News 2010

Prince Carl Philip and Bocuse d'Or

Bocuse d'Or began in 1987 and has swiftly grown into one of the world's foremost cuisine contests. In the space of just a few hours, chefs from all...

Prince Daniel visits Swedish Trade Council

Prince Daniel met CEO Ulf Berg, who spoke about the work of the Swedish Trade Council. Mr Berg explained how the organisation is set up and spoke about...

Queen attends meeting of Mentor Sweden

Mentor is based on the belief that young people need adult mentors. Lots of healthy relationships with adults can often be the key factor in protecting...

Prince Carl Philip receives fir trees

Skogshögskolan was represented by Per Hoflund, Erik Mellgren, Olle Nylund and Victor Asmoarp, who talked about the trees. The trees included two...

The King's dinner for the Nobel Laureates

The King escorted Dr Irina Barbolina to the table. The wife of this year's recipient of the Chemistry Prize, Mrs Socorro N. Heck, was seated to The...

The King presents the 2010 Nobel Prizes

The festivities began at Stockholm Concert Hall, where the King awarded the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine and Literature, as well as the...

The Queen and the winners of Dagens Nyheter's current affairs quiz

The Queen congratulated all the winners and presented each of them with a brooch. After the award ceremony, The Queen spoke with the young people. When...

Anna Larsson, Malena Ernman and Miah Persson are appointed court singers

Court Singer is an honorary title instituted by King Gustav III. The first court singers to be appointed were Elisabeth Olin and Carl Stenborg, in...

The King opens the City Tunnel in Malmö

Speeches were given by Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd, Minister for Infrastructure, Gunnar Malm, Director General of the Swedish Transport Administration,...

The Crown Princess Couple revisit the Wedding Gifts 2010 exhibition

The Crown Princess Couple received many wedding gifts from the public. A number of receptions were held at the Royal Palace ahead of the wedding on 19...

The King and Queen open the Life at the Palace exhibition

The exhibition was The Queen's idea, and in the afternoon The King and Queen and Princess Christina were given a tour by curator Kerstin Hagsgård.
 
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The King and Queen and The Crown Princess attend assembly evening

This year is the 200th anniversary of when Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte came to Sweden. It is also 200 years since the birth of the world-famous Norwegian...

The King and Queen and The Crown Princess Couple are informed of this year's Nobel Laureates

The following came to the Royal Palace of Stockholm:
Michael Sohlman, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation
Staffan Normark, Permanent Secretary of...

The Crown Princess listens to the Royal Palace Music Festival anniversary concert

The anniversary concert was arranged by the Friends of the Royal Palace Music Festival to mark this year's 40th anniversary of the festival.
 
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