Crown Princess Couple's Visit to San Francisco & Silicon Valley, USA: Jan 19-21, 2015


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Crown Princess Couple's Visit to San Francisco & Silicon Valley, USA: Jan 19-21, 2015

The Court has added a three day visit in the calendar for Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel to USA. The visit will take place in San Francisco and Silicon Valley between January 19-21 2015.

No further information is known at this point.

H.K.H. Kronprinsessan Victoria - Sveriges Kungahus [NS4 version]
 
Margareta Thorgren from the press department told to Svensk Damtidning that the trip to San Francisco is arranged because of Crown Princess Victoria's and Prince Daniel's own initiative:
- They will visit a number of companies focused on IT. This is a trip which will provide an opportunity to the crown princess couple to improve themselves in the industry.
Ny spännande resa för Victoria och Daniel i januari Svensk Damtidning
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Svensk Damtidning about the visit:
On Monday Victoria and Daniel visit among other things the company Stripe which works with payment solutions on the internet, and electric car maker Tesla. The day ends with a panel discussion with Nordic entrepreneurs operating in the area. On Tuesday Victoria and Daniel visit Stanford University for meetings, including principal John Hennesy. On Wednesday the Crown Princess Couple will visit two of the Internet's biggest players: Google and Facebook.
Estelle will travel with Victoria and Daniel. Svensk Damtidning also writes that it is said that Victoria and Daniel spent Midsummer some years ago in San Francisco.
Prinsessan Estelle följer med till USA Svensk Damtidning
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Margareta Thorgren has confirmed to Expressen that Estelle goes with Victoria and Daniel to USA
- All time together with the family is precious. Princess Estelle has been with them in the past. The princess greeted her little cousin in the spring in the US.
During the total five-day trip, the family gets to spend time together.
- It's a trip which during the weekend is private and the official program begins on Monday. It's always nice when the family can be together because both crown princess Victoria and prince Daniel work a lot, says Thorgren.
Prinsessan Estelle följer med till USA Nyheter Expressen
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Johan T Lindwall in Expressen:
Daniel and Victoria are taking social media very seriously: Today they land in Silicon Valley in California and the highlight is a visit to both Facebook and Google.
The purpose of the trip is simple: Get better at social media and get to meet the people behind the big companies. For three days, Victoria and Daniel travel around Silicon Valley and it's an impressive list of companies and people they are meeting.
Google, Facebook and personal meetings with everyone from Bill and Tim Draper, world renowned entrepreneurs and IT investors, to a meeting with famous professor Arthur Bienenstock at Stanford University.
Victoria and Daniel have planned the trip for a long time and it is part of their training as crown princess and prince of Sweden.
- The Crown Princess and Prince are there to gather more knowledge to bring home to Sweden. The initiative to this trip came from the crown princess and prince. They are very much looking forward to this. The social media is important for the Swedish royal family and the trip to California is a way to learn even more. It's to get information about clean tech and entrepreneurship that permeates the area, says Margareta Thorgren from the press department.
Victoria och Daniel på besök i Silicon Valley Extra Expressen

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden, in their first Silicon Valley visit together, will preview the latest Nordic technology innovations at a special event today at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.
The Royal Couple and other dignitaries including Björn Lyrvall, Swedish Ambassador to the US will be introduced to a handful of the most exciting startups to the US from Nordic Innovation House, a resource center in Palo Alto for Nordic tech companies. During a three-day visit, the Swedish Royal Couple will explore their deep interest in innovation and technology by meeting with companies and thought leaders to discover how the dynamic environment of Silicon Valley is benefitting these fledgling operations.
Swedish Royal visit to Silicon Valley - Vinnova

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden, in their first Silicon Valley visit together, will preview the latest Nordic technology inventions at a special event today at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. The Royal Couple and other dignitaries including Björn Lyrvall, Swedish Ambassador to the US will be introduced to a handful of the most exciting startups to the US from Nordic Innovation House, a resource center in Palo Alto for Nordic tech companies.
Swedish Royal Couple Get First Peek at Silicon Valley-Nurtured Technologies from Nordic Startups at Mountain View Event Business Wire
 
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Given this visit is not superformal, its a great opportunity to take Estelle and give her an idea what her parents do. Its ideal for a working family. In general I think that Victoria & Daniel are doing a great job including Estelle into their working life, to make it normal for her in a way.IMO she is the most natural of all royal kids, together with the norwegian and danish kids, maybe its a cultural thing just to make a royal life look normal.

