Daniel Westling, the fiancé of HRH Crown Princess Victoria, has been confirmed as receiving the much-sought-after Influenza A (H1N1), ie. swine flu, vaccine.

Westling is considered to be in the high-risk group after undergoing a kidney transplant in May this year. The high-risk category includes pregnant women, people with compromised immune systems (cancer patients, HIV/AIDS sufferers), and people who fall into the seasonal flu vaccine at-risk group (as Daniel does).

Nina Eldh, the head of communications at the Royal Court, confirmed the news to Swedish newspaper Expressen. Eldh also confirmed that Westling is the only member of the Royal Family to have been vaccinated. “The National Board of Health and Welfare has recommended the vaccine. They [the Royal Family] will have it when it is available,” she said.

The Royal Family is believed to be receiving the vaccine in the coming weeks. TM King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia have previously spoken of their wish to be vaccinated against the influenza which has killed just over 6,000 people worldwide since the first outbreak was confirmed in Mexico.

Daniel Westling is not the only European royal to be vaccinated. Last week, the Norwegian Royal Court confirmed that the senior branch of the family (the King, Queen and Crown Prince Couple) had received the vaccine.

JessRulz Swedish Royals Daniel Westling, Health, Swine Flu

The Swedish Royal Court has announced the names of the four bishops who will preside over the wedding of HRH Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling in June 2010.

Archbishop Anders Wejryd will officiate the ceremony, which will take place at Storkyrkan in Gamla Stan. He will be assisted by Bishop Emeritus Lars-Göran Lönnermark, Bishop Antje Jackelén and Dean [Vicar] Åke Bonnier.

According to the press release, each Bishop was asked personally by HM the King to officiate at the wedding, shortly after the couple’s February 24 engagement.

The news was released earlier than planned by the Royal Court, after Kyrkans Tidning announced the Archbishop’s role in the wedding on Saturday.

The official wedding information thread can be found here, while a thread for media musings can be found here.

JessRulz Swedish Royals Daniel Westling, Princess Victoria, Wedding

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.

Click at the image to see it at Daylife

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.

Her_Majesty Swedish Royals Birthday, Carl XVI Gustaf, Concert, Daniel Westling, Prince Carl Philip, Princess Madeleine, Princess Victoria, Queen Silvia

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.

Click at the picture to see it at ANP

Click at the image to see it at ANP

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.

Her_Majesty Swedish Royals Carl XVI Gustaf, Daniel Westling, President Lee, Princess Madeleine, Princess Victoria, Queen Silvia, South Korea

 With less than a year to go to what is being billed as the royal wedding of the year (provided Prince William doesn’t pop the question any time soon), Swedish manufacturers are busy pumping out souvenirs commemorating the engagement and upcoming nuptials of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling.

Click to read The Local article

The current souvenir hot-cake is a ‘Victoria and Daniel’ dish towel, flying out the doors of Swedish stores and off of the internet store Kitsch Sweden. The towel features an image of the engaged pair from the engagement press conference, surrounded by flowers and a dove carrying two rings.

A spokesperson for the Gävle Design Forum, Malin Rydberg, told Arbetar Bladet that people buying the towel aren’t planning on using them - ”they don’t want to wipe up things with Daniel and Victoria.” Rydberg said that many of the towels were being purchased as gifts for mother-in-laws.

And with still plenty of time to go before full wedding fever hits Sweden, sales from wedding souvenirs are set to skyrocket into the billions of Swedish Kroner. Svensk Handel, a Swedish business association, has estimated that around 2.5billion SEK (approximately $226.8 million Euro) will be amassed from souvenirs prior to the June 19, 2010 nuptuals.

JessRulz Swedish Royals Daniel Westling, Princess Victoria, Royal Souvenirs, Wedding

 It has been reported that Daniel Westling, the fiance of Crown Princess Victoria, underwent a kidney transplant today to treat a congenital (but apparently not hereditary) kidney disease. The donor kidney came from Mr Westling’s father. Both Daniel and his father are reported to be doing well. The surgery apparently was scheduled some time in advance and is not an emergency procedure.

Crown Princess Victoria is currently in Greenland, along with Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway.

For more details, see this thread.

Lucia-mia Swedish Royals Daniel Westling, Princess Victoria, Surgery

 It was announced today by the Royal Court that Crown Princess Victoria and her fiancé, Daniel Westling, will settle and raise their future family in the Haga Palace.

