Swedish State Visit to Finland: March 3-5, 2015


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It is great that they keep up the tradition of black tie Return Dinners. These have gone off the agenda for so many countries.

Imo both ladies looked very elegant tonight. Although the prongs tiara is not my favourite it looked much better with the dress than yesterday's jewel-dress combination.
 
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It is great that they keep up the tradition of black tie Return Dinners. These have gone off the agenda for so many countries.

Imo both ladies looked very elegant tonight. Although the prongs tiara is not my favourite it looked much better with the dress than yesterday's jewel-dress combination.
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It is actually a white tie return dinner this time. And yes it is great the the swedes continue to have the return dinners in the same dresscode then the State Dinner given by the hosting country.
 
Nice jewels from both ladies but i don't like they are wearing black. It looks more like a funeral procession than a state visit dinner procession.
 
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There was also dance last night.
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Short video from the dinner, a lot of candles.
http://www.istv.fi/viihde/vid-1425471249939.html

A couple of nice photos from Tuesday evening before the state dinner, when the king and queen arrived to the dinner, before greeting the guests.
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Great photo of the queen at the state dinner.
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The queen and mrs Haukio at the Design Forum
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Today's program
10.45 The king and queen arrive to Lappeenranta by train. They go to Saimaa University of Applied Sciences and the Lappeenranta University of Technology
12.15 Lunch at the Town Hall 14.30 City Theatre 15.30 Orthodox Church 16.30 UPM Kaukas Biorefinery
From UPM the king and queen go to the Lappeenranta Airport and fly home.
Täällä voi bongata kuningasparin torstaina | Yle Uutiset | yle.fi

The king and queen arrived with a special train to Lappeenranta. At the train they had listened a lecture about Lappeenranta. And a person from University had been telling about the situation in Russia. The king had told to the mayor of Lappeenranta, that he would like to go with a boat through the Saimaa Canal to the Lake Saimaa.
The president and his wife arrive to the lunch, the president had a meeting with the EU High representative in Helsinki in the morning.

Leaving to Lappeenranta
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Arriving to Lappeenranta
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The king catching the flower, great photo.
Hopsan! Kaarle Kustaan refleksit koetuksella - kuningaspari villitsi Lappeenrannan

People waiting for the king and queen at the Saimaa University of Applied Sciences
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The king and queen at the Saimaa University of Applied Sciences. The students told them how to program Lego robots.
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The robot, which the ninth graders had programmed, sang the National Anthem of Sweden to the king and queen, video
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=442017049290333&fref=nf
Photo of the king and queen with the robot
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Video
https://twitter.com/MirkaKristiina/status/573424758680911872

Visit at the Skinnarila campus and Lappeenranta University of Technology
Photos from Royal Visit Facebook

The president and mrs Haukio arriving to the lunch.
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Arriving to the Town Hall for a lunch, the royal couple was late of schedule.
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Silvialle satelee kukkakimppuja

At the lunch with the presidential couple
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The royal couple and the presidential couple arrived to Lappeenranta City Theatre, where young Swedish and Finnish artists performed together.
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The City of Lappeenranta gave as presents a watch to the king and jewellery to the queen, both are from finnish spectrolite and silver.
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Gallery from today's events
Viihdekuvat Ruotsin kuninkaalliset Lappeenrannassa Lehtikuva lehtikuva.fi

Visiting the Orthodox Church at the Lappeenranta Fortress. It is the oldest orthodox church in Finland.
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Video of the king and the president visiting the National Defence University in Santahamina on Wednesday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCnFBf1CniQ#t=70
 
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At the press conference
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Tämä pipo ei kelvannut Nalle Wahlroosille

Guests of honor at UPM’s biorefinery in Lappeenranta
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Silvia shines in favourite diamonds Royalista

Ruotsin kuningaspari osti Pirkka-ruisnappeja Espoon Yrityskylän K-supermarketista

About the day in Lappeenranta
Robottiautoja, teatteria ja ortodoksinen kirkko – Ruotsin kuningaspari hurmasi Lappeenrannan Yle Uutiset yle.fi

Johan T Lindwall tells at his article that the visit to Lappeenranta was a big success. He tells that the king was really surprised when he saw from the train when they arrived to Lappeenranta, how much people there was. When he came out, he said: "So much people! Just because of us! Jisses!"
Then Lindwall tells that when the king and queen saw the robot which was singing to them, they were totally surprised when the robot sang the National Anthem of Sweden. "Oj", said the queen, looked at the king and said "Shall we dance?" But the king wasn't interested in dancing, he looked at the robot and said "Jisses!"
The king said that the visit has been both interesting and instructive. Queen Silvia said that it is amazing to see the warmth that met them. They are so excited for this and carry this with them.
Succé för kungaparet i finska Lappeenranta Nyheter Expressen
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Photo galleries from the website of the President of Finland
Ruotsin kuningasparin valtiovierailu 3.-5.3.2015 - Suomen tasavallan presidentti Kuvat

From the court website
Kungaparets statsbesök till Finland*– dag 1 - Sveriges Kungahus
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Kungaparets statsbesök till Finland – dag 2 - Sveriges Kungahus
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Kungaparets statsbesök till Finland*– dag 3 - Sveriges Kungahus
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Queen Silvia got as a present from conductor, professor Atso Almila a photo of this: the music batons of 12 finnish famous conductors
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Arriving to Lappeenranta Fortress
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When the king and queen hosted the return dinner at the House of the Estates, the music was performed by the actors of Svenska Teatern's Mamma Mia -musical of Abba. The actors told about their evening a couple of days ago to IltaSanomat.
They had sang I Have a Dream and S.O.S. The king and queen had also wished for songs in swedish, and Lineah Svärd sang Gabriellas sång and Kärleksvisan.
The encore was Mamma Mia, and the king and queen got really into the mood. The king tried to get president Niinistö to sway with the music, but the president wasn't sure until his wife Jenni Haukio got him also to sway with the music.
Mamma Mia should have been the last song, but queen Silvia came and asked if they could sing Dancing Queen. They did and the king and queen danced a little with that.
Silvia ja Kaarle Kustaa innostuivat Suomen-vieraillullaan tanssimaan Abbaa - Niinistökin heijasi - Viihde - Ilta-Sanomat

Some photos from Lappeenranta
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