court information secretary Juan Navas. READ »

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. READ »

Queen under fire for giving kids wine

Society: 17 Oct 11
The admission that the Royal children were allowed a glass of wine at festive occasions, despite being under age, has sparked criticism from Swedish temperance campaigners. READ »

Nordic royals plan New York get-together

National: 13 Oct 11
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia plan to join other Nordic royals in New York next week for a glittering ball and exhibition of Scandinavian art. READ »

German eatery refused King and Silvia

Society: 21 Aug 11
Sweden’s King and Queen did not receive the royal treatment last week when they were turned away from a busy German restaurant. The owner admits she failed to recognize the royal duo, but said she still wouldn't have let them in. READ »

Royals rejoice over pregnant princess

National: 19 Aug 11
After Wednesday's news of Crown princess Victoria’s pregnancy, congratulations from King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia were published on the Royal Court website on Thursday. 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 »

Silvia's dad in deal with Jewish businessman

Society: 9 Aug 11
Queen Silvia has revealed that her father conducted a business deal with a prominent Jewish businessman whereby he took over his company in Berlin in 1939 and thereby facilitated the man's emigration from Nazi Germany. 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 »

Scandal-hit king sees popularity plunge

Society: 28 May 11
Support for Sweden’s king has dropped rapidly in the wake of recent scandals, with a new poll indicating that less than half the population wants King Carl XVI Gustaf to remain on the throne. READ »

King should surrender throne to Victoria: poll

National: 22 May 11
As more reports of womanising and shady connections continue to emerge, most Swedes think King Carl XVI Gustaf should relinquish the throne to Crown Princess Victoria in the next decade, a poll showed Saturday. READ »

Sweden's Queen Silvia to probe family Nazi links

Society: 15 May 11
Sweden's Queen Silvia has announced that she intends to investigate reports of her father's alleged links with Nazism. READ »

Swedish royals make historic visit in Poland

Society: 7 May 11
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf became the first Swedish monarch to visit the world's largest wooden church in Poland, a UNESCO site funded by the King's ancestors more than 300 years ago. READ »

King denies calling Stieg Larsson books 'horrible'

Society: 6 May 11
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf has denied labeling Stieg Larsson's wildly successful Millennium crime novels "horrible" in an interview with a Polish newspaper. READ »

Rescuer of Congolese child sex slaves honoured in Sweden

Society: 27 Apr 11
A Swedish foundation on Tuesday recognised Congolese activist Murhabazi Namegabe for his efforts to free child soldiers and sex slaves in the Democratic Republic of Congo. READ »

Swedish king rules out retirement

Society: 26 Apr 11
Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf has stated that he has no plans to retire, despite the occasion of his 65th birthday on Saturday. READ »

Photographer denies 'stalking' Queen Silvia

Society: 8 Apr 11
The photographer accused by the Swedish Royal Court of stalking Queen Silvia during a recent visit to New York denies causing her to fall and hurt her foot. READ »

Palace fuming at photographer following Queen Silvia injury

Society: 6 Apr 11
Sweden's Royal Court has accused a photographer of "stalking" Queen Silvia after she was injured trying to avoid the "obstinate" shutterbug during her current visit to New York. READ »

Flu stops Queen Silvia Botswana visit

Society: 22 Mar 11
Sweden's Queen Silvia has been struck down with the flu and has been forced to cancel her participation in the royal couple's state visit to Botswana which begins on Tuesday. READ »

Italy's Riccardo Muti wins prestigious Swedish opera prize

Society: 16 Mar 11
Italian director Riccardo Muti has been named 2011 recipient of the $1 million prize in memory of Sweden's legendary soprano Birgit Nilsson. READ »

Princess Madeleine wins German libel award

Society: 27 Jan 11
Sweden's Princess Madeleine will receive damages in excess of 3.5 million kronor ($540,000) from a slew of German newspapers for libel and intrusion in her private life, a German court confirmed on Wednesday. READ »

