The Royal Family's Current Events - Part 5 (December 2005 - March 2006)

[purple_platinum]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051226...n_051226182509

Sweden mourns hundreds who died in Asian tsunami

STOCKHOLM, Dec 26 (AFP) - Sweden, which suffered more deaths in the Indian Ocean tsunami than any nation outside Asia, remembered its 543 citizens who died in the disaster one year ago.
(...)
Muffled against the cold they took part in a 45-minute ceremony at which the country's King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria and Prime Minister Goran Persson were present. Hymns were sung and poems read.

[purple_platinum]

The setting looks really nice.. and the atmosphere must be pretty mellow and sad..
the Crown Princess looks beautiful in that white hat.

from royalcourt.se


2 more photos from getty

[Dennism]

Originally Posted by purple_platinum

the Crown Princess looks beautiful in that white hat.

Thank you for the photos and article about this mournful ceremony. Yes, she does. She really does.

[GrandDuchess]

Here is a picture of a very moved Queen Silvia and Crown Princess Victoria, who was even crying, at the official memorial ceremony at the Skansen Open Air Museum in Stockholm yesterday afternoon, commemorating the first year anniversary of the tsunami.

Picture by Jonas Lemberg/Expressen.

[purple_platinum]

several more from facetoface



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[Dennism]

Thank you for these photos from Skansen, Purple_Platinum and GrandDuchess. It was clearly an emotional experience for the Royal Family as well.

[GrandDuchess]

Summary of an Aftonbladet article and ranking list news...

Sweden's most powerful people 2005

A jury consisting of 32 chosen people have listed Sweden’s most powerful people 2005. The quite impressive jury had as their task to rank the 30 most powerful, and then a 100 list were made out of their point system for the ranking.

The criteria’s for power on their list is as follows:
- Ability to set the agenda of the public debate
- Ability to set the agenda around the coffee tables
- Ability to influence the law
- Ability to influence people’s habits, interests and consumption
- Ability to affect people’s finances

The top 10:

1. Göran Persson, Prime Minister
2. Fredrik Reinfeldt, Party Leader for Moderaterna (Conservatives)
3. Carl-Henrik Svanberg, President and CEO of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
4. Pär Nuder, Minister for Finance
5. Wanja Lundby-Wedin, Chairman of The Swedish Trade Union Confederation
6. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, football pro for Juventus
7. Margot Wallström, Vice Chairman of the EU Commission
8. Christina Stenbeck, leader of the Stenbeck corporate empire
9. King Carl XVI Gustaf, Head of State
10. Lars Heikensten, Governor of The Bank of Sweden and Chairman of the Executive Board

Princess Madeleine is listed on the 22nd place, and Crown Princess Victoria follows her on the 23rd place.

I think the reason Madeleine came one place before Victoria is because while Victoria is the most admired of the two and will have more symbolic power one day as the Head of State - Madeleine is a trend setter, and thus has the ability to affect people's consumption and via that finances... Also, Madeleine is a media favourite and is more of a headline setter than Victoria is.

Neither the Queen nor Prince Carl Philip was on the list.


The full ranking list can be found here.

[GrandDuchess]

Translation & summary of an Expressen article...

Sweden's most admired men & women 2005

At this time of year, ICA Kuriren (one of Sweden’s biggest magazines) have released their traditional listing of Sweden’s most admired women and men of the year. The investigation for their report is done by Sifo Research International, and three members of the Royal Family are on the lists…

Men

1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, football pro (rank last year: 7)
2. King Carl XVI Gustaf, Head of State (rank last year: 3)
3. Stefan Holm, athlete (rank last year: 4)
4. Göran Persson, Prime Minister (rank last year: 2)
5. Mikael Persbrandt, actor (not on the list last year)
6. Fredrik Reinfeldt, Party Leader for Moderaterna/Conservatives (rank last year: 7)
7. Ingvar Kamprad, IKEA founder (rank last year 6)
8. Tony Rickardsson, speedway driver (not on the list last year)
9. Henrik Larsson, football pro (rank last year: 1)
10. Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister (not on the list last year)

