On April 9, 2013, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden presided over the “…presentation of the Swedish Export Prize held at the Stockholm City Hall.”
According to the Swedish royal court the Export Prize is an annual award which began in 2005 with the aim of identifying best Swedish export companies. This year’s Grand Export prize went to the company, Envirotainer AB.
On April 9, 2013, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway was at the Scandic Hotel Fornebu in Oslo to attend the High-Level Meeting on Energy and the Post-2015 Development Agenda conference. During today’s opening the crown prince gave a keynote speech along with the Norwegian Minister of International Development, Mr. Heikki Holmås, and the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Mr. Ahmad Alhindawi.
According to the official website for today’s event the purpose of the conference is to:
“…consider the results of the consultations and provide recommendations to the UN Secretary-General’s High Level Panel on the post-2015 development agenda. The meeting will examine potential global energy objectives and proposals for processes on how to continue engage with key stakeholders towards 2015 at national, regional and global levels.”
On the evening of April 7, 2013, Her Royal Highness Princess Caroline of Hanover was at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco to attend a “…homage celebration…” on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the death of the late Pablo Picasso.
During last night’s event guests watched the film, Le Mystère Picasso, directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot.
Photo courtesy of the Palais Princier
It was announced by the Swedish royal court that the Swedish network, SVT, has purchased the rights to broadcast the wedding of Her Royal Highness Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Mr. Christopher O’Neill.
SVT project manager, Mr. Per Rådelius, stated, “We are proud to have been commissioned to be the host broadcaster for another royal wedding and look forward to producing the broadcast [of the wedding]…”
The Princess Madeleine and Mr. O’Neill will marry on June 8, 2013, at the Slottskyrkan at the royal palace in Stockholm. The ceremony begins at 4P.M. Swedish time.
Let’s hope SVT does another great job of airing the upcoming wedding (hence similar to that of Their Royal Highnesses Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden’s wedding on June 19, 2010. If you saw their wedding live then you know what I am talking about). 🙂
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On April 9, 2013, Her Royal Highness Princess Maxima of the Netherlands attended the Currency Exchange Fund conference held at the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam.
During today’s event the future Queen of the Netherlands gave a keynote speech in her capacity as the Special Advocate of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the Field of Inclusive Finance for Development.
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On April 9, 2013, Their Serene Highnesses Prince Hans-Adam II and Princess Marie Algae of Liechtenstein arrived in Vienna, Austria to begin their one-day official visit.
Upon their arrival at the beautiful Hofburg Palace Prince Hans-Adam II and Princess Marie Algae were welcomed by the President of Austria, Mr. Heinz Fischer and his wife, as well as by several government officials. After the traditional military honors ceremony in the courtyard of the Hofburg the princely couple were ushered into the palace for a brief photo-op. Then, Prince Hans-Adam II and President Fischer accompanied by their delegations participated in a meeting inside the President’s office. Discussions focused on the usual. You know, bilateral and economic relations, etc, etc.
In the afternoon, a luncheon was held in the Prince and Princess’s honor at the palace. Two hours later the princely couple toured Klosterneuburg Abbey and in the evening they, along with Their Serene Highnesses Hereditary Prince Alois and Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein, visited the Stadtpalais Liechtenstein in Vienna.
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In other news, His Serene Highness Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein recently received credentials from the Ambassador of the Principality of Monaco, Ms. Carole Lanteri, at Schloss Vaduz in Liechtenstein. For more information about yesterday’s event please click here.
On April 8, 2013, His Royal Highness Prince Daniel of Sweden was in Södertälje where he visited the Berättarministeriet. According to the Swedish royal court the Berättarministeriet is a:
“…writing workshop for children and young people aged 8-18 years from areas with high unemployment. The aim of Berättarministeriet is to improve the socio-economic mobility in the community by providing an enjoyable and creative way to inspire children and young people to conquer the written word. Berättarministeriet is a non-profit, non-political and non-religious foundation which is run in collaboration between the private, public and nonprofit sectors…”
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