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 King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden were among the royal guests attending the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London. See them arriving, entering the church, and following the service. https://www.thelocal.se/20220919/in-pics-swedens-royal-couple-attend-funeral-of-queen-elizabeth-ii Mon, 19 Sep 2022 18:27:04 +0200 in-pics-swedens-royal-couple-attend-funeral-of-queen-elizabeth-ii Few buildings are better suited to a ghost story than castles and palaces, and it seems the queen of Sweden has experienced that first hand, as she admitted in a new documentary that she believes Stockholm's centuries old Drottningholm Palace is haunted. https://www.thelocal.se/20170103/swedish-royal-palace-is-haunted-queen-silvia-says Tue, 03 Jan 2017 11:43:58 +0100 swedish-royal-palace-is-haunted-queen-silvia-says Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Queen Silvia have finally broken their silence about the past year's royal scandals in an open-hearted interview set for broadcast on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20111229/38212 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:13:00 +0100 38212 Sweden’s King and Queen did not receive the royal treatment last week when they were turned away from a busy German restaurant. The owner admits she failed to recognize the noble duo, but said she still wouldn't have let them in. https://www.thelocal.se/20110821/35674 Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:59:00 +0200 35674 Queen Silvia has revealed that her father conducted a business deal with a prominent Jewish businessman whereby he took over his company in Berlin in 1939 and thereby facilitated the man's emigration from Nazi Germany. https://www.thelocal.se/20110809/35430 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:22:00 +0200 35430 Queen Silvia and her relatives are set to investigate reports of her father's alleged links with Nazism. https://www.thelocal.se/20110515/33786 Sun, 15 May 2011 22:02:00 +0200 33786 King Carl XVI Gustaf on Friday became the first Swedish monarch to visit the Lutheran Church of Peace in Swidnica, southern Poland, a UNESCO world heritage site his ancestors built in the mid-17th century. https://www.thelocal.se/20110507/33632 Sat, 07 May 2011 10:51:00 +0200 33632 Murhabazi Namegabe of the Democratic Republic of Congo Tuesday was awarded a children's rights prize for his "long perilous struggle" to free child soldiers and sex slaves in his homeland. https://www.thelocal.se/20110427/33414 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:12:00 +0200 33414 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 Sweden's Queen Silvia has confirmed that she has no plans to retire despite reaching the retirement age of 65. https://www.thelocal.se/20081222/16524 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:10:00 +0100 16524 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