Swedish Royal Family, Current Events Part 7: May 2014 - Sept. 2017


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Photos from the photo bank of the Church of Sweden
The king with archbishop Antje Jackelén and pope Tawadros II
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The king had a private meeting with Pope Tawadros II.
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Today the king and Victoria visit the Migration Agency in Vänersborg and Uddevalla municipality at the Västra Götaland county. Governor Lars Bäckström hosts the visit. I have posted the schedule earlier to this thread.
In the morning they visit Restad gård in Vänersborg, it is the Migration Board's largest asylum accommodation in Sweden. They receive information about the activity and meet a Syrian family who got a residence permit recently. They visit also Kumlienskolan with activities for children waiting for a residence permit. The visit continues to Uddevalla municipality's adult education where newcomers learn Swedish through practical training.
Kungen och Kronprinsessan besöker Västra Götaland - Länsstyrelsen i Västra Götalands län
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Newspaper Bohusläningen follows the visit live and updates photos here:
DIREKT_ Vi följer kungen och kronprinsessans besök - Västsverige - www.bohuslaningen.se

Svensk Damtidning follows the visit during the day.
Kungen och kronprinsessan besöker Migrationsverket _ Svensk Damtidning
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Expressen's Johan T Lindwall is also with the royals at the visit, from his Instagram:
https://instagram.com/p/8AWVDhRSYq/

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"What a good exercise. That I will take home to my daughter", said Crown Princess Victoria to preschool children at Kumlienskolan on Restad Gård when they played bingo with letters. During their visi Victoria and the King met also support group, a Syrian family who had just received a residence permit and visited ABF-house.
https://www.facebook.com/vanersborg...6431641083092/977920868934161/?type=3&theater

From Expressen:
The king takes substantial stand on the refugee crisis in Europe: We all need to help people in need! There are no easy answers or solutions.
The King and Crown Princess Victoria are today in Vänersborg and Uddevalla to draw attention to the integration and migration issues. All morning they have been on Restad gård in Vänersborg and their asylum accommodation with over 1200 people. For hours they got to see how the Migration Agency helps the newly arrived, including Swedish education, and both the king and Victoria were deeply impressed:
- They do a fantastic job, said Victoria.
The King thought the same:
- They have not previously had the opportunity to be in a Swedish school so it's very basic skills that must be loaded and I think they do extremely well. I and the Crown Princess have seen here today promises good for the future. They have a glow in the eye and are extremely talented.
Victoria helped several students with their Swedish tasks. A little girl proudly told Victoria that her little sister is named Estelle.
- Wow, that's my daughter, too, Victoria laughed. How old is your sister? Estelle is a very pretty name.
County Governor Lars Bäckström:
- It is an extremely important signal to all these people here in when the country's head of state comes to visit. The King plays a major role. Both the crown princess and the king have a personal engagement with warmth for this. The king serves as a cohesive force.
Photos, and video with the king's interview
Kungen om flyktingar_ Måste hjälpa folk i nöd _ Nyheter _ Expressen
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The king and Victoria arrived to Karolinen, the adult education center in Uddevalla. At the center the students learn and practice swedish during their other studies.
LIVE_ Kungen och kronprinsessans besök - Uddevalla - www.bohuslaningen.se

At the live coverage the reporter tells that a guy wants to take a selfie with the Crown Princess, Säpo is quickly there to reject him. But Victoria says it is okay and a selfie is taken. The king and Victoria went to a bus and talked with people who educate themselves as bus drivers. The king had joked and asked why the students should learn Swedish as at the bus a sign states that a driver may not talk during the journey. The king and Victoria saw the students repairing cars and welding. They visited a bicycle workshop and a carpenter workshop.

From Hell to Heaven. The people living in asylum accommodation at Restad Gård have made ​​a trip to an idyllic security right now, and here King Carl Gustaf and Crown Princess Victoria heard laughing children and children who sang.
They looked to African women who nagged with Swedish, they met a Syrian family who just received a residence permit, they rejoiced children from a variety of countries who together sang "What would life be without children" and got to small talk with students in a automotive and welding training.
- I didn't have so much fun when I was at school, King said after one of the classroom visits.
Crown Princess Victoria turned to one of the groups and introduced herself.
- My name is Victoria, what's your name? she said, and turned to Mariam Hanud, an Eritrean who has been in Sweden for a month.
- This is my dad, the crown princess continued and patted the king on his shoulder which made Mariam show thumbs up.
Kunglig duo på flyktingbesök - Sverige - www.bohuslaningen.se

Short video from SVT Regional News
Kungen besökte Sveriges största asylboende _ SVT Play

A royal visit, as to Restad Gård, is pretty hard managed. But when Minnie, 8, and Yocif, 10, Shaquora wanted to hand over a gift to Victoria the SÄPO's hearts melted, and they were released ahead.
- We had made a heart with our names on, and Victoria's, told Minnie.
Victoria thanked and got the kids to turn around so that it became better photos. And the king asked the photographers to send some photos to the children's parents.
https://www.facebook.com/vanersborg...443108910./977969258929322/?type=3&permPage=1

And here is a video, where Victoria gets the heart from Minnie and Yocif.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ5UJDX8PeM
 
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It's a good thing for them to visit.