The Swedish Government, which previously had the right to use the Palace, made the decision today to return the Palace to King Carl XVI Gustaf for his personal use. The King in turn offered use of the Palace to his eldest daughter, who accepted the generous offer.

No date has been decided for when the pair will move into the Palace.

Haga Palace was built in the early 1800s, commissioned by King Gustav IV Adolf for the use of his family. It was here that the current King, his parents and four elder sisters lived until Prince Gustav Adolf’s untimely death in 1947. Rights to use the Palace were transferred to the Swedish Government in 1966 by King Gustav VI Adolf. Haga Palace lies in the grounds of Haga Park, in the municipality of Solna.

JessRulz Swedish Royals Daniel Westling, Haga Palace, Palaces, Princess Victoria, Residences

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 Daniel Westling, the fiance to Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria, has been formally introduced to the Swedish government on Friday.

180 special invited guests had the opportunity to congratulate the couple on their betrothal. Representatives of the parliament, government, authorities, land chiefs, representatives from the news industry and various organizations had been invited to the Bernadotte Hall at the royal palace.

They all first met Victoria and Daniel before moving on to King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia and Prince Carl Philip. Princess Madeleine was the one royal noticeably absent from the reception.

After the presentations, everyone mingled with each other, while music from Vastragotaland – Victoria’s duchy – and Gastrikland – where Daniel originates – played.

Those who met the future Prince Consort of Sweden were very impressed.

“Daniel did it gallantly, he did a very good impression,” said Sven Johansson, editor of the newspaper Arbetarbladet. “Daniel thought it was funny that I came from Gastrikland, he said it felt like home. He also said he knows of Arbetarbladet well because it was home on the kitchen table. And so we changed a few words.”

To see more photos, click here and here

Sonjapearl Swedish Royals Daniel Westling, Engagement, Government, Princess Victoria

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Crown Princess Victoria has completed an official visit to Brazil, a visit which focused on the 2009 Volvo Ocean Race in Rio de Janeiro.

On her first official day in Brazil, April 1st, the Crown Princess attended a seminar called “Children with Disabilities and an Independent Life” in the country’s capital. Later that day, Victoria visited the Grael Foundation. The foundation focuses on children and young adults in need to learn to sail, swim and learn seamanship.

The following day, April 2nd, Victoria attended the Ericsson Corporate Responsability Round Table meeting. And it wasn’t all work for the Princess while in Rio. She was joined by her fiancé, Daniel Westling, and the pair enjoyed a romantic walk along the famed Copacabana Beach later that evening.

Click to see more from Daylife

But Victoria appeared to have the most fun on April 3rd, when she visited the participants of the Volvo Ocean Race at the Port of Rio de Janeiro. Here, she posed with the Ericsson Race Team, and was given a kiss by the team’s skipper, Magnus Olsson. The Princess didn’t seem phased at all, lapping up the attention with a hearty laugh and smile. That night, Victoria attended the Ericsson party at the Museum of Modern Art, wearing a stunning hot pink dress.

On April 4th, came the main day of the visit. Crown Princess Victoria was a guest on board the “Ericsson 4″ sailboat during an in-port race in Guanabara Bay. Victoria had a ball, both on the boat and back on shore, snapping some souvenir shots and posing for the photographers. She later handed over the winner’s trophy to Spanish team “Telefonica Blue”, who took out the in-port competition.

The Crown Princess and her fiancé will spend a few extra days in Brazil on a private vacation, before heading back to Stockholm later this week.

The thread containing more information and pictures on Victoria’s visit to Brazil can be found here.

JessRulz Swedish Royals Brazil, Daniel Westling, Official Visit, Princess Victoria, Sailing, Sport

 The Swedish Royal Family has announced that Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling will marry in  Storkyrken (Stockholm Cathedral) on 19th June 2010, the day of King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia’s 34th wedding anniversary. This is also the day when Crown Prince Oskar married Princess Joséphine of Leuchtenberg in 1823 and when Crown Prince Carl married Princess Louise of The Netherlands in 1850.

The wedding, which will be attended by royals from all over Europe, is already being planned; Major General Håkan Pettersson, the head of the King’s military staff,  is in charge of arrangements.

For more information about the wedding date, see this thread; for more information about the engagement, see this thread.

Esmeralda Swedish Royals Daniel Westling, Princess Victoria, Wedding