Crown Princess Victoria's Household/Court


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Fascinating. To me it would make sense that the aides would just have permanent positions as aides that way they would experience and knowledge. I only did something once in 12 months not be the best compared to someone who did the same job year round.
 
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Do Prince Carl Philip's aides-de-camp also help Princess Sofia?

Did Princess Madeleine have field helpers when she lived in Sweden?
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Carl Philip's aide-de-camps don't work with Sofia at her own work events - Victoria's aide-de-camps don't work with Daniel at his own work events, Daniel has court secretary Fredrik Brodin. Lena Bartholdson, the Head of HRH the Crown Princess's Household, attends with Daniel at many on his work events.
Court secretary Anita Söderlind helps Sofia and I think that a court secretary at HM The Queen's Household helps Madeleine.
Anita Söderlind was the secretary to Carl Philip and Madeleine at H.M. The Queen's Household (until May 2010) and H.M. The King's Household (from June 2010 to September 2014).
And now she is the secretary to Carl Philip and Sofia (worked with Sofia from September 2014).
Anita Söderlind - Hovsekreterare - Kungliga hovstaterna _ LinkedIn

Alisa said:
So what do the aides do the rest of the time when they aren't working?
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They work at their ordinary jobs at the Swedish Armed Forces.
For instance, lieutenant colonel Carin Ellström works as the Chief of Staff of the Artillery Regiment (A9), lieutenant colonel Lena Martin works as a Staff Officer at the Total Defence department at the Armed Forces Headquarters, major Elin Ulriksson works as a chief of staff at the Air Staff.
Carin Ellström and Helena Sigurdsson have been Victoria's aide-de-camps since 2007.
 
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Isabella Törngren has been appointed as the Head of HRH The Crown Princess's Household from 1st March. She is responsible for the planning and implementation of Victoria and Daniel's individual and joint programs.
Isabella Törngren:
- I am very much looking forward to the task of supporting the Crown Princess in her important role as future head of state and working together with my colleagues on the planning and implementation of the activities of the Crown Princess Couple.
Törngren is a political scientist and has worked at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, most recently as a ministerial adviser and deputy head of the Unit for Europe and North America. She has also served in the Armed Forces as a security policy advisor to the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.
Isabella Törngren – ny chef för H.K.H.*Kronprinsessans hovstat _ Kungahuset

Victoria met Isabella Törngren on 11th February 2022 at an audience about the Baltic States.
The Crown Princess holds an audience on the Baltic States _ Kungahuset
 
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Svensk Damtidning about Lena Bartholdson leaving her job as Marshal of the Court and Head of HRH The Crown Princess's Household:

Knife-sharp, analytical and professional – and always five steps behind her royal boss.
But now 52-year-old Lena Bartholdson is putting an end to her time as Victoria's closest adviser. On March 1, she leaves her job as head of the Crown Princess's Household.
So what's behind it - and what should she do now?
- Lena has had a leave of absence from her position at the Armed Forces. Now that appointment expires and she has chosen to go back to her previous job, says Margareta Thorgren.
Därför slutar doldiskvinnan bakom Victoria – verkliga skälet _*Svensk Dam
 
Victoria's former aide-de-camp major general Laura Swaan Wrede, the Chief of the National Home Guard (Hemvärnet), has told about her work as Victoria's aide-de-camp (2008-2020) at an interview of Artilleri & Luftvärn:
"I will not comment on this assignment other than that it has been a very great honor for me to work in the Swedish royal house. I have had the privilege of learning how the nation of Sweden works and is led. I have met many senior executives and also been able to participate in some conversations, so it has certainly given me a personal insight into world politics and development. They were very rewarding years."
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Major General Swaan Wrede is good at languages, she speaks among other things Finnish.
 
Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg, 72, the former Marshal of the Court and Head of Victoria's Household, worked for 32 years closely with the royal family, also as the Director of the press department. Nevertheless, she does not call them her friends, because within the court there are watertight barriers between private and public life. But she tells at her interview in Amelia that she visits the Crown Princess's family at Haga Palace from time to time.
Det gör Elisabeth Tarras Wahlberg i dag _ amelia

Victoria's chambermaid/stylist Tina Törnquist at Christer Lindarw's 70th birthday party, 12th March.
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With Micael Bindefeld
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Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg, the former Director of the press department and Head of HRH The Crown Princess's Household, said at her interview in Amelia:
- One of my biggest challenges was meeting the media's questions when it came to the crown princess's eating disorders in the mid-90s. But I have to say that the journalists were very considerate once they understood what it was about. And I still think it's so amazing how well the Crown Princess got out of it all, she tells the site.
Inifrån hovet – så behandlar kungafamiljen sina anställda
 
