General News about King Carl Gustaf & Queen Silvia 1: February 2016 - December 2023


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Aftonbladet's royal expert Jenny Alexandersson said today at podcast "Kungligt med Jenny Alexandersson", that king Carl Gustaf and queen Silvia flew yesterday to New York. She said that the calendar of the king and queen is empty until the beginning of February. It is exciting, it is a private trip or perhaps something to do with World Childhood Foundation's 20th anniversary, Childhood has a big office in USA, Alexandersson was guessing.
Därför är kungaparet inte i Sverige _ Aftonbladet

At the moment queen Silvia has her next work event at the court's calendar on 5th February, her latest work event was on 16th January.
King Carl Gustaf has his next work event on 9th February. He had work events on 21st January.

EDIT Svensk Damtidning writes that Aftonbladet was the first to tell about the trip to New York, and that the calendars of the king and queen are empty until February.

"Everything about this US journey is so very secret so far.
Much still tells us that the unexpected New York visit is somehow work-related. The royal couple are known for their high job pace and would hardly plan a long vacation almost immediately after the long holidays.
At the same time, Queen Silvia's charity organization the World Childhood Foundation turns 20 years, which of course will be highlighted both in Sweden and the United States. A great charity dinner at restaurant Tyrol in Stockholm will be in two weeks, while it has been quiet about how the celebration in the US should go.
Svensk Damtidning seeks the director of the press department Margareta Thorgren.
Kungaparets mystiska New York-resa_ _Allt är väldigt hemligt_ _ Svensk Damtidning
 
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Aftonbladet's royal expert Jenny Alexandersson writes today at her blog that king Carl Gustaf and queen Silvia have landed in Sweden after their trip to USA. Last night, Swedish time, they stepped on a plane in Los Angeles and now they are back home in Stockholm. It was January 23 that they flew to New York.
Kungaparet flög från Los Angeles _ Hovbloggen

Stamps in new colours with the photos of king Carl Gustaf and queen Silvia were published on 10th January.
https://www.postnord.se/globalasset...gen-och-drottningen-2-1600x900_660x372_90.jpg
 
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The Royal Court informed this morning that the King had to pull out of the the Bishop Service at Uppsala on Sunday because of the heavy cold he has been suffering. They said that his schedule for the rest of the week is unaffected.
 
Sarahbellar said:
The Royal Court informed this morning that the King had to pull out of the the Bishop Service at Uppsala on Sunday because of the heavy cold he has been suffering. They said that his schedule for the rest of the week is unaffected.
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Maybe wise considering the trip to Brussels tomorrow and Wednesday. Speaking of that, wonder if they will call upon King Philippe and Queen Mathilde while in Brussels.
 
I hope Carl Gustaf makes a speedy recovery. I agree that the decision seems like a wise plan especially since colds can be more serious for elderly people.
 
Statement by H.M. The King on the occasion of the air crash in Ethiopia:
On the occasion of yesterday's air crash outside Addis Abeba, H.M. King gives the following statement.
"My family and I have with sadness received the information that four Swedes have died in the tragic air crash in Ethiopia.
Our thoughts go to their families, friends and colleagues."
Uttalande av H.M. Konungen med anledning av flygolyckan i Etiopien - Sveriges Kungahus

King Carl Gustaf and queen Silvia congratulated Hanna Öberg, won gold in the women’s individual at the Biathlon World Championships in Östersund. In doing so she becomes the first woman to ever win gold at the World Championships in the Individual a year after doing so at the Olympics.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu6m6m9lfcA/
 
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Condolences to Governor General Patsy Reddy
On the occasion of the terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, H.M. The King sent the following condolences to Governor General Patsy Reddy in New Zealand.
Kondoleanser till generalguvernör Patsy Reddy - Sveriges Kungahus

Condolences to King Willem-Alexander
Due to the act in Utrecht, the Netherlands, H.M. The King sent the following condolence telegram to King Willem-Alexander.
Kondoleanser till Konung Willem-Alexander - Sveriges Kungahus

