On November 10th Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf , his wife Silvia and Hamburg’s Mayor Ole von Beust were seen during a gala in Hamburg. Sweden’s Royal couple visited Germany to mark the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Swedish chamber of commerce in Germany. A video can be seen here (in German).

One day later, on November 11th, Queen Silvia attended a congress of her “World Childhood Foundation” at the Swedish Embassy to Germany in Berlin. The Queen’s foundation supports Berlin-based organisations, like a street-working project, aiding children that are victims of sexual abuse.

Today Her Majesty attended an event in Essen in the Ruhr Area. There she attended an award ceremony that also marked the 10th anniversary of the World Childhood Foundation. The Queen watched a children’s rights quiz and handed out certificates to the winners.

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His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, ruler of the Emirates, King of Spain Juan Carlos, Sweden’s King Carl Gustaf, Crown Prince of Bahrain Sheikh Salman Al Khalifa and other Sheikhs all met at the the Yas Circuit on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi to watch the Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday November 1st. The winners of the race were awarded trophies by Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed and Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed.

Interview with King Juan Carlos of Spain:

View a gallery of the royals at the event here.

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Today Swedish King Carl Gustaf awarded the Spanish opera tenor and conductor Placido Domingo with the first Birgit Nilsson Prize, created by late Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson. The Birgit Nilsson Prize was handed out during a ceremony at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm on October 13, 2009. Queen Silvia also attended the ceremony.

The prize is worth 1 million dollars and is one of the biggest prizes in classical music. The prize is to be awarded every second or third year ‘for outstanding achievement’ in the international field of opera, concert or oratorio. Birgit Nilsson died in December 2005 at age 87. She selected the Spanish tenor herself.

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During the week, the Nobel Prize committee in Stockholm announced the winners of the Nobel Prizes in Medicine, Physics, Chemistry and Literature.

On Monday, the winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine were announced. The prize is shared by Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak for “the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase”. Medicine 2009

On Tuesday, the winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics were announced. 1/2 of the prize goes to Charles K. Kao “for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication”. 1/4 of the prize goes to Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith “for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor”. Physics 2009

On Wednesday, the winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry were announced. The prize goes to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan,Thomas A. Steitz and Ada E. Yonath “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome”. Chemistry 2009

The winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature was announced on Thursday. The prize goes to Herta Müller “who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed”. Literature 2009

The winner of the Prize in Economic Science will be announced on Monday 12th at 1 p.m. Economic Science 2009

The Nobel Prize for Medicine, Physics, Literature, Chemistry and Economic Sciences Awards Ceremony will take place on December 10th in Stockholm, Sweden. The Award is handed out by Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf.

A thread in the Swedish Forums can be found here: Nobel Prize 2009.

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Today the Royal Family of Sweden attended the annual opening of the House of the Parliament in Stockholm. It was pened shorty after two o’clock in the afternoon. The men attended the opening in dark suits and ties, the women in dark dresses and hats. The Royal woman are always dressed in dark colours, in an intentional homage to the old court dress, which was worn until 1974 and was made of black velvet with white detailing.

The day started with a church service in the Stockholm Cathedral. At 1 o’clock the Army Music Corps played and the Grenadiers from the Life Guards paraded at the Parliament grounds. A folk dance danced inside the Parliament and folk musicians and music classes sung.

Around 2 o’clock King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, CP Victoria, Prince carl Phillip and Princess Madeleine arrived with a royal cortège. They were greeted by the Speaker of the Parliament. The King held a short speech and declared the Parliament open.

You can find information and pictures of the event in this thread.

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Today Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and King Carl Gustaf of Sweden attended the opening of the Ytre Hvaler National Park and Kosterhavet National Park – the first under sea park in Scandinavia.

The opening of the two national parks took place in Ballina, County Mayo in Hvaler(Norway) and Strömstad in Sweden.