That jacket really is to tight for Crown Princess Victoria.
 
Princess Robijn said:
It's a good thing for them to visit.

That jacket really is to tight for Crown Princess Victoria.
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The King and Crown Princess are engaged in the biggest humanitarian crisis that we have had in decades and someone is concerned about her jacket.
 
grevinnan said:
The King and Crown Princess are engaged in the biggest humanitarian crisis that we have had in decades and someone is concerned about her jacket.
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I thought that this visit was very interesting and it was great to see the king and Victoria so involved with the people they met. According to Margareta Thorgren, the initiative to this visit came from the king himself.

Aftonbladet has a rather long video, where they show parts of the visit, then some royal experts talk about what this visit means and then some asylum seekers who met the king and Victoria are interviewed (that starts at 11.19), they speak english. Also Aftonbladet's reporter who was with at the visit, is interviewed.
Kungen_ Alla får hjälpas åt _ Nyheter _ Aftonbladet
 
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It is nice to see the press coverage of this visit. I don't think many people realize the involvement in humanitarian issues the Swedish royal family has. Their involvement both personally and with money in the aftermath of the tragic tsumani in Thailand to get the local people back on their feet. The King has been very active in the international scouting his whole life which brings youngsters into scouting from all levels of society. The Queen's involvement with child and elderly issue is more well known. By speaking up and by speaking out the issues remain on the front pages and are not forgotten.
 
The article of the visit at the court website
Kungen och Kronprinsessan*besökte Migrationsverket i Vänersborg och vuxenutbildning i Uddevalla - Sveriges Kungahus
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Nice short videos of the visit to the school classes
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The king and Victoria had lunch at restaurant Kärranäs in Uddevalla.
https://www.facebook.com/7804036920...0403692012933/954512181268749/?type=3&theater

Letter Bingo, a clever way to learn Swedish. The King and Crown Princess learned that when they visited Kumlienskolan on Restad Gård on Thursday.
Kumlien fick kungligt besök - Vänersborgs kommun
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Victoria and Carl Gustaf visit Sweden's largest refugee centre _ Royalista

Photos from the visit to the Adult Education center in Uddevalla.
Kungen och kronprinsessan besökte Uddevalla* - Uddevalla kommun
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polyesco said:
a nice selfie with Victoria, yesterday
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HereditaryPrincess said:
That's a wonderful photo. Victoria looks genuinely happy that the man stopped and asked for a selfie. She seems to be a very warm and friendly person, I like her a lot. I loved the photos from this visit, and it's thoughtful that she visited given the current refugee crisis.
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I agree. :flowers: It's a very appealing photograph. She is totally relaxed with a fan. Very sweet.
 
The king and crown princess Victoria attended today at the meeting of Council of State (that is how it is now called at the english version of the calendar, previously it was Cabinet briefing).
At the meeting each minister informs the king and the crown princess about political initiatives, reports and pending legislation in their respective ministries and answers questions from the King.
Informationskonselj på Kungliga slottet - Sveriges Kungahus
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polyesco said:
a nice selfie with Victoria, yesterday
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HereditaryPrincess said:
That's a wonderful photo. Victoria looks genuinely happy that the man stopped and asked for a selfie. She seems to be a very warm and friendly person, I like her a lot. I loved the photos from this visit, and it's thoughtful that she visited given the current refugee crisis.
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She looks completely at ease with it. :flowers:
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And for all of the above reasons, that seems to be the biggest difference between European Royal Houses.

Victoria and Daniel seem to be very open and spontaneous, comfortable in the knowledge that their security is unobtrusive but efficient. Even Carl Philip is relaxing with Sofia by his side. The younger royals have a much more comfortable relationship with the media, whether it's just that they try to ensure their schedules are promulgated to enable maximum coverage or just because they are young and reasonably good looking is debatable.

Now that's not saying a whole lot considering the absolute debacle with media and Madeleine and Chris. But, compared with the PR coming out of the BRF PR offices it's huge. If they see the media as the enemy they hide it well, except for Madeleine and Chris who seemed to be crushed by it.

Looking at Harry's Wellchild engagement, he was everything and more that they needed but leaving a Club at the end of an evening seeming more than a little tense, something the media were quick to imply was because he was "worse for wear" and "bleary eyed", a situation that seemed to plague Carl Philip before his relationship with Sofia was accepted with it's ensuing engagement and marriage.

