https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Queen Silvia will spend Christmas in hospital, the Swedish Royal Court announced on Christmas Eve. https://www.thelocal.se/20161224/swedens-queen-silvia-taken-to-hospital Sat, 24 Dec 2016 15:43:32 +0100 swedens-queen-silvia-taken-to-hospital Sweden's Brazilian-German Queen Silvia has spoken candidly in a new book about Sweden and her loneliness in the Royal Palace during the first year of her marriage to King Carl XVI Gustaf 40 years ago. https://www.thelocal.se/20161108/it-could-be-lonely-says-queen-of-first-year-in-sweden Tue, 08 Nov 2016 08:11:05 +0100 it-could-be-lonely-says-queen-of-first-year-in-sweden Let's be honest, everyone wants to relive the past once in a while, and in moderation a little bit of nostalgia can be a lot of fun. This weekend there's plenty of the stuff to go round in Sweden. The Local picks out five of the best nostalgia-tinged events. https://www.thelocal.se/20161006/five-nostalgia-inducing-events-across-sweden-this-weekend Thu, 06 Oct 2016 08:59:00 +0200 five-nostalgia-inducing-events-across-sweden-this-weekend Sweden's Queen Silvia charmed onlookers with a cute family-themed mobile phone case at the Olympics. https://www.thelocal.se/20160820/ens-adorable-phone-case-makes-rio-headlines Sat, 20 Aug 2016 13:09:08 +0200 ens-adorable-phone-case-makes-rio-headlines A pearl necklace that belonged to Josephine de Beauharnais, a 19th-century queen of Sweden, has been sold for $3.42 million at an auction in Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.se/20141113/swedish-royal-necklace-nets-fortune-at-auction Thu, 13 Nov 2014 10:22:00 +0100 swedish-royal-necklace-nets-fortune-at-auction As royalists around the world crow over the British babe, Swedish historians are hailing the Swedish queen who wore men's clothes in an exhibition dedicated to Queen Christina, once immortalized by Greta Garbo on the silver screen. https://www.thelocal.se/20130723/49214 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:50:00 +0200 49214 Sweden's Queen Silvia has resubmitted a press ethics complaint concerning the newspapers that chose to reproduce artwork that she found "insulting and hurtful" because it portrayed her scrubbing a Nazi swastika off the floor. https://www.thelocal.se/20130220/46306 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:45:00 +0100 46306 In The Local’s first installment of “Swedish YouTube Celebrities”, we chat with FreddeGredde – the musician who’s drawn in tens of millions of viewers (and some unusual fan mail) from around the world with his quirky and inventive talents. https://www.thelocal.se/20120628/41680 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:18:00 +0200 41680 Swedish Queen Silvia recently confessed to a children's magazine that when she was a child her best friend was the family’s pet monkey, Mickey. https://www.thelocal.se/20120405/40102 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:50:00 +0200 40102 Pictures of Queen Silvia at the World Child and Youth Forum. Behind-stages snaps of formal dinner table settings at the Royal Castle. https://www.thelocal.se/20111120/37458 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:21:00 +0100 37458 Sweden's Royal Court has accused a photographer of "stalking" Queen Silvia after she was injured trying to avoid "obstinate" shutterbug during her current visit to New York. https://www.thelocal.se/20110406/33036 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:12:00 +0200 33036 With the announcement of the engagement between Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria and boyfriend Daniel Westling, excitement is growing for Sweden’s first royal wedding in more than 30 years. https://www.thelocal.se/20090224/17796 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:45:00 +0100 17796 Queen Silvia wants to see current legislation to combat child pornography expanded. The queen has called for Sweden to follow the example set by neighbouring Denmark and Norway and make it illegal to look at child pornography. https://www.thelocal.se/20081101/15382 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:05:00 +0100 15382 Queen Silvia has leapt to her husband's defence after a prominent Swedish author ridiculed comments made in support of wolf hunting by King Carl Gustaf XVI, Aftonbladet reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20081031/15360 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:27:00 +0100 15360