Condolences to President Emmerson Mnangagwa
Due to the cyclon in Zimbabwe, H.M. The King sent the following condolences to President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Kondoleanser till president Emmerson Mnangagwa - Sveriges Kungahus
 
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Painting of king Carl Gustaf by Alberto Ramirez (spanish artist living in Berlin) at Galleri Scandinavia.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwCh9utBt-O/

Historian Herman Lindqvist tells at his column in Svensk Damtidning, that king Carl Gustaf got his first National Geographic Magazine when he was ten years old. The king has told Lindqvist that he has saved every monthly magazine after that, and now he has 750 National Geographic Magazines.
When Carl Gustaf was young, he had his grandfather's brother prince Wilhelm in Stenhammar, with whom he talked about travelling, Wilhelm had been at long expeditions in Africa and South America when he was young.
King Carl Gustaf's dream was to become a kind of explorer, travel there where no one has ever been and make the journey without a follow-up of bodyguards, functionaries and a watch and day program in the hand, smashing photographers and people he must meet which he really did not want to see at all. Now, after forty-six years as a king, he has seen most corners of the world. He has conducted 82 state visits and with all trips to the Olympics, exhibitions and campaigns for Sweden plus all his own highly private trips, he has been in far over 100 countries. It is the nature and the animals that attract him most of all, the only weapon he wants with him is his camera.
 
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LadyFinn said:
Historian Herman Lindqvist tells at his column in Svensk Damtidning, that king Carl Gustaf got his first National Geographic Magazine when he was ten years old. The king has told Lindqvist that he has saved every monthly magazine after that, and now he has 750 National Geographic Magazines.
When Carl Gustaf was young, he had his grandfather's brother prince Wilhelm in Stenhammar, with whom he talked about travelling, Wilhelm had been at long expeditions in Africa and South America when he was young.
King Carl Gustaf's dream was to become a kind of explorer, travel there where no one has ever been and make the journey without a follow-up of bodyguards, functionaries and a watch and day program in the hand, smashing photographers and people he must meet which he really did not want to see at all. Now, after forty-six years as a king, he has seen most corners of the world. He has conducted 82 state visits and with all trips to the Olympics, exhibitions and campaigns for Sweden plus all his own highly private trips, he has been in far over 100 countries. It is the nature and the animals that attract him most of all, the only weapon he wants with him is his camera.
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If I recall correctly The King did some work with SIDA for a few months in the late sixties and travelled through Ethiopia and Kenya totally incognito
 
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Historian Herman Lindqvist tells at his column in Svensk Damtidning, that king Carl Gustaf got his first National Geographic Magazine when he was ten years old. The king has told Lindqvist that he has saved every monthly magazine after that, and now he has 750 National Geographic Magazines.
When Carl Gustaf was young, he had his grandfather's brother prince Wilhelm in Stenhammar, with whom he talked about travelling, Wilhelm had been at long expeditions in Africa and South America when he was young.
King Carl Gustaf's dream was to become a kind of explorer, travel there where no one has ever been and make the journey without a follow-up of bodyguards, functionaries and a watch and day program in the hand, smashing photographers and people he must meet which he really did not want to see at all. Now, after forty-six years as a king, he has seen most corners of the world. He has conducted 82 state visits and with all trips to the Olympics, exhibitions and campaigns for Sweden plus all his own highly private trips, he has been in far over 100 countries. It is the nature and the animals that attract him most of all, the only weapon he wants with him is his camera.
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:previous: It gives the sense that the King was/is somehow ill at ease with the constant public interest, in contrast to his wife and older daughter. I wonder if his childhood dream in combination with his nature tourism had an effect on his enthusiastic support of environmental issues.
 
ursulajohanna said:
where spend the royal couple the easter holiday?
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They often spend Easter in their house in Storlien. The King inherited the house from his parents who received it as a wedding gift in 1932.
 
JR76 said:
They often spend Easter in their house in Storlien. The King inherited the house from his parents who received it as a wedding gift in 1932.
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Do you know if he inherited most or all of his parents' private fortune, or if it was divided amongst their five children?
 