Women

1. Carolina Klüft, athlete (rank last year: 1)
2. Margot Wallström, Vice Chairman of the EU Commission (rank last year: 2, shared)
3. Queen Silvia, Queen Consort (rank last year: 2, shared)
4. Crown Princess Victoria, Heir to the Throne (rank last year: 9)
5. Antonia Ax:son Johnson, corporate leader (rank last year: 10)
6. Lottie Knutsson, Director of Information for one of Sweden’s larges travelling agencies (rank last year: 3)
7. Annika Sörenstam, golf pro (rank last year: 6)
8. Kajsa Bergqvist, athlete (not on the list last year)
9. Mona Sahlin, Minister for Sustainable Development (rank last year: 5)
10. Gudrun Schyman, politician (rank last year: 8)


The full & original article can be found here.

[pollyemma]

Originally Posted by purple_platinum

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ooooohhhh!!!! it hurts. that hat! can't bear it. its so awful!

did any of you guys see the movie 'Coneheads' that came out in 1993? well i think victoria's seen it and liked it veerrry verrry much.

image from wikipedia

[grevinnan]

This thread is continually degraded by boorish negative comments and pictures. If you believe that your opinion of the white hat is of general interest at least present your opinion in a polite and respectful way.

[Lena]

Originally Posted by grevinnan

This thread is continually degraded by boorish negative comments and pictures. If you believe that your opinion of the white hat is of general interest at least present your opinion in a polite and respectful way.

I like the hat and since it was a solemn memorial service and since it was cold and one had to protect the ears, I thought it´s not worth to mention it.
Anyway I think it doesn´t add much positive to threads either, when you point all the time out, that it´s so negative to say an opinion, which isn´t sugar-sugar-honey etc. pp.
No offence :)

[Lena]

Interesting lists, GrandDuchess. Thanks for posting them.
Maybe I wouldn´t have called the first one "Most powerful people", since the criteria IMO don´t really describe Sweden´s most powerful people. Those, who I would consider as powerful, aren´t mentioned in the list either. Or better said, what have Zlatan and Madeleine to do there?? I think for them the motto for the list maybe should have been "Most talked about people in Sweden", this would also go together with the first two points of the criteria.


I think it´s always funny, how Royals make it into the "most admired list". Liza Marklund (author and columnist) has once said about Royals high ranked in this list:
they are famous because they are famous, because they are famous. Publicity is power, the confirmation of being.
Crown Princess Victoria is, therefore she is admired. I think this describes it perfectly. People would surely judge differently, when they would have more time to think and research about it.
It´s not, that I don´t like them and I also don´t think, that people don´t like them. But to be on the top on a list, which is about being admired for something one has done...I don´t know.

A cheap disgusting repeating side-kick from me: I don´t know, why Victoria is better ranked than in 2004

[Princejohnny25]

Royalty are admired for their fashion, stlye, grandeur, and ability to promote their nations and do good. Royalty are some of the best ambassadors for nations. They get more attention and more coverage. They use their position to do good even though they dont have too.

[Lena]

Originally Posted by Princejonnhy25

Royalty are admired for their fashion, stlye, grandeur, and ability to promote their nations and do good. Royalty are some of the best ambassadors for nations. They get more attention and more coverage. They use their position to do good even though they dont have too.

I don´t know, if I would sign that. I mean...generally I agree. It´s good to have this kind of driving force.
But I wouldn´t say, that they don´t have to do this. It´s their job. Of course they could say "Well, I cash the money from the state and lean back". Just like some ppl do it, in states with a well developed welfare system. But does this automatically mean, that we have to admire everyone, who works for his or her money?!
Personally I admire ppl more, who do something out of an own impulse. And who don´t need big bling bling galas to do good things (I know, that big bling bling galas mean money...but I can´t help to think, that some sort of vanity also plays a role at them)
I wonder, how these polls are actually made. I mean...somehow one can only win, when one is known of many people. When someone mentions the husband as most admired person, it is only one vote for this man, while the votes of people, who mention a public person, which comes to their mind, become little by little more and more.

[purple_platinum]

one more of Victoria at the tsunami remembrance
(from nettavisen)

[pollyemma]

Originally Posted by purple_platinum

one more of Victoria at the tsunami remembrance
(from nettavisen)

she looks genuinelly moved. the swedish people are so lucky to have someone like her as their future queen.