1995-2005: 10 Years Active Work for Sweden as Crown Princess

[Lena]

Though I guess this year Victoria won´t really celebrate an "official" jubilee, and though it could be, that even the newspapers won´t notice (I don´t know) Victoria will leave her first decade as active working crown princess on the 14th of July behind and a new decade with hard work for the swedish crown will start.
So I´ve thought we "honour" the crown princess and we post special pictures from the past 10 years. With special pictures I mean pictures, which have touched you (in a sad or positive way), which were funny, which have changed the crown princess´life (officially and in private). In other words I don´t want to make an additonal "Victoria picture thread", but a thread with your favourites and with "mile stone"-pics. Just imagine you are a journalist working for a magazine and you have to choose pictures for a review.
Until her birthday in about 3 months I hope this thread is filled with maaaannnyyy pictures from many different members.

 

[Dennism]

Great topic, Lena! I´ll start it off with some favorite photos of mine as well as some milestone photos. First from 1995 itself when she turned 18:

 

[Dennism]

Here are some more:

 

[Dennism]

Even more photos:

 

[Dennism]

More of the Duchess of Västergötland:

 

[Dennism]

More of Victoria:

 

[Josefine]

I think that you need to tell where these photos are from and why they are important

 

[Dennism]

There she goes...

 

[Dennism]

There she goes again

1. In Luxembourg in 2001,

2. At the banquet before the wedding of Märtha Louise and Ari Behn in 2002

3. At the wedding itself

4. At Versailles in 2002

5. Victoria turns 25 in 2002.

6. Victoria in Kosovo in 2002(Really, officer. I didn´t do anything)

7. Victoria in Kosovo in 2002("Who are you looking at?")

8. Victoria Victoria! is published in 2002.

9. Victoria in Japan for Swedish Style in 2001

10. With furry friends at Kolmården Zoo(150 kms from Stockholm) in 2002

 

[Josefine]

for me one milstone is her first Nobel

the first one of many more to come
and later on she will be the one to give the prize
this was also the first time we saw her wearing a tiara

 

[Lena]

I think that you need to tell where these photos are from and why they are important

Yes, good idea! Please tell us, why you have chosen the pictures, that you are posting.

 

[Yennie]

For me, my "royal interest" started around that time when Victoria turned 18...

Here´s some of my memorable Victoria moments!

1: Ofcourse, her 18th birthday in 1995!
2. Her first Nobel, 1995
3. Graduation in june 1996
4. The year she was studying in Angers
5. When she was in Norway in june 1997 and the whole "anorexia- situation"
6: Her time at Yale
7: ofcourse, her relationship with Daniel Collert and especially the "kissing photo"
8: When Victoria and prince Frederik met at the Öresund bridge
9: When she met the Pope in Rome
10. The Millenium festivities in Stockholm

 

[Yennie]

and the story continues

1. Queen Margarethes 60th birthday in April 2000 (btw, Happy birthday to her on her 65th!)
2: Victoria celebrates midsummer in New York
3: Her visit to northern Sweden where she confirmed that Daniel Collert was her boyfriend
4. When she visit Jordan in april 2001
5. Madeleine´s graduation in 2001
6. Her parents wedding aniversary june 2001
7. Her birthday, July 14 2001 ( I was there )
8 Japan!
9: Victoria is interviewd by Kristian Luuk
10 In march 2002 Victoria visits Uganda

 

[Gita]

Photographs

Thank you to everyone who has posted these magnificent photographs.

 

[Yennie]

Now we are at the start of the "Daniel era"

1. V & D met in early 2002, but the first time "we" saw them was at Caroline Kreugers 25th birthday party
2. march 2002 the royal family visits Brazil!
3. Victoria turns 25! She meets the press at Drottningholm and celebrates on Öland
4. Victoria visits Kosova in august
5 The fall of 2002 she works at the Export council in Berlin and Paris
6 In November the biography written by Alice Bah is published
7. 2002 was the year when Victoria became a real model princess
8. In June 2003 Victoria was bridesmaid when her best friend Caroline Svedin got married
9. For the first time, the King and Queen appears in public with thier childrens boyfriends/girlfriend
10 When longtime friend Andrea Brodin are getting married in August Victoria and Daniel is there together

 

[Yennie]

1. In September 2003 Sweden is chocked by the murder of foreign affairs minister Anna Lind. Victoria knew her and at the memorial service we saw a very sad and deeply toched princess.
2. Just a few days after the murder, the King celebrates his 25 years anniversary.
3. Victorias boyfriend celebrates his 30th birthday, but the party had to be postponed due to Anna Lindhs death
4. In November Victoria visits USA. Washington and Delawere is on the programme
5. In December Queen Silvia celebrates her 60th birthday and travels to the north with her family
6. Victoria at the christening of her godchild Ingrid Alexandra
7. Mary and Frederik´s wedding
8. Felipe and Letitzias wedding
9. Victoria and her family travels to Mainau to attend the birthday celebrations for Lennart Bernadotte´s 90th birthday
10. Victoria´s birthday!

 

[Yennie]

1. After a long spring full of hard work, Victoria and Daniel holidayed on Öland together
2. In September, Victoria and Silvia went to Athens and the Paralympics
3. One of state visit went to Iceland!
4. In October, Victoria and Daniel went to Milan
5. Nobel 2004
6. Victoria and her first "official" boyfriend Daniel Collert, met in spring 2005
7. Victoria in Australia
8. Victoria in Japan

 

[Dennism]

Excellent photos, Yennie and Lena. Good job in finding them too.

 

[Danielle]

Great photos everyone. Thanks for posting. I have enjoyed going on this little photographic 'journey through the ages'.

 

[Josefine]

sha has now really worked as a crown princess for sweden for 10 years
good on her

 

[Regina]

A very sweet pic of Victoria

 

[Australian]

thanks for the pics everyone

 

[Lady Jennifer]

I love all the pics. Its a shame we don't see more of her over here in the USA. We never really saw anything when she was here at Yale (which I guess you could say is a good thing.). It would be nice if the press showed some pics of her...even in the World News section of the newspapers.

 

[Dennism]

Its a shame we don't see more of her over here in the USA. We never really saw anything when she was here at Yale (which I guess you could say is a good thing.). It would be nice if the press showed some pics of her...even in the World News section of the newspapers.

Yes, actually, that was a good thing at the time. Yes, I agree. Not just her but other royals too. And I mean photos from visits and so forth. Not necessarily paparazzi photos. Yuck.

 

[Gita]

Anorexia

The reason Crown Princess Victoria was left alone during her at time at Yale was because she asked to be left alone as she was suffering from anorexia when she first moved there.

 

[Yennie]

There is some photographs of her at Yale.I think I´ve seen 5-6 photo series... But she was left alone most of the time.
I think they are from the end of her time at Yale, during the first semesters her wish for privacy was respected

 

[Gita]

Yale

Yes Yeennie you are right. I do remember seeing photographs taken of her on campus at Yale and around NYC shopping and out and about with her then boyfriend Daniel Collert.

 

[Josefine]

she has done much the last ten years and i think she is getting better and better on her job

 

[ShksprNLov]

she has done much the last ten years and i think she is getting better and better on her job

I agree. I think she is one of the most "natural" princesses and that she is doing a great job.

 

[Josefine]

2015 now and she has worked as a crown princess for 20 years