Dagny Carlsson, Sweden's oldest blogger, celebrated yesterday her 107th birthday. Hänt magazine tells that Dagny writes at her blog:
"Today it has been a memorable day because I have started a new year of life. In other words, I have turned 107 years old. It has not been quiet but it has been courtesy from 12:00 to 16:00", writes Dagny.
"It is with pride that I speak that Queen Silvia sent me a personalized letter of congratulation", writes Dagny Carlsson.
Dagny Carlsson, 107, om personliga gåvan från drottning Silvia _ Hänt.se

King Carl Gustaf and queen Silvia invited Dagny to meet them at the Royal Palace on 20th March 2018.
Kungaparet gav företräde för Dagny Carlsson - Sveriges Kungahus
 
At Facebook of Artilleriregementet
Salute on the occasion of H.M. Queen Silvia's name day
In Sweden, salutes are issued on six official occasions per year. Today, Thursday, August 8 was one of those occasions.
Salut med anledning av H.M. Drottning Silvias namnsdag _ Facebook

SPA (Swedish Press Agency) published these photos of queen Silvia at its Facebook
Today Queen Silvia has her name day.... - Swedish Press Agency _ Facebook

The german press told last week that queen Silvia is going to stay in Germany last weekend to spend some time with her brother and his family.
These photos at a ship in Heidelberg have obviously been taken during the weekend, we see queen Silvia with her brother Ralf, his wife Charlotte and The Mistress of the Robes, Kirstine von Blixen-Finecke.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B2KTH2ilhNm/
 
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About queen Silvia spending last weekend in Heidelberg with her brother and his family

Queen Silvia saw the castle lighting on board of the "Königin Silvia"
The Swedish monarch extended her stay in Heidelberg. The Weiße-Flotte ship was already booked.
It was a successful completion of her stay in Heidelberg: After Queen Silvia had inaugurated the Childhood House at the University Hospital on Thursday and accepted the Karl-Kübel-Prize in Bensheim on Friday, she extended her stay over the weekend to spend time with the family of her eldest brother Ralf de Toledo-Sommerlath. On the program was also a boat trip with the flagship of the Weiße-Flotte named after the Queen, from which the Monarch looked at the last castle lighting of the year.
Fortunately, it did not rain during the fireworks and the wind conditions were ideal, so that the many thousand visitors on the banks of the Neckar and the royal visit had a good view of the colorful rockets.
"We knew that Queen Silvia would be watching the fireworks, so we discussed in advance with pyrotechnics company Beisel, which is responsible for the fireworks, that we would like to have blue and yellow elements in the fireworks", says the CEO of Heidelberg Marketing, Mathias Schiemer. So the pyrotechnician built two elements in the Swedish national colors in the entree of the spectacle.
Queen Silvia was the guest of the Weiße-Flotte for the third time. The Swedish monarch was on board together with her eldest brother Ralf, her sister-in-law Charlotte and her nephew Thomas Sommerlath and his wife. "When the request came, the ship was already fully booked", reports Karl Hofstätter, Managing Director of the Weiße Flotte.
For the namesake of the ship, the trip was of course made possible and a table for the guests was prepared in the salon. Chef Bruno Merkhoffer served Caesar salad with prawns in a potato stew, beef fillet on red wine jus with potato gratin and fresh market vegetables and for dessert chocolate biscuit with wild berries on mango sorbet and truffles.
The mood was sensational, Hofstätter reports. At the latest when Elke Singer together with the band "Addicted plus" sang Abba hit "Dancing Queen" for the royal guest, the song which was played in honor of the Queen the day before her wedding with King Carl Gustaf in June 1976 in the royal Opera in Stockholm.
"Queen Silvia thanked us for a wonderful evening", says Hofstätter. And the other passengers had been radiant when leaving the ship.
Heidelberg_ Königin Silvia*sah die Schlossbeleuchtung an Bord der _Königin Silvia - Nachrichten aus Heidelberg - Rhein Neckar Zeitung
 