The Crown Prince of Norway sailed to Strömstad to attend the celebration for the opening of Koster Sea National Park.
The King of Sweden accompanied Haakon to the Skjærhalden to attend the official opening of the Outer Whales National Park afterwards.

You can read an article and see pictures of this event here.

Here you can find the homepage of the Ytre Hvaler National Park.

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Yesterday evening King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia and Crown Princess Victoria attended the annual Polar Music Prize.

This year’s winners of the Prize were José Antonio Abreu & El Sistema Citation and Peter Gabriel Citation. You can read something about the winners at the official homepage of the Polar Music Prize, which can be found here: Polar Music Prize 2009

After the ceremony a banquet was hosted at Grand Hotel.

The Polar Music Prize was founded in 1989 by Stig Anderson, the producer and manager of ABBA. The prize was named after Anderson´s record label “Polar Music”.

Every year, Laureates from a wide range of countries, cultures and continents recieve the Prize in Stockholm from the hand of the King of Sweden.

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TM King Carl XVI Gustav and Queen Silvia have completed an official visit to neighbouring Finland, in celebration of the two countries’ division in 1809, following the Finnish War which saw Finland lost to the Tsar of Russia. This bicentennial was celebrated in both nations, with national committees set up to organise the events collectively known as “Märkesåret 1809″ in Sweden and “Finland 1809 – Kansakuntaa rakentamaan” in Finland.

The King and Queen were invited by President Tarja Halonen, who greeted the Royal Couple at her official summer residence Kultaranta upon their arrival on August 25th. The President’s husband, Dr Pentti Arajärvi, was also on hand for the welcoming ceremony. The group then moved on to Turku, via the Kultaranta VIII (the Presidential yacht), for a lunch at Turku Castle. This was followed by a seminar at the Åbo Akademi University, where the Royal Couple had a chance to brush up on their knowledge of the 1809 war.

The party then continued to the STX shipyard, where a visit on board the Oasis of the Seas cruise liner was scheduled. This gave an opportunity for photographers to catch King Carl Gustav and Queen Silvia in hardhats, and get a look inside the future largest cruise liner in the world. President Halonen hosted a private crayfish dinner at Kultaranta in the evening, which was also attended by the Finnish Minster for Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Housing. Read more…

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As every year Crown Princess Victoria celebrated her birthday, the “Victoria Day”, at the Solliden Palace in Borghol. Her parents, King Carl Gustav and Queen Silvia, and her fiancé Daniel Westling were also in attendance.

This year’s celebrations were different compared to the usual ones. The Royal Watchers waited for hours with flowers in their hands to congratulate their Princess. Victoria received congratulations and little presents over an hour. She took the time to greet everyone and chat with people. Daniel was always close to his fiancé ,chatted and laughed with many people in the audience. The couple looked very happy; holding hands and smiling at each other.

Of course the engaged couple also posed with the Royal couple for a group photo.

In the evening the Swedish Royal family, this time also inclusing Princess Madeleine and Prince Carl Phillip, and Crown Princess Victoria’s fiance Daniel Westling attended a concert in celebration of Victoria’s birthday. Princess Victoria and Queen Silvia both wore the Swedish National costumes for this event.

You can find an article about the birthday celebrations here.

A thread at TRF can be found here.

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Today, July 12 2009, Sweden’s royal family received South Korea’s President Lee Myung-Bak with First Lady Kim Yoon-ok at Sollidens castle, on the island of Oeland.
Crown Princess Victoria’s fiancé Daniel Westling was also attending the event. It was his first official appearance after the kidney transplantation.

Yesterday the South Korean Presidentvisited the small eco-friendly Swedish city Hammarby. Lee flew to Stockholm earlier in the day from Italy. There he attended the expanded summit of the G-8 and the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate.
The trip to the Sweden is linked to Lee Myung-Bak’s plan to announce that his government will make green growth its new national development strategy.
The South Korean president is in Sweden for a 3-day trip. During his stay he will meet King Carl Gustaf and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.

You can find more pictures and information in this thread.

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