The Astrid Lindgren Award

[Lena]

Crown princess Victoria hands over the Astrid-Lindgren-award to the children´s book authors Christine Nöstlinger and Maurice Sendak.
From www.ibl.se

[Lena]

Stockholm, Sverige, 20040526
The Astrid Lindgren memorial prize was today awarded to Brazilian author Lygia Bojunga. The ceremony was held at Skansen, Stockholm’s famous culture park. Crown Princess Victoria presented the prize, almost half a million euro.
Among speakers were also Sweden’s prime minister Göran Persson, Brazil’s minister of culture Gilberto Gil, and Sweden’s minister of culture Marita Ulvskog.
The orchestra was lead by Georg Reidel, composer of many Astrid Lindgren songs.

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[Lena]

Hm, I´m not sure about the outfit of the little apelsin (=swedish word for orange) today. This orange coat and the orange shirt make her look so...so...orange
But better an orange outfit, than orange-peel skin

[Yennie]

I think she looks good in the orange coat but she should have worn a different top.

btw Yennie from where is this...did you were at Victoria´s home and did you have copied it there

haha, can´t reveal my source :P But no I´ve never been to Victorias home

[Josefine]

when will the astrid lindgren prize be handed out by the crown princess?

[Lena]

Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria together with the winners of the 2005 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award , storyteller Philip Pullman from the Great Britain and illustrator Ryji Arai R from Japan , at the open-air museum of Skansen in Stockholm , Sweden , Wednesday 25 May 2005. The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award ALMA , established by the Swedish Government in 2002 , is the world s largest children s and young people s literary award. The annual international prize of SEK 5 million equivalent to approx. USD 730000 or 545000 Euros may be awarded to authors, illustrators , narrators and promoters of reading whose work reflects the spirit of Astrid Lindgren.
The pic is from FOTOMARKTPLATZ. To find out more about the ALMA and the winners go to: www.alma.se

[Alexandria]

Originally Posted by Lena

Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria together with the winners of the 2005 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award , storyteller Philip Pullman from the Great Britain and illustrator Ryji Arai R from Japan , at the open-air museum of Skansen in Stockholm , Sweden , Wednesday 25 May 2005. The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award ALMA , established by the Swedish Government in 2002 , is the world s largest children s and young people s literary award. The annual international prize of SEK 5 million equivalent to approx. USD 730000 or 545000 Euros may be awarded to authors, illustrators , narrators and promoters of reading whose work reflects the spirit of Astrid Lindgren.
The pic is from FOTOMARKTPLATZ. To find out more about the ALMA and the winners go to: www.alma.se

Thanks for the pic Lena. :)

Is it just me or does this outfit look too big for Victoria's body? The jacket looks like it was meant for someone two-three sizes bigger than her and the pants don't hang properly like good, tailored pants should.

[robby86]

I love that shade of blue on her!

[Dennism]

Originally Posted by Alexandria

Thanks for the pic Lena. :)

Is it just me or does this outfit look too big for Victoria's body? The jacket looks like it was meant for someone two-three sizes bigger than her and the pants don't hang properly like good, tailored pants should.

Yeah, it does look a tad too big. The color is nice though. Pale colors always work great with her. It´s a nice summer jacket. Yeah, not good hanging as it were. Not tailored well enough.

[Lena]

Little video of the ceremony yesterday. http://www.aftonbladet.se/atv/player...=10&clipID=929

[Lena]

Pictures from eastnews:

[GrandDuchess]

Yesterday, Wednesday 25 May, Ryôji Arai and Philip Pullman received The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award at Skansen in Stockholm from the hand of Crown Princess Victoria. These pictures are from Seegerpress/Ritva:

[GrandDuchess]

Yesterday, Wednesday 25 May, Ryôji Arai and Philip Pullman received The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award at Skansen in Stockholm from the hand of Crown Princess Victoria. The first four pictures are from Seegerpress/Ritva and the last two from the official website of The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award:

[mixer2002de]

And I thought GrandDuchess announces the official engagement :)

[Danielle]

I just noticed these photos. Thanks for posting them Lena and GrandDuchess. Hmm, where do I begin? Blue is a very nice colour on Victoria. She should wear it more often, but as everyone has said, that jacket is far too big on her. This photo is the worst angle of her jacket http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...hmentid=150111 Look at the back of it. Too bad I can't see her shoes. I'm sure I could have had a field-day. :P

[Lena]

More pics from the ALMA from Clasos, part 1