Thanks for the pictures and text, Lady Finn.
 
How lovely that they have the opportunity to take Estelle
 
I think it's great how Victoria and Daniel introduce Estelle to official events.

It is lovely that both Victoria and Estelle are wearing blue which is the colour of the Swedish flag. How lovely.
 
From the Facebook of the Swedish Church in San Francisco:
Yesterday was a big day for us Swedes in San Francisco.
Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel and Princess Estelle visited the Consulate General and the Swedish Church. Consul General Barbro Osher welcomed Crown Princess with family and invited guests. Then we sang some children's songs and then the Consulate General had arranged coffee service. Sweden's Ambassador Bjorn Lyrvall completed the event.
A great honor and memorable day for our congregation.
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Estelle på bullkalas Svensk Damtidning
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From the Twitter of Björn Lyrvall, the swedish ambassador in USA:
W/ TRH CrownPrincess Victoria & Prince Daniel tapping into the Eco System of Silicon Valley. Starting day meeting @Runway_is & @stripe
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Inspiring talk about the @TeslaMotors story and future of electric cars w/ VP #SupplyChain Peter Carlsson.
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Victoria and Daniel visited Award winning digital health company iDoc24.
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From the Twitter of Maureen Taylor, KTVU South Bay Reporter
#Sweden #Royal visit is family affair. Couple traveling with their 2-year old daughter who speaks English & Swedish
Royal Couple visiting #SiliconValley tonight. #Sweden Crown Princess Victoria & Prince Daniel arriving #MountainView
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Attending a Nordic Event in the evening
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From the Twitter of John Hollar, the CEO Computer History Museum
HRH The Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden talking with Nordic entrepreneurs @ComputerHistory tonight
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From Expressen
Here Estelle charms USA - and eats buns
Anne Lidgard, director of Vinnova's Silicon Valley office (which organizes the visit), says that Estelle is absolutely adorable. She charms everyone.
It was the Crown Princess Couple's own idea - to go to IT companies mecca: the Silicon Valley to meet with some of the world's foremost experts and entrepreneurs in IT technology.
But the first stop on the three-day tour was actually Swedish church for a proper Swedish coffee break. Victoria, Daniel and Estelle came to the Swedish Church in matching blue clothes where they were treated to Swedish cinnamon buns, biscuits and of course Swedish coffee. Together with other children Estelle sang Imse Vimse spindel.
- It was very warming, hearty and intimate, says Lidgard.
But yesterday it was time for seriousness and Estelle had to stay home when the Crown Princess Couple's official program kicked off.
- The idea is that the Crown Princess Couple will see as much as possible of the unique ecosystem that Silicon Valley is. We have visited carmaker Tesla factory and Runway which are San Francisco's hottest incubators, Victoria and Daniel got to meet the founder Allan Young. We also visited the new stars on the data sky, the company Stripe involved in payment solutions, says Lidgard.
Both Victoria and Daniel have taken their studies seriously, she says.
- They are very grateful visitors, extremely interested and knowledgeable. They have set sensible questions that have generated good discussion. I think they felt that it is very spontaneous and quite relaxed atmosphere here, even if it is a tremendous professionalism, it's a pretty relaxed style in Silicon Valley.
One of many entrepreneurs who met the couple is Alexander Börve, norwegian, educated in Sweden and founder of the IT service iDoc24, where you send pictures of skin conditions and receive answers from a dermatologist.
- Prince Daniel is an entrepreneur so he was very positive and in a good spirit. I said to Victoria that I know, children are always a lot of rash and with the first child one is extra nervous. I explained that we are a bit like medical care information service. They thought it was a smart idea!
In the evening Victoria and Daniel met with the world renowned entrepreneurs and IT investors, Bill and Tim Draper before it was time for a panel discussion at the Computer History Museum where heavy Nordic players including Barbro Osher, Consul General of Sweden, spoke on the theme "From start-up to success".
Här charmar Estelle USA – och äter bullar Nyheter Expressen
 