Victoria met Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg, the former Marshal of the Court and Head of Victoria's Household, at the inauguration of the Turtle Ark at Nordens Ark on 8th June. ETW is a member of the Board of the Nordens Ark Foundation. Svensk Damtidning spoke with ETW about the meeting.
ETW knows how passionate Victoria is about Nordens Ark. It was very nice to see her and fun to see her in that environment. They run into each other every now and then. ETW says their relationship is very pleasant and close, but doesn't want to tell exactly what they usually talk about. At Nordens Ark, they of course talked about it, but otherwise it's secret between them. You don't talk about secrets. ETW is happy with the contact she has with Victoria today and says that she wouldn't be able to do the work required today to help her. After all, ETW is older (72) and Victoria has very competent help around her. It's nice to stand a little to the side and be at hand if needed. ETW said that Victoria means a lot to her and she hopes it's mutual.
Victorias privata samtal – med ex-anställda kvinnan _*Svensk Dam
 
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Lena Bartholdson, who resigned from her job as the Head of the HRH Crown Princess's Household in the end of February, works now as a Defense Advisor at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington.
Embassy Staff - Sweden Abroad
 
Given the Crown Princess' use of aide-de-camps I wonder if her reign will see the end of the tradition of having a First Lady of the Court (Statsfru) and ladies-in-waiting (hovdamer) at the Swedish court.
 
JR76 said:
Given the Crown Princess' use of aide-de-camps I wonder if her reign will see the end of the tradition of having a First Lady of the Court (Statsfru) and ladies-in-waiting (hovdamer) at the Swedish court.
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I don’t think Victoria (as Queen) will appoint any hovdamer (ladies in waiting)… She have not had any since her own household was set up…. Her military equerries usually carries her flowers as well :D

The First Lady of the Court is Överhovmästarinnan who has only ceremonial and advisory duties… She belongs to The King’s household so that position may very well be kept.

Statsfrun is the Chief of Queen Silvias household but only since 1994…. Before that it was Överhovmästarinnan who held that job…
 
Hans-Rickard said:
I don’t think Victoria (as Queen) will appoint any hovdamer (ladies in waiting)… She have not had any since her own household was set up…. Her military equerries usually carries her flowers as well :D

The First Lady of the Court is Överhovmästarinnan who has only ceremonial and advisory duties… She belongs to The King’s household so that position may very well be kept.

Statsfrun is the Chief of Queen Silvias household but only since 1994…. Before that it was Överhovmästarinnan who held that job…
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The First Lady of the Court/Statsfrun is Anna Hamilton (57), from 1st January 2016.
The First Lady of the Court Anna Hamilton is the Head of H.M. the Queen's Household.

The Mistress of the Robes/Överhovmästarinnan is Kirstine von Blixen-Finecke (78), from 1st January 2016.
The Mistress of the Robes Kirstine von Blixen-Finecke has an advisory function at the Court. The Mistress of the Robes participates in state visits within the country and in other ceremonies according to the King's decision.
 
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Victoria's chambermaid/stylist Tina Törnquist attended Elle-galan yesterday, here with event organiser Micael Bindefeld.
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Victoria on Wednesday at Drottningholm Palace with Karolin A. Johansson, the former Marshal of the Court and Head of Victoria's Household. Karolin works for SeaBOS and attended this week at SeaBOS working meeting and its visit to Drottningholm Palace.
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Victoria's aide-de-camp in May is Lieutenant Commander Jonas Forsmark.
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Victoria's aide-de-camp in July is Lieutenant Colonel Miguel Riera. He has been one of Victoria's aide-de-camp's since 1st January 2013.
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Victoria's chambermaid/stylist Tina Törnquist at NK-galan yesterday with fashion designer Christer Lindarw.
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Victoria's chambermaid/stylist Tina Törnquist attended the big release party for Kristina Kumlin's autobiography "Jag är ful" (I'm ugly) at Operakällaren on September 16. The book takes you behind the scenes of the 80s and 90s model and jet set world in Paris, Milan and New York.
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The Government has appointed Victoria's former aide-de-camp, the Chief of Navy rear admiral Ewa Skoog Haslum, as the Chief of the Joint Operations of the Armed Forces. Ewa Skoog Haslum is promoted in connection with the appointment to vice admiral. She will take up her new position on November 15.
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Ewa Skoog Haslum ny chef för operationsledningen

