World Water Week; August 12-18, 2007

**Marengo** · #1 08-14-2007, 05:17 AM

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No, she has two engagements this week... both in Stockholm so she is probably at home at Drottningholm

Tomorrow she will be present at the Junior Water Prize and on wednesday she will attend a concert at Stockholm palace

Will the Crown Princess also attend the World Water Forum this year, which should be held within a few weeks in Stockholm again. The Prince of Orange will be there too.

norwegianne · #2 08-14-2007, 11:28 AM

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Will the Crown Princess also attend the World Water Forum this year, which should be held within a few weeks in Stockholm again. The Prince of Orange will be there too.

My Dutch is very rusty, Marengo, but does this mean that Willem-Alexander is in Stockholm at the moment? Edit: Never mind - see his speech below.

Today's event is the only one on the calendar for Victoria in connection with the World Water Week. The King and Queen have a few events, though.

Link to the site of the event in question: World Water Week in Stockholm - Where the Water World Meets

The speech of the Prince of Orange: http://www.worldwaterweek.org/Downlo...0WWW070814.pdf

Victoria awarded the World Water Week in Stockholm - Stockholm Junior Water Prize tonight.

The Swedish king will be present at the seminar "Cities at Risk: A Warmer World and the Big Chill for Urban Planners" on Thursday.

The Swedish king be present when World Water Week in Stockholm - Stockholm Water Prize is awarded. The king will present it.

**Marengo** · #3 08-14-2007, 07:55 PM

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My Dutch is very rusty, Marengo, but does this mean that Willem-Alexander is in Stockholm at the moment? Edit: Never mind - see his speech below.

Today's event is the only one on the calendar for Victoria in connection with the World Water Week. The King and Queen have a few events, though.

You are right, he will be there the 13th till the 16th. Why does CP Victoria always attend the event? Is she involved in watermanagment too?

**iceflower** · #4 08-15-2007, 02:38 AM

Swedish Crown Princess Victoria handed over Stockholm Junior Water Prize diplomas to
Mexican inventors of "Elimination of Pb(II) from Water via Bio-adsorption Using Eggshell",
14.8.2007

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norwegianne · #5 08-15-2007, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Marengo

You are right, he will be there the 13th till the 16th. Why does CP Victoria always attend the event? Is she involved in watermanagment too?

She is the patron of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize.

Ccile · #6 08-15-2007, 04:13 AM

thanks for the pictures!! she's beautiful and her dress is waouh!!!

Yennie · #7 08-15-2007, 04:47 AM

very nice look on Victoria! Looks like she has done some work out during her holiday :)

Lena · #8 08-15-2007, 04:39 PM

IBL Bildbyrå | 0435 44 07 65
Oblique smile with the right side of the lip a little more upwards than the the left side...that´s a 100% copy of Daniel´s smile

Thank you for the pics, LadyFinn and iceflower

ZandraRae · #9 08-15-2007, 10:39 PM

OMG Lena, you're right. Well, you know what they say, when you've been together too long, you start acting like the other person. HAHA She looks great BTW. Her jewelry is really pretty.

**iceflower** · #10 08-16-2007, 02:30 AM

You are most welcome

Another royal guest was there yesterday:

Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander poses outside the Stockholm City Conference Centre in Stockholm,
Sweden, Wednesday Aug 15, 2007, after giving a speech at the annual World Water Week.
The week-long international conference on water opened on Monday and brings together some 2, 500
experts from 140 countries. (AP Photo/ Fredrik Persson)

--> Willem-Alexander

**Marengo** · #11 08-16-2007, 08:45 AM

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She is the patron of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize.

Hmz, so what will the juniors get prizes for?

norwegianne · #12 08-16-2007, 10:43 AM

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Hmz, so what will the juniors get prizes for?

From the site:

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[The prize]*is awarded to encourage the interest of young people in water and science issues. In 2007 the Stockholm Junior Water Prize celebrates its 10th anniversary as an international youth competition open to pre-university students between ages 15–20 who have completed a water-related project. The projects can be done individually or in a group, and may focus on a local, regional or global problem.

To read about the finalists' projects, as well as information about previous winner projects: http://www.worldwaterweek.org/prizes...2007%20web.pdf

Big picture of Victoria with the winners. H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden presented the 2007 Stockholm Junior Water Prize to (from left) Carlos Hernández Mejía, Dalia Graciela Díaz Gómez and Adriana Alcántara Ruiz of Mexico on August 14.
http://www.worldwaterweek.org/Pictur...2007_hires.jpg

Video highlights from the award ceremony: http://www.mailbigfile.com/eb40f9696.../listFiles.php

Big picture of The Prince of Orange and King Carl Gustav. 16 August 2007, Stockholm. H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and H.R.H. Prince Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands met in Stockholm and attended the seminar "Cities at Risk: A Warmer World and the Big Chill for Urban Planners," a Royal Colloquium held today at the Stockholm City Conference Centre as part of the annual World Water Week in Stockholm
: http://www.worldwaterweek.org/Downlo...ng_princeO.jpg

**iceflower** · #13 08-17-2007, 02:33 AM

King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden at the Stockholm City Hall for the Water Prize ceremony on August 16, 2007:

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royalist · #14 08-17-2007, 09:45 AM

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King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden at the Stockholm City Hall for the Water Prize ceremony on August 16, 2007:

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Queen Silvia looks very elegant, as always

Aurora810 · #15 08-17-2007, 12:24 PM

I'm loving to see all of these pics. Willem-Alexander being there is that because of his own personal interests for his country? I'm just curious why W-A is there.

off subject but Marengo, I love your avatar, it's very nice!

**Marengo** · #16 08-17-2007, 03:42 PM

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I'm loving to see all of these pics. Willem-Alexander being there is that because of his own personal interests for his country? I'm just curious why W-A is there.

off subject but Marengo, I love your avatar, it's very nice!

Willem-Alexander has been involved with water managment for a long time, you can read about that here. At the moment he is chairman of the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation.

I like the avatar too actually, though I believe it is WA´s younger brother Friso who is hanging over the late Prince Claus in Porto Ercole, Italy.