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Consul general Barbro Osher acted on Monday as Estelle's nanny in SF.
Silicon Valley. Estelle continues her charm offensive across the Atlantic.
When Victoria and Daniel worked the general consul of Sweden chose yesterday to hang out with the little princess.
- We went to the zoo and made pancakes, says Barbro Osher.
Actually, Estelle already has a nanny along with her, but after Consul General met Estelle, she was so fond of the little princess that she offered to babysit when Victoria and Daniel yesterday visited companies in Silicon Valley.
- I got to make pancakes and go to the zoo. I dressed in "josa" and "josa" shoes according to Estelle, says Barbro Osher and mimics the princess who has not yet learned to say the letter "r". (Rosa = pink)
- It was an experience because she is so incredibly smart, funny and humorous and can onesay briefed about a 2 year old, almost 3 year old? Very impressive! She shakes hands and says "thank you", "god dag" and "tack".
You also met her parents. What is your impression of them and their commitment to entrepreneurship here?
- Exceptionally solid and very pleasant. I had on Sunday a reception for the higher representatatives from Congress, Senate, State and city of San Francisco, and both Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel were incredibly accessible, pleasant, well-informed, sympathetic and interested.
Generalkonsul fick gå på zoo med Estelle Nyheter Expressen
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Consul general Barbro Usher also tells at the video, that Victoria and Daniel spent Sunday evening at the concert of swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofia von Otter.

From a blog at the website of the Church of Sweden in San Fransisco. "A big, big day!" The blog tells how everyone was waiting. The swedish and norwegian churches are at the same building. And then Victoria, Daniel and Estelle came.
Nice big photos too.
En stor, stor dag! I left my heart…
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About the first day at the website of the royal court:
The visit began on Monday when the Crown Princess Couple visited Runway, their office in Twitter Building in San Francisco which provides office space for the selected start-up companies in the technology world. Then Victoria and Daniel visited Stripe, which works with transactions between online merchants and their customers. Next the Crown Princess Couple visited Tesla Motors in Fremont outside San Francisco. They met Swede Peter Carlsson, head of logistics, who spoke about Tesla and showed around the factory.
The afternoon began with a visit to Bill and Tim Draper. They are both venture capitalists with extensive experience.
In the evening Victoria and Daniel attended at the event "The Nordics and Silicon Valley - From Startup to Success" at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. Swedish and Nordic companies presented themselves to the Crown Princess Couple and other invited guests. The event was hosted by Nordic Innovation House, which is owned and operated jointly by the Nordic countries.
Kronprinsessparet besöker Silicon Valley - dag 1 - Sveriges Kungahus
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I think it's great how Victoria and Daniel introduce Estelle to official events.

It is lovely that both Victoria and Estelle are wearing blue which is the colour of the Swedish flag. How lovely.

All 3, pls look at Daniels tie.
What a wonderful idea, all 3 in blue and that they toook Estelle with them. How much she has grown, she is a real Little Lady yet :wub::wub::wub::wub:
Bye Bine
 
From Monday evening
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More photos from Monday
Swedish royals visit Mountain View News Mountain View Online

From the Facebook of Nordic Innovation House
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The aide-de-camp of Victoria and the head of Victoria's Household, Marshal of the Court Karolin A. Johansson (second from right)
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even thought he trip is packed full of things, it almost seems like a waste of time given that they travel all the way from Sweden for just 3 days!!! but that is just my opinion!
 
I dont think its a waste of time. Nothing beats a face to face meeting in an important field.
Frederik of DK, and Guilleme of Lux, did similar trips to Silicon Valley/SF, recently with similar agendas and days.

Victoria with Daniel and Estelle, have made it a nice family trip too.

Victoria has a wonderful smile
 
Our local news reported Monday night that they took Princess Estelle to the San Francisco Zoo over the weekend. I hope they take her to the Monterrey Bay Aquarium before they go back to Sweden - it's an amazing place.
 
Video from Monday evening from KTVU News. The couple also met with Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and Senator Dianne Feinstein at a Private event in San Francisco.
Swedish royals visit Silicon Valley - KTVU

From the Facebook of Swedish American Chamber of Commerce - San Francisco/Silicon Valley
Helena Starkenberg Kristersson, the Chairwoman of SACC - SF/SV on Monday evening with Victoria and Daniel.
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Galleries
Viihdekuvat Prinsessa Victoria perheineen Kaliforniassa Lehtikuva lehtikuva.fi
Victoria och Daniel i Silicon Valley Nyheter Expressen