Regeringen har i dag utsett marinchefen Ewa Skoog Haslum till chef för Försvarsmaktens operationsledning. Hon tar över efter Carl-Johan Edström som sedan en tid tillbaka är chef för Försvarsstaben och Högkvarteret. Ewa Skoog Haslum befordras i samband med..
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Ewa Skoog Haslum is Sweden's first female vice admiral (the next highest rank in the navy, equivalent to lieutenant general) and the first woman in the post as the Chief of the Joint Operations.
She was one of Victoria's aide-de-camps in 2010-2017.
 
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LadyFinn said:
The Government has appointed Victoria's former aide-de-camp, the Chief of Navy rear admiral Ewa Skoog Haslum, as the Chief of the Joint Operations of the Armed Forces. Ewa Skoog Haslum is promoted in connection with the appointment to vice admiral. She will take up her new position on November 15.
www.forsvarsmakten.se

Ewa Skoog Haslum ny chef för operationsledningen

Regeringen har i dag utsett marinchefen Ewa Skoog Haslum till chef för Försvarsmaktens operationsledning. Hon tar över efter Carl-Johan Edström som sedan en tid tillbaka är chef för Försvarsstaben och Högkvarteret. Ewa Skoog Haslum befordras i samband med..
www.forsvarsmakten.se www.forsvarsmakten.se

Ewa Skoog Haslum is Sweden's first female vice admiral (the next highest rank in the navy, equivalent to lieutenant general) and the first woman in the post as the Chief of the Joint Operations.
She was one of Victoria's aide-de-camps in 2010-2017.
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And i belive Swedens first ever female 3-star rank officer… Well done
 
Victoria has a new aide-de-camp, lieutenant colonel Annika Ivner. Seen here with Victoria on December 4:
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Jonas Wallin, 55, has been the Chamberlain at Haga Palace since 2010.
He has worked at the royal palaces for almost 40 years. He started as a museum guard during school holidays, later became a museum teacher and has been a supervisor at Riddarholmen Church. He has had a great interest in history since childhood and became fascinated by the set table at an early age, and when he had special responsibility for the glass and porcelain storage and silver chamber at the Royal Palace.

Jonas' book "En adelsdam i kök och salong" (A Noblewoman in the Kitchen and Salon) was published on October 14. (..)
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En adelsdam i kök och salong

Årets kulturgärning Under 1700- och 1800-talet var handskrivna kokböcker lika flitigt utnyttjade som de tryckta. Husmödrar skrev prydligt ner sina
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At an award ceremony on November 21, Jonas Wallin received an award from The Swedish Academy of Culinary Arts and Meal Sciences (Måltidsakademien). His book A Noblewoman in the Kitchen and Salon was awarded in the category of Cultural Deed of the Year.
– I am incredibly happy and honored to receive the award for Cultural Deed of the Year! Especially when my goal with the book from the beginning has been to preserve and spread knowledge about the forgotten recipe collection and its author, says Jonas Wallin.
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En adelsdam i kök och salong prisas av Måltidsakademien

Vid en prisutdelning i Stockholm på torsdagen mottog debuterande författaren Jonas Wallin pris från Måltidsakademien. Hans bok En adelsdam i kök och salong...
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One of Victoria's aide-de-camps, colonel Niklas Niemi, started as Defence Attaché in Helsinki, Finland on 1st August.
He has been interviewed at Fanbäraren, the magazine of Nyland Brigade.

Niklas Niemi has worked in the defence for 30 years. Before coming to the embassy in Helsinki, he was an exchange officer in Helsinki and before that he led the Swedish contingent in Afghanistan. For twelve years he was also aide-de-camp to Crown Princess Victoria.
- We have a system where you serve as an aide-de-camp for one month a year. It is an honorary assignment and it was also fun to serve with something completely outside the Armed Forces for a while. The most important thing was of course to support the Crown Princess, but it was also very interesting to meet all the people I met at that job.
Niemi has a Finnish-sounding surname: he was born in Sweden, but his mother's family comes from Tampere. He spent summer holidays in Finland. His family made an effort to speak Swedish, but then they switched to speaking Finnish. When he reached school age, they switched to Finnish at home too. It was a luxury to know a little Finnish when he arrived at the headquarters in Helsinki. There he learned military terminology and official language in Finnish.
Interview of Niklas Niemi
 
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