Swedish iPhone app saves US teen's life

Science & Technology: 16 Jan 11
An iPhone app developed by a Swedish doctor has been credited with saving the life of a young American basketball player. READ »

Most Swedes want king to step down: poll

National: 25 Dec 10
Nearly two-thirds of Swedes would like to see King Carl XVI Gustaf abdicate and hand the throne over to his daughter, Princess Victoria, according to a new poll published on Saturday. READ »

Madeleine speaks out over break up 'heartache'

Society: 19 Nov 10
Sweden's Princess Madeleine, third in line to the throne and the youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, on Friday described the emotional turmoil she endured after breaking off her engagement earlier this year. READ »

A populist lexicon: freedom fries and the Swedish far-right

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Nov 10
The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson exposes the orthodoxy and self-serving folksy truisms of far-right PC in a lexicon of populist platitudes. READ »

King won't sue publisher over tell-all book

National: 5 Nov 10
Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and the Royal Court have decided not to sue Lind & Co, the publisher of the book filled filled with previously unpublished details about the King's private life. READ »

King: It was a long time ago

National: 4 Nov 10
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf on Thursday declined to answer questions about a controversial new biography that includes allegations of love affairs, wild parties with Swedish models and connections to the underworld. READ »

Swedish King to face book's love affair claims

National: 3 Nov 10
Sweden is bracing for the release on Thursday of a controversial book detailing the private life of King Carl XVI Gustaf, including an alleged affair with a member of the band Army of Lovers. READ »

Public peeing OK if no one is offended: Swedish court

Society: 27 Sep 10
A Swedish man has been acquitted of public urination charges, opening the door for thousands of others to avoid fines for heeding the call of nature in public. READ »

Royal couple return home from honeymoon

National: 2 Aug 10
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel have returned home after their six-week long honeymoon in the South Pacific and the USA, arriving at Stockholm's Bromma airport on Sunday evening. READ »

Carl Philip steps in to hand out Victoria Award

Society: 7 Jul 10
Prince Carl Philip is set to fill his big sister's shoes and hand out this year's Victoria Award (Victoriastipendiet) as the Crown Princess is away on her honeymoon, organisers announced on Wednesday. READ »

Princess Madeleine goes back to work

Society: 30 Jun 10
Princess Madeleine has returned to work after taking a time out following her breakup from ex-fiancé Jonas Bergström. READ »

No hotel boom during Royal Wedding

Business & Money: 22 Jun 10
There was no rush of tourists to Stockholm’s hotels during last weekend’s Royal Wedding, with occupancy rates roughly similar to any other June weekend. READ »

'I love you, Victoria'

Society: 20 Jun 10
Guests at the royal wedding party danced into the early hours after Prince Daniel’s moving speech brought tears to the eyes of a radiant Crown Princess Victoria. 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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. READ »

Madeleine expresses thanks for public support

Society: 15 Jun 10
Princess Madeleine, who has been on a time out after breaking off her engagement in April, has expressed her thanks for the support of the Swedish people after returning to Sweden in time for her sister's wedding. 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 »

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 »

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 »

No evidence of royal wedding tourist boom

National: 19 May 10
A predicted rush of tourists to Stockholm for the upcoming royal wedding has so far failed to materialise, with no more bookings than in previous years, according to hoteliers in the capital. READ »

Why Victoria's gown will be more than just a dress

Lifestyle: 14 May 10
Queen Silvia's wedding dress was created by Dior, but Crown Princess Victoria is widely expected to find her gown closer to home. And the choice of dress will be dripping in symbolism, writes The Local's royal correspondent Juan Navas. 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 »

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 »

Sly princess leaves paparazzi pictureless

Society: 25 Apr 10
Princess Madeleine evaded waiting journalists and paparazzi photographers on Saturday after flying to New York as the palace in Stockholm announced the termination of her engagement to lawyer Jonas Bergström. READ »