Svensk Damtidning writes on the cover of newest issue "Family holiday only in Svensk Damtidning Estelle's lovely trip to California"
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On Tuesday Victoria and Daniel visited Stanford University. Professor Arthur Bienenstock presented the university and gave an overview of the relationship between the university and Sweden. Stanford University has over 15,000 students.
Then they visited d.school - One of America's leading design schools and part of Stanford University. They learned more about the design philosophy and the methods applied in education.
After a meeting with principal John Hennessy they had lunch at the campus.
After lunch they attended at round table discussion focused on how technology can help create a better environment.
A relatively new field of research at Stanford is biotechnology. At the Clark Center Victoria and Daniel were presented current projects and discoveries.
The day concluded with a networking dinner where the focus was on future technology trends with a focus on health.
Kronprinsessparet besöker Silicon Valley - dag 2 - Sveriges Kungahus
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At the Stanford University Biodesign
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Victoria and Daniel gave on Monday evening an interview to Expressen's Anne-Sofie Näslund.
It had been a long day with many meetings but still Victoria and Daniel remained among the last long after the panel discussion at Computer History Museum is over.
You've been around a lot of companies here today. What do you take with you from here?
- Yes, it has been very inspiring, it happens after all so very much which is why we are here - to get soaking up the atmosphere, meet all the interesting people and hear about their thoughts and ideas. It is great fun. Another part is to tell about the Swedish companies, that's what we have to offer. This evening we have seen a Nordic evening with an enormous breadth of companies. We have gone around and they have run their small pitches on us and it's very inspiring.
Prince Daniel is himself an entrepreneur. It itches in your fingers now?
- Well, not that way, but it's always inspiring. And the fun that we have a culture in Sweden now where more and more people want to start a business. We have many renowned Swedish companies that everyone here knows, and who also received venture-capital from the companies here.
I heard that one of the goals of the trip was to get better at social media. How good is the Crown Princess on social media?
- Well, have we really said that?
- Not me anyway, says Daniel.
- There is probably a lot of potential to be better, absolutely, but on the other hand, I am quite happy as it is, says the Crown Princess, laughing.

Princess Estelle has made ​​a success since she came to Silicon Valley. How many years will it be before she masters an iPad and other modern technologies better than her parents?
- It will not be so long, says Victoria. The children in this age and generation are incredibly deft at that. They take things in and learn so enormously fast.
- Among other things, with games and learning games, adds Daniel.
- Yes, it's like teaching material really, says Victoria.
Has Princess Estelle already got familiar with something?
- Yes, but the balance feels important. There will be much very classic books and rhymes, but with modern technology, we hope it provides a good balance.
Victoria Blir mycket böcker och ramsor Nyheter Expressen
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Article about Sunday's visit to the Swedish church on San Francisco Chronicle.
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden promoting clean tech - San Francisco Chronicle

Still photos of Victoria, Daniel and Estelle visiting the swedish church, from the blog of the church. Everyone singing Imse vimse spindel (Itsy Bitsy Spider).
Imse vimse med Prinsessan I left my heart…

Swedish royals in Silicon Valley Nordstjernan

Kronprinsessan valde vitt i Silicon Valley Kungligheter Expressen

Today at Google
From the Twitter of Björn Lyrvall, the swedish ambassador in USA
"Fun to learn more about @google (X) Moonshot projects & development of Glass from lead designer Isabelle Olsson"
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From the Facebook of Nordic Innovation House
"Big day for Nordic Innovation House when H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria and H.R.H. Prince Daniel visited our co-working space in Palo Alto to chat with Nordic entrepreneurs"
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From the Twitter of ambassador Lyrvall
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About Wednesday at the court website:
The Crown Princess Couple's day began at Google headquarters Googleplex on Amphitheatre Parkway.
Then the Crown Princess and Prince Daniel visited incubator Y Combinator, one of the world's most successful. CEO Michael Seibel presented the business. At the same time with the visit was Y Combinator's "Prototype day" and the couple took part of the contractor's idea presentations.
In the Nordic Innovation House the crown princess couple took part in a working lunch with Nordic entrepreneurs. The theme was "Soft Landing for Nordic startups" and hosts were Yvonne Ericsson, Community Manager, and Anne Lidgard, Chairman of Nordic Innovation House.
The visit to Silicon Valley ended at Facebook. The Crown Princess couple was received by Lisa Foster, Head of Policy Programs.
Kronprinsessparet besöker Silicon Valley - dag 3 - Sveriges Kungahus
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I'm really disappointed to the court's reports of the visit. Since the photo agencies could attend only to Monday evening event, the court should have had at least one photo of visits to every company. Lucky some Facebook's have photo galleries.
 