So basically, the BRF need better PR and their younger members need a few specialised courses in handling them other than resorting to pouting, childishly ignoring them, or getting angry and using rude biological signs.
 
The king and crown princess Victoria attend on Monday 12th October at "Sverige tillsammans" -conference.
Monday, October 12th municipalities, authorities, businesses, trade unions, civil society and other stakeholders are collected in order to create even better conditions for newly arrived people who come to Sweden. Prime Minister Stephen Löfven is hosting the conference, and has invited about 800 participants to a national gathering, Sweden together. The purpose of the event is to gather all forces that can contribute to improving the integration of the newly arrived people.
Ett Sverige tillsammans för nyanländas etablering - Regeringen.se
 
LadyFinn said:
The king and crown princess Victoria attend on Monday 12th October at "Sverige tillsammans" -conference.
Monday, October 12th municipalities, authorities, businesses, trade unions, civil society and other stakeholders are collected in order to create even better conditions for newly arrived people who come to Sweden. Prime Minister Stephen Löfven is hosting the conference, and has invited about 800 participants to a national gathering, Sweden together. The purpose of the event is to gather all forces that can contribute to improving the integration of the newly arrived people.
Ett Sverige tillsammans för nyanländas etablering - Regeringen.se
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This has been changed. According to the calendar the queen attends with the king instead of Victoria. It is a very important conference, so maybe they changed the queen to attend because of that. Or maybe they decided that since Victoria has work events tomorrow and on Wednesday and on Thursday a trip to Luxembourg and then the trip to Peru and Colombia, she will not attend today.
 
King Carl Gustaf and crown princess Victoria attended today at WWF's autumn meeting at the Ulriksdal Palace.
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The king delivered the award "Årets Pandabok" (The Panda Book of the Year) to Brutus Östling from the book "Bevingat".
Årets Pandabok 2016 är fylld av magi - Brutus Östling prisad för... - Världsnaturfonden WWF

And the award "Årets Miljöhjälte" (The Environmental Hero of the Year) to Mats Karström and Beatrice Rindevall.
Årets Miljöhjältar prisas av WWF _ Världsnaturfonden WWF

The king and Beatrice Rindevall.
https://instagram.com/p/80trmrOT_X/?taken-by=supermiljobloggen

Victoria and the Panda Book of the Year.
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Victoria
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Kungen och Kronprinsessan vid WWF_s höstmöte - Sveriges Kungahus
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Victoria looked really happy and relaxed.
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Världsnaturfonden viktig för Victoria _ Svensk Damtidning
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The king and Victoria took part at the meeting of the Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs at the Royal Palace this morning. The Advisory Council is a consultative organ between the parliament and the government where the King is the Chairman.
Utrikesnämnd på Kungliga slottet - Sveriges Kungahus
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In the afternoon the king and Victoria met the Minister for Justice and Migration, Morgan Johansson.
Kungen och Kronprinsessan tog emot justitie- och migrationsministern - Sveriges Kungahus
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This afternoon the king and Victoria took part at the meeting of the Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs at the Royal Palace. The Advisory Council is a consultative organ between the parliament and the government where the King is the Chairman. The meeting was added to the calendar this morning, they had a meeting on 17th November also.
Utrikesnämnd på Kungliga slottet - Sveriges Kungahus
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Swedish Royal Family, Current Events Part 7: May 2014 -

The Royal Court has just announced that the areas of Drottningholm castle usually open to the public are closed for the time being due to heightened state of security in the country.


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JR76 said:
The Royal Court has just announced that the areas of Drottningholm castle usually open to the public are closed for the time being due to heightened state of security in the country.
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Not really new I'm afraid, it has been known for a week or so. The Treasury at the Royal Palace is also closed and the Court is warning for long queues in conjunction with security controls at the entrance to the Palace.

Opening hours - Sveriges Kungahus
 
JR76 said:
The Royal Court has just announced that the areas of Drottningholm castle usually open to the public are closed for the time being due to heightened state of security in the country.


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The article in Svenska Dagbladet
Drottningholms slott stängs av säkerhetsskäl _ SvD
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How long the areas will be closed is not clear.
- It is a temporary measure, but I can not say if it will be for a longer period or if it is changed during the weekend. Our safety is in constant contact with the Security Service and ensures the safety like other organizations when changes occur in the security situation, says Margareta Thorgren.
Drottningholms slott stängs av av säkerhetsskäl _ Nyheter _ Expressen
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The Drottningholm Palace park is open, but the parts of the palace open for the public have been chosen to be closed at the moment. The reason is that the Drottningholm Palace is the royal couple's private home, says Margareta Thorgren to Svensk Damtidning.
Drottningholms slott stängt av säkerhetsskäl _ Svensk Damtidning
 
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