Princess Madeleine breaks up with fiancé

National: 24 Apr 10
Sweden's Princess Madeleine has broken up with her fiancé Jonas Bergström, Stockholm's royal court has announced. READ »

Princess hit by relationship rumours

Society: 21 Apr 10
A 21-year-old Norwegian handball star has sparked fresh concerns over Princess Madeleine's impending marriage by claiming she had an affair last year with prince-in-waiting Jonas Bergström. 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 »

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 »

King deployed to back Brazil fighter bid

Politics: 24 Mar 10
Sweden's defence minister Sten Tolgfors was joined in Brazil on Tuesday by Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia as Brazil decides on a fighter jet tender that has a Swedish plane in the running. READ »

Sweden defends curling gold

National: 27 Feb 10
The Swedish women's curling team, the reigning Olympic champions, triumphed over Canada 7-6 in the curling final on Friday after forcing an extra end when defeat seemed imminent. READ »

King and queen to launch new youth forum

Society: 26 Dec 09
In traditional Christmas speeches on December 25, Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia announced the launch of a new forum for children and youth in honour of the 20th anniversary of the United Nation's Convention of the Right's of the Child. READ »

Nobel fashion quips land writer in hot water

Society: 22 Dec 09
While the neckline of Princess Madeleine's gown is often under scrutiny by the media during Nobel Week, fashion commentary by one Swedish freelance writer earned her a ban from the leadership of top Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter. 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 »

Sweden's Princess Madeleine in underwear 'bomb' scare

Society: 15 Oct 09
A mysterious package addressed to Sweden’s Princess Madeleine at the World Childhood Foundation in New York prompted a response from the police’s bomb squad on Tuesday. READ »

Six-year-old survives seven storey fall

National: 5 Sep 09
A six-year-old boy survived a fall from a seventh floor apartment in Gothenburg on Friday evening, due in part to the actions of a quick-thinking passerby. 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 »

Sweden takes over EU presidency

Politics: 1 Jul 09
Sweden on Wednesday assumed the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union, promising to combat climate change as well as the rising joblessness in the wake of the global economic crisis. READ »

Swedish national library reported for child porn

Society: 6 Apr 09
The Swedish national library will on Monday afternoon be reported to the police for the possession and distribution of child pornography. 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 »

Wedding will 'boost Sweden's monarchy'

Society: 25 Feb 09
As a new poll shows that Swedes believe Daniel Westling is the right choice for Crown Princess Victoria, one of the country’s most respected historians said that a royal wedding can only strengthen Sweden’s monarchy. READ »

German media welcomes royal engagement

National: 24 Feb 09
The engagement of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling is big news in Germany, where newspapers take a close interest in the activities of the Swedish royals. READ »

Profile: Popular Crown Princess Victoria

Lifestyle: 24 Feb 09
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria, whose engagement to her former gym teacher was announced on Tuesday, is a popular and respected royal known for her easy-going style, poise and intelligence, writes AFP's Pia Ohlin. READ »

Daniel 'wasn't sure of a yes'

National: 24 Feb 09
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria has announced her engagement to Daniel Westling. The pair are to marry in the summer of 2010. READ »

Sweden ‘excited’ for royal wedding

Society: 24 Feb 09
With the announcement of the engagement between Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria and boyfriend Daniel Westling, excitement is growing for Sweden’s first royal wedding in more than 30 years. READ »

Swedish national library in child porn scandal

Society: 21 Jan 09
Sweden’s legacy of lax attitudes toward pornography has come back to haunt the country’s national library, which has been found to have large quantities of child pornography in its collection. READ »

Queen Silvia: 'No plans to retire'

Society: 22 Dec 08
Sweden's Queen Silvia has confirmed that she has no plans to retire despite reaching the retirement age of 65. Grandchildren would be welcome though, she confirms. READ »


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