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Meeting representatives of Yubico
Princess Victoria, heir apparent of King Carl XVI Gustaf, is a cool, authentic and modern woman asking intelligent questions.
Educated at Yale, she married a successful entrepreneur and gym owner who at the time was also her personal trainer.
In case the Princess by chance finds this blog, I hope you continue to encourage entrepreneurship and to be yourself; a shining representative for Sweden. Meanwhile, my team at Yubico will do its best to help protect people across any country border, driving new open security standards for all Internet citizens.
The Key and the Princess Yubico

Short video from Monday evening
"Our beloved crown princess and prince visited me today and I had the honor to showcase Zcooly! I gave of course some free codes so Estelle will rock when they come home"
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Zcooly has Fun educational apps for kids.

Victoria and Daniel on Monday evening with Anne Lidgard, chief of Vinnova's Silicon Valley Office, Kristina Bünger, promoting responsible at Swedish Consulate in San Francisco, Ann-Sofie Safa, Head of the USA operation at Business Sweden.
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Photos – famille royale de Suède - Victoria au pays de Google et Facebook

Expressen has three photos (and three old photos) of Victoria and Daniel jogging in San Francisco with their bodyguard.
Expressen also tells that when Victoria and Daniel late Monday evening during an event at the Computer History Museum, after a long first study day, lined up on the last photographs Daniel joked and asked if they looked tired.
- No, Shhh! Do not talk about what time it is in Sweden, he said and made Victoria laughing.
But little jet lag didn't obviously prevent the well-trained pair from exercising even on this trip.
Kronprinsessa - men också löpardrottning Nyheter Expressen
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Some photos of Victoria, Daniel and Estelle in San Francisco, probably taken during the weekend. San Francisco is a pedestrian-friendly city, and both Daniel and Victoria were wearing comfortable shoes and had a pushchair to Estelle. They also took a tour at the famous cable cars.
Victoria and Daniel had chosen visiting places so that Estelle would like them and went among others to the city zoo. The family also visited a popular market where local growers sell organic vegetables, fruit and lemonade.
Hello, San Francisco! Nyheter Expressen
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Daniel with Liselotte Shafiee, Sigma Technology USA Operations Manager. She attended Nordic Startups event organized by Nordic Innovation House at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.
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Victoria, Daniel and Estelle out in San Francisco last weekend.
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So cute that family our x
 
Love the picture of Estelle on Daniel's shoulders!
 
The consul general Barbro Osher, who hosted the visit (and made panncakes with Estelle) is a friend of Victoria and Daniel. She and her husband were invited to Victoria's and Daniel's wedding, at the guest list they were under the headline "personal friends of the bridal couple".

Retired priest Jan Sjöberg writes at his blog about the visit of Victoria, Daniel and Estelle to the swedish church.
First it was little secret, the whole thing. The Swedish Consulate General in San Francisco contacted the Swedish Church to inquire if they could locate a meeting between the Crown princess family and representatives of the Swedish colony. The whole thing would be an informal afternoon coffee and having focus in children.
The consulate had invited 90 people, including 30 children. And almost everyone came.
Before the royal family arrived, got the assembled and nervous congregation hear that it would be an event with Princess Estelle in the center. And so my wife and I practiced a number of children's songs with the congregation. And everyone started to relax.
Then the guests of honor arrived. Consul General began the reception, then my wife led children's songs Twinkle Twinkle little star and Itsy Bitsy Spider ... And Princess Estelle lit up and enjoyed the singing and her parents and all invited sang along.
After singing while in the church hall were treated to coffee upstairs and a cheerfully mingle with all the guests.
The cakes and cookies were baked in child size, and those who were given the chance to greet closely at the royal were almost all children. At last they saw a real princess, by the way two!
I notice that thousands of people have seen the photos my wife posted on Facebook, she received email from France and Denmark from magazines who want to publish Fb-image on the royals, the one that I took! I mean, it was anything but professional. And today, the picture in question on the Svensk Damtidnin's website too!
I mean Hey ..! Was this really that big, so remarkable?
Jan Sjöbergs blogg Kunglig yra
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First Derm The Swedish royal family visits First Derm

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Victoria and Daniel visit Facebook headquarters Royalista

Behind the scenes a Swedish Crown Princess and Prince visit Silicon Valley — Nordic Innovation House
 
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Nordstjernan, a swedish newspaper in America, has published a long article about Victoria's and Daniel's visit to Silicon Valley.
"Princess Estelle gains new admirers in San Francisco while her parents gain new insights in Silicon Valley"
New admirers, new insights - Nordstjernan
 
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