Tulla Grünberger and Martina K Svensson (photographer) met today king Carl Gustaf at the Royal Palace and gave him their book "Slottstid – Klockor på de svenska Kungliga slotten" (Castle time - Clocks at the Swedish Royal Palaces), published by Votum Förlag.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B2wdHUSCm4L/
 
Statement by H.M. the King on the occasion of the death of Sara Danius

On the occasion of the death of Professor Sara Danius H.M. the King gives the the following statement.
"I have received the sad news of the death of Professor Sara Danius. In her role as Permanent Secretary I had the privilege to have regular meetings and interesting conversations with Sara Danius. A strong cultural personality has left us far too early. My thoughts are with her family and loved ones."
Uttalande från H.M. Konungen med anledning av Sara Danius bortgång - Sveriges Kungahus
https://www.facebook.com/Kungahuset....1570891854./2588245377901025/?type=3&theater

Sara Danius är död efter lång kamp mot sjukdomen _ Svensk Dam
Sara Danius är död i cancer – blev 57 år

It seems that the king has a little holiday now. He had work events on Friday 11th and the next event is the Enthronement in Japan on 22nd.
 
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Member of the Swedish Academy and Chinese specialist Göran Malmqvist is dead. He passed away on Friday, 95 years old. A death message that the royal family has received with sadness.
In a statement, the royal couple, via Margareta Thorgren, says:
- The royal family has received the sad news. The royal couple knew Göran Malmqvist personally.
The Royal Family about the support of Göran Malmqvist
- As a China expert, he generously assisted with his knowledge of the country's culture in connection with incoming and outgoing state visits. The royal couple has condoled privately.
Just nu! Kungens första ord efter nära vännens död _ Svensk Dam
 
Svensk Damtidning:
Emperor Naruhito's coronation in Tokyo was just such a mission, where the date had been decided long ago, and where the Queen had in good time agreed to go to Japan with the King.
But then, with relatively short notice, she chose to step aside, this to give Crown Princess Victoria a chance to meet the Imperial couple and their other royal colleagues in the new generation.
So what does a queen do when she suddenly gets an unexpected gap in the calendar?
- The Queen has other assignments this week. She works with internal duties at the Royal Palace, yes ordinary office work simply, says Margareta Thorgren to Svensk Damtidning.
Does it take place in her office, or does she also work from home in Drottningholm?
- Yes, it is quite obvious that she does.
The queen has last week's extremely intense visit to Lebanon with the Mentor Foundation done. We talked to one of those who saw her in action and he says spontaneously:
- She worked really hard!
So hopefully the canceled Japan trip also became a chance to breathe a little. And maybe get to meet a grandchild or two, completely spontaneously?
Därför visar sig inte drottningen – Victoria tog hennes plats _ Svensk Dam
 
Queen Silvia has given an interview to Britt-Marie Mattsson at Göteborgs-Posten. The interview is behind a paywall.
Queen Silvia thinks #metoo is important, and wants a special metoo call where children can tell about sexual abuse and violence they have been subjected to. And she remembers how attendees at a conference in Paris "disappeared into the walls" when she spoke for the first time about child pornography.

She has no intention of leaving her work with her 20-year-old foundation, Childhood, but hopes that Princess Madeleine will one day take over. And she doesn't think that the King's decision about who belongs to "The Royal House" is particularly dramatic.
Britt-Marie Mattsson möter Drottning Silvia – som önskar sig ett metoo-upprop för barn _ Göteborgs-Posten - Sverige

A couple of photos from the interview
http://imageupper.com/i/?S1200010010011G1574266204113511
http://imageupper.com/i/?S1200010010021G1574266204113511

Photographer Nils Petter Nilsson published also some photos at his Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5D_ZEKJwf-/
 
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Queen Silvia has given an interview to royal expert Roger Lundgren, who wrote a book of her in 2013. Lundgren, "Royal Roger", at his Instagram with a photo of the queen:
"Am so grateful for the conversation I had with our amazing queen today. She has been a guiding star in my life since I was a kid and getting to meet her always means a lot to me. Today we had a very nice interview. So thankful! Coming back with info on our conversation at a later date!"
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5LLTWzJqPK/
 
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