King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, Current Events Part 4: Oct 2005 - July 2006

[GrandDuchess]

Yesterday Thursday, the King was in Småland to visit the areas that were struck by the hurricane "Gudrun" one year ago. The King received information via seminars and guiding by the regional forest owners.

To see a report from the visit done by Swedish Television's local news, click
here for Windows Media Player and here for Real Player.

Pictures one and two are by Anders Andersson and Hallandsposten, picture three is by Scanpix/Pressens Bild via the Royal Court's website and the fourth picture is from the website of Swedish Television (SVT).

 

[GrandDuchess]

Yesterday Wednesday, the King granted an audience to the President of Armenia, Mr Robert Kortjarian, at the Royal Palace of Stockholm. The visit was part of the programme for the President's official visit to Stockholm for official business.

Picture by Stella Pictures via the Royal Court's website.

 

[GrandDuchess]

The Queen's brother dying?

Yesterday Sunday, Aftonbladet wrote that the Queen's youngest brother Jörg Sommerlath may be dying from his cancer. He was diagnosed in December 2004 with throat cancer and has received several treatments since, but in December 2005 his condition deteriorated.

The Queen visited her brother in Germany just after Christmas before going on holiday, and since then she has paid weekly visits to Jörg at the hospital in Berlin. Also this past weekend she was there. The new Director of the Royal Court's Information & Press Office, Nina Eldh, comments this matter to Aftonbladet as follows:

- I can confirm that the Queen's brother is severely ill and that she visits him often.

Aftonbladet also says that the reason why the King and Queen cancelled their appearance at the premiere of "The Masquerade Ball" at the Malmö Opera and Music Theatre this weekend was because the Queen was going to Germany.

The original & full article (in Swedish) can be read [here

 

[ursulajohanna]

GrandDuchess, thanks for translate the article in Aftonbladet.

Do the queen attendance at the Agricultural Week’s General Meeting in
The Grünewald Hall/The Concert Hall, Stockholm yesterday with the king or did she stay in Germany by his brother? (attenend the king alone?)

 

[GrandDuchess]

Yesterday Their Majesties the King and Queen attended the Agricultural Week’s General Meeting and the King also awarded the Swedish Dairy Association’s Gold Medal in The Grünewald Hall of The Concert Hall in Stockholm.

Picture by Leif R Jansson/Scanpix via Gotlands Allehanda.

Do the queen attendance at the Agricultural Week’s General Meeting in The Grünewald Hall/The Concert Hall, Stockholm yesterday with the king or did she stay in Germany by his brother? (attenend the king alone?)

The Queen was there according to articles I've read, but so far I haven't had any luck in finding a picture.

 

[GrandDuchess]

Their Majesties The King and Queen have sent congratulatory telegrammes to the Swedish winners of the women's team sprint cross country skiing race - Lina Andersson and Anna Dahlberg - and the Swedish winners of the men's team spring cross country skiing race - Thobias Fredriksson and Björn Lind.

 

[ursulajohanna]

GrandDuchess, thanks for your information and posting the picture from the king by Agricultural Week’s at Monday (and at right side the queen in little). I hope we will see more pictures asap!

 

[Lena]

Queen Silvia won´t go to the Olympics. She stays with her brother Jörg Sommerlath, 64, who is currently in treatment for cancer of the oesophagus in a hospital in the german town Aachen.
Jörg´s disease was diagnosed in the end of 2004 and he was operated in Feburary 2005. He had quite a good prognosis, but the cancer came stronger back last autumn and he is now very weak.
Let´s hope his condition will improve...I had thought he really overcame it after the surgery and treatment last winter

http://www.expressen.se/index.jsp?a=528016

 

[ursulajohanna]

Lena, thanks for the information, however very bad.

I hope Queens brother Jörg will be health again as last year.
All my thought will be by his family.

 

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Was posted on The Scandanavia Royal Message Board:
"This is from the website of the Foreign Department in Sweden (www.ud.se)

Botswanas president Festus G. Mogate avlägger statsbesök i Sverige 21-24 mars 2006 på inbjudan av Hans Majestät Konung Carl XVI Gustaf. President Mogate åtföljs av sin maka Barbara G. Mogae. Förutom Stockholm ingår även besök i Södertälje och Uppsala i programmet. The President of Botswana, Festus G. Mogate, and his wife Barbara G Mogate will pay a state visit to Sweden 21-23 March. They will visit Stockholm, Södertälje and Uppsala."

 

[fanletizia]

King Karl Gustav of Sweden attends the Mens Cross Country Skiing 15km Interval Start Final on Day 7 of the 2006 Turin Winter Olympic Games on February 17, 2006 in Pragelato Plan, Italy

from getty

 

[SusanneSNS]

Queen Silvia won´t go to the Olympics. She stays with her brother Jörg Sommerlath, 64, who is currently in treatment for cancer of the oesophagus in a hospital in the german town Aachen.
Jörg´s disease was diagnosed in the end of 2004 and he was operated in Feburary 2005. He had quite a good prognosis, but the cancer came stronger back last autumn and he is now very weak.
Let´s hope his condition will improve...I had thought he really overcame it after the surgery and treatment last winter

http://www.expressen.se/index.jsp?a=528016

Well, that is really bad news!
I really thought that Jörg Sommerlath overcame the cancer. He looked very healthy when he met his sister, the Queen, in Neustadt last year.
Lets hope that he will once again have the power to fight against the cancer!

