The Crown Princess visited Askö laboratory
On Friday 29 September, the Crown Princess and Princess Estelle visited Askö Laboratory in Trosa Archipelago.
The laboratory belongs to Stockholm University's Baltic Sea Centre. The field station is a national resource and operates marine activities all year long.
The Crown Princess and Princess Estelle were welcomed by Tina Elfwing, director of the Baltic Sea Centre, in Uttervik, and then they went to Askö.
The visit to Askö began with a walking tour where Tina Elfwing told about the research station. Crown Princess and Princess Estelle also saw plants and animals from the Baltic Sea and met researchers at the laboratory.
Kronprinsessan besökte Askölaboratoriet - Sveriges Kungahus
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More photos of the visit at the website of The Baltic Sea Centre
Royal visit to Askö laboratory
There are several connections between the Swedish royal family and Askö Laboratory. In the 50th anniversary, Askö was given as a symbolic gift to King Carl XVI Gustaf and in 2016 a royal guest professorship of Baltic Sea research was established. During Friday, the marine research station was visited by Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Estelle, who visited there for the first time.
It was a happy princess couple who landed in the boat house at Askö after a boat trip with quite a tough lake. Because Estelle visited the field station for the first time, the director of the Baltic Sea Center Tina Elfwing was able to give a brief image of the 66-year history of the laboratory.
Inside the aquarium hall, Professor Lena Kautsky showed some of the new inhabitants who came to the Baltic Sea, including the round goby and the Chinese mitten crab with what Estelle decided to make friends with and named it Kina. However, it remains to be seen if it becomes the official name of the aquarium guest. Guests were given a closer look at the Baltic's biodiversity and the day-catching catches from the morning's landwad in the Gulf.
- There is so much to get to know and we don't have time to everything we want. We will have to come back, Victoria announced when it was time to leave the laboratory and move on.
Kungligt besök på Askölaboratoriet - Stockholms universitets Östersjöcentrum
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On Friday, Estelle, 5, practiced the royal role by following Crown Princess Victoria on a visit to Askö Laboratory.
- The Crown Princess wanted to visit Askö laboratory to learn more about their work and what is being done there. The Crown Princess has a great commitment and interest in marine issues, and this was a part of deepening her knowledge in those questions, said Ulrika Näsholm, information officer at the court, who participated at the visit.
Why princess Estelle was with at the visit?
- It's important to learn in an early age the association of what we can see in the ocean and how it is influenced by how we people act. This was a way for Princess Estelle to see with her own eyes and learn about this question.
Tina Elfwing, director of the Baltic Sea Centre, was very impressed by Victoria and Estelle.
- It is very clear that Victoria talks about these questions with Estelle. I noticed that it was not the first time Estelle got information about what problems there are at the ocean, it is something they talk about at home.
Professor Lena Kautsky showed new species that have come to the Baltic Sea, among them Chinese mitten crab.
- Princess Estelle was very fond of it. It was hiding all the time when Estelle tried to look at it, so she thought it was exciting. She gave it the name "Kina".
What Crown Princess Victoria's involvement in these questions means?
- A lot. She is incredibly knowledgeable and curious. I have met her several times and every time we meet she wants to know the latest in different areas. I'm really impressed.
Estelle med Victoria på jobbet_ _Väldigt förtjust_ _ Kungligt _ Expressen
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