Princess Madeleine engaged!

Princess Madeleine of Sweden and her longtime boyfriend Jonas Bergstrom are seen as they announce their engagement at Solliden Palace, near Borgholm, Oland island, Tuesday Aug. 11, 2009. A date for the wedding has not been set, but Royal Court spokeswoman Annika Sonnerberg said it will be after Crown Princess Victoria's wedding in June 2010 (Reuters pictures)

Six months after the announcement of her sister’s engagement, the Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, princess Madeleine announced hers on the 11th of August 2009 with her now fiancé Jonas Bergström.

Crown Princess Victoria officially engaged to Daniel Westling

R&Co – February 24, 2009.

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden shows off her ring as she and her fiance Daniel Westling meet the press at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Lief R. Jansson, Scanpix)

 

The Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden is engaged to long term boyfriend, Daniel Westling, has announced today the Royal Court of Sweden. The couple will marry in early summer of 2010. 

Swedish king and queen to make state visit to Italy

The Earth Times – January 14, 2009.

Stockholm - Swedish King Carl Gustaf is to pay a state visit to Italy along with Queen Silvia in March, the royal palace and Swedish foreign ministry said Wednesday. The royals were to be accompanied by Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and a delegation of Swedish business leaders.

 

Nobel Prize Ceremony in pictures and video on live

Members of the Swedish royal family attend the Nobel Prize ceremony in the concert hall in Stockholm December 10, 2008. From left are: Queen Silvia, Princess Madeleine, King Carl XVI Gustaf, Prince Carl Philip and Crown Princess Victoria. (Reuters)

Prince Carl Philip in the Twilight of Probability…

Apparently furious, Emma Pernald (L) denies a split with Prince Carl Philip (R). Photo: Patrik ÖSTERBERG

By R&Co.

On November the 6th, the swedish newspaper – the Aftonbladet – was revealing a split between the handsome, Orlando Bloom lookalike, Prince Carl Philip  and his girlfriend, Emma Pernald.

According to the newspaper, the prince was seen holding hands with a girl at the nightclub V, managed by Ulf Frederick von Roth, a friend of Prince Carl Philip.

Yet, yesterday Emma Pernald, furious about the reports saying that she has been dumped by the Prince after nine years of an On-Off relationship, has denied the reports into the Expressen.

*new pictures (at the end)*

Widow of Swedish count dies in southern Germany

Count Lennart Bernadotte and Countess Sonja Bernadotte

The Local – October 21, 2008 – By David Landes.

The German-born Countess Sonja Bernadotte, widow of Sweden’s Count Lennart Bernadotte, has died after a long illness.

Her passing was confirmed by the management of the estate which she ran on the island of Mainau on Lake Constance in southern Germany.

Eighteenth century Swedish king drew penises in diary

The Local – October 24, 2008 – By Paul O’Mahony.

A private Swedish collector has revealed that the private diaries of King Karl XIII contain a number of previously undisclosed details, including small illustrations of the male reproductive organ.

The diaries in question date from May to October 1785, a time when Karl was 37 years old and still a duke, according to a report in the Populär Historia magazine. 

University lecturer Ingemar Carlsson described the diary as “a completely unique source”. 

“I have never heard of any remaining diary notes written in Duke Karl’s hand from such an early period in his life,” he told Populär Historia. 

The leather-bound volume was passed on to school headmaster Anders Nyström by his mother, who received the book as a gift in the 1950s. 

“I more or less grew up with it but never thought too much about it,” Nyström told The Local. 

It was only when he read an article about Karl XIII in Populär Historia that he began to take a keener interest. 

Contained within the pages of the diary are ruminations on the duke’s travels, military duties and experiments in alchemy carried out in his own laboratory. 

But among the more private entries are small drawings of penises that appear to coincide with sexually productive moments in the duke’s life. 

For example, accompanying an entry relating to a concert on October 10th 1785 is a sketch of a single penis.

And on the 23rd of the same month, the duke attended an oyster supper with his wife, Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta. On this occasion, the famed aphrodisiac prompted Karl to double the number of phallic doodles. 

Karl eventually acceded to the throne in 1809 at the age of 60. He died nine years later, having suffered a stroke shortly after becoming king. 
 

Princess Victoria invites Aamir Khan for dinner

So much is happening around Aamir Khan these days. The stupendous success of his critically-acclaimed film Taare Zameen Par has made him popular all the more. Now, Princess Victoria of Sweden has invited him for a dinner with her.

European royalty to visit the Business School

Press Release, Auckland University - October 20, 2008

Her Royal Highness Princess Birgitta of Sweden will visit The University of Auckland Business School tomorrow to attend a one-day symposium on achieving sustainability through collaboration.

The princess – King Gustaf’s 71-year-old sister – will visit the Business School in the company of New Zealand’s Swedish ambassador Karin Ehnbom-Palmquist, and will be welcomed by Vice-Chancellor Professor Stuart McCutcheon.

Royal visitor shows off Swedish Style

Princess Birgitta with a dress from the Sweden in Ten Visions exhibition. Photo / Kenny Rodger

 New Zealand Herald – Culture News – October 20, 2008.

By Alanah May Eriksen

rincess Birgitta of Sweden is in New Zealand for a week-long Swedish culture event.

Swedish Style highlights modern trends in design, art, music, gastronomy, travel, business and sustainability.

Birgitta Ingeborg Alice, sister of King Carl XVI Gustaf, is the patron for the event.