 

[mandyy]

King Karl Gustav of Sweden attends the Mens Cross Country Skiing 15km Interval Start Final on Day 7 of the 2006 Turin Winter Olympic Games on February 17, 2006 in Pragelato Plan, Italy.

Getty images

 

[purple_platinum]

from ANP

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden cheers on his team at the men's 15km classical of the 2006 Winter Olympics' cross country in Pragelato, 17 February 2006.
AFP PHOTO / SVEN NACKSTRAND

 

[fanletizia]

King Carl Gustaf of Sweden watches the Women's Snowboard Cross competition at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Bardonecchia, Italy, Friday, Feb. 17, 2006

from yahoo/ap

 

[mixer2002de]

Who is Nina Eldh?

 

[Yennie]

Who is Nina Eldh?

shes the cheif of the information and press department at the palace

 

[Yennie]

Aonbladet today wrote that Crown Princess Victoria cancelled her attendance at Princess Christina and Tord Magnusson's moving out party at Villa Beylon which they supposedly hosted yesterday. I guess she did so because of the loss of Jörg, and maybe she has joined the family in Germany/Belgium now.

No, Victoria stayed in Sweden because she has a cold, the royal court said to Aftonbladet

 

[GrandDuchess]

Closed

This thread has come to its end so it’s time to start up a new one.

A big thanks to everyone who has participated in this one, and see you in the next one!

The new thread, part 9 of current events of the King and Queen of Sweden, can be found here.

 

[GrandDuchess]

King Carl Gustaf & Queen Silvia - Current Events Part 9 (February - July 2006)

Welcome to part 9 of the threads devoted to the current events of Their Majesties the King and Queen of Sweden!

The last thread can be found here.

Please remember to observe our TRF Posting Rules & Guidelines.

Happy posting!

 

[Larzen]

Oh dear the Norwegian reporter is beeing very (too) friendly with King Carl Gustaf after the womens biathlon win at the stadium, he touches him on the shoulder, turns him toward the camera, says "du" several times and interviews him like he was any other athlete

The King thinks it will be very difficult for Sweden to win over Finalnd in the Hockey, and he is very happy to finally get to se a swedish olympic gold live, which has not done in many, many years. Now he is waving proudly to Oloffson when she gets her flowers. Later he gave her a big hug
expressen/SVT

 

[GrandDuchess]

It's great to see the King back at the Olympics! And it must've been terrible for him to receive the notice about Jörg Sommerlath's passing just as he had arrived last week, looking forward to enjoy sports which he loves so much. Happiness turning into sorrow so quickly.

Great to see Prince Carl Philip with him as well, I hope we will see many good pictures of them before the Olympics end tomorrow. They will probably be at the men's hockey final tomorrow, Sweden-Finland, and maybe at the closing ceremony as well.

"Sweden's Gold Medallist Anna Carin Olofsson is hugged by Sweden's King Carl Gustaf after winning the Women's 12.5 km Mass Start Biathlon race in Cesana San Sicario"

pictures from AP and Reuters via Yahoo News

 

[Danielle]

It's great to see the King back at the Olympics! And it must've been terrible for him to receive the notice about Jörg Sommerlath's passing just as he had arrived last week, looking forward to enjoy sports which he loves so much. Happiness turning into sorrow so quickly.

Great to see Prince Carl Philip with him as well, I hope we will see many good pictures of them before the Olympics end tomorrow. They will probably be at the men's hockey final tomorrow, Sweden-Finland, and maybe at the closing ceremony as well.

"Sweden's Gold Medallist Anna Carin Olofsson is hugged by Sweden's King Carl Gustaf after winning the Women's 12.5 km Mass Start Biathlon race in Cesana San Sicario"

pictures from AP and Reuters via Yahoo News

Here are some photos of the King at the Winter Olympics. I just love these photos (and the other ones that have been posted). He's so patriotic. Photos from Belga.

 

[Dennism]

Thank you for posting these happy and patriotic photos of the King in Turin, Danielle. Good to see him having a good time and cheering on Team Sweden! Bravo to Anna Carin on her win too, a historic one for Sweden.

 

[mandyy]

Swedish King Carl Gustaf attends the women's 12.5 km mass start biathlon event at the Torino 2006 Winter Olympic Games in San Sicario, Italy, February 25, 2006. Sweden's Anna Carin Olofsson won the gold medal in the event.

Photo from Reuters

 

[purple_platinum]

a couple more of King Carl Gustav & Prince Carl Philip (from DPA)

 

[hofburg]

Thank you for the pictures, Purple Platinum.

 

[purple_platinum]

always a pleasure, hofburg

more from ANP without watermark

 

[Dennism]

Great pics, mandyy and purple_platinum: i love this photo:


http://img127.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc24&image=71423_2434530.jpg

I like the one where he is having his photo taken. That's Anna Svärd who was on the gold-medal curling team on the left.

http://img146.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc24&image=71439_2434632.jpg

 

[purple_platinum]

from getty

SESTRIERE COLLE, ITALY - FEBRUARY 25: King Carl Gustav of Sweden (R) and Prince Carl Philip attend the Final of the Mens Alpine Skiing Slalom on Day 15 of the 2006 Turin Winter Olympic Games on February 25, 2006 in Sestriere Colle, Italy.