Viewing the royal palace /
Photographer Jeppe Wikström
After two editions in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, A Royal Weekend is now heading towards Stockholm, the capital of the Kingdom of Sweden. Ted Rosvall, Mårten Hougström and Netty Leistra would like to welcome you at Medborgarskolan, Hagagatan 23 A, 113 47 Stockholm, on 29 and 30 August 2026. The exact program is yet […]
Photo & Copyright: Linda Broström, The Royal Court of Sweden
On Friday, 7 February 2025, at 1.10 pm, the fourth child and first daughter of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden was born at the Danderyd Hospital in Stockholm. The names of the newborn Swedish princess were announced at the council in the Royal Palace of Stockholm at 11.15am on Monday, 10 February […]
This year thus far has been rather hectic, with a new website to develop, another yet private project to finish, my work, knee problems and a cat that needed surgery. It thus was really a treat that I unexpectedly could join John from Adel in Nederland to a very special evening at nearby Landgoed Nienoord […]
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In some places the Christmas fun has already started. In the last days several Christmas fairs or markets and other Christmas events passed on social media. Therefore a post here with some that are being organized at palaces or castles. It seems many have a limited amount of tickets available, so if you plan to […]
Photo: 2020, Elisabeth Toll/Kungl. Hovstaterna
Today 10 years ago it was the wedding day of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling. I have lovely memories of that day, and I hope I will come back to Sweden one day, as it has been too long. It has just been raining gorgeous photos of the couple taken by Elisabeth […]
Unfortunately the weather on the day before the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling wasn’t as good as hoped. In the afternoon it started raining heavily. Happily it was getting better towards the evening. After a dinner at the Eric Ericsson-hall on Skeppsholmen there was a concert at Stockholms Konserthuset (concert […]
Time flies. This week it is already tens years ago that I last visited Sweden, in connection with the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel on 19 June 2010. On 17 June 2010 me and some friends visited the lovely Haga Park in Solna, Stockholm, where the couple was going to live after […]
Photo: Ewa-Marie Rundquist/The Swedish Royal Court
Princess Madeleine of Sweden has finally managed to get married today, 8 June 2013, at the palace chapel of the Royal Palace in Stockholm. The groom Christopher O’Neill, who looked somewhat stiff in the past months, suddenly has become an enthusiastic and happy man. He even seemed to cry during the wedding, while Madeleine was […]
Photo & Copyright: Netty Leistra, June 2010
The Swedish court on Sunday evening announced the death of Princess Lilian of Sweden, Duchess of Halland, at her home, Villa Solbacken at Stockholm. The Princess died just after 6pm surrounded by King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia and their children. In recent years she had suffered from Alzheimer’s. The funeral service will take place […]
Last modified: 19 December 2011 Wednesday, 19 May 2010 Information Briefing at the Royal Mews in Stockholm on the preparations ahead of the cortège after the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling. Monday, 24 May 2010 Information briefing about the wedding preparations of the Swedish Royal Court at the Bernadotte Library of the […]