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I wish they would all stop using this ugly fake dress. It was manufactured in the early 1900s in a nationalistic wave, the thought was to make something that all women could wear wherever they were from, including Norway (yeah, that went down well). But nobody liked it, so it was buried and...

I don't think you understand the extent of this strike. It concerns 5000 workers, 10% of the population, and is about their salaries and work conditions. Important stuff. A royal visit is just fluff. And how do you mean the government could get their stuff together, doing what? By ordering...

The school year starts around 20th of August, which is the start of autumn on our latitudes. So yes, it's considered to be "after the summer".

I'll say something about his books. He's a very good writer, his books are greatly entertaining. However, he's completely unreliable. He makes things up to fill gaps in the historical documentation. He's not a historian, he's a journalist, he wants to tell a good story . We always joked about...

Haha, indeed! I have met Lindqvist quite a few times, since I've been working in the book business my whole life. It was a surprise to everybody that they chose him as a teacher actually. And that's about all I have to say about him. I try to live by that device you mentioned; if you have...

My friends and I, a bunch of old sailors, were discussing this yesterday, how fast is the Dannebrog? We estimated it would take a lot longer from Copenhagen than 48 hours if the boat makes about 10 knots.

Yes, nice summary of a tough time. Although I don't agree about Sweden and Norway being close. Norway definately didn't want Sweden as an overcoat after freeing itself from Denmark, so the relations weren't exactly hunky dory. Come to think about it- we've never had much of a relationship at all...

It's a lot more complicated than to say there were lots of nazis in Sweden though. The dilemma was that Sweden, first and foremost, has always been on Finland's side. In WWII Finland had no choice but to side with Germany, since for them, the Soviet Union were a much worse threat. We had also...

Madeleine never did any royal duties to speak of. I'd be surprised if she'd suddenly step up and become a working royal.

Good theory. I can easily understand that she feels she doesn't want to spend three hours with the hairdresser whith three small boys at home. This tiara is now so adapted to her head that she probably can just plop it on her flowing mane. My theory has been that maybe she's like me, I can't...

The stones are blue topazes. First worn for the Nobels in 2022.

A regent (Riksföreståndare) is only needed when the King is far away, like Australia or South America, or if he's in a place where infrastructure is lacking and it would take forever to come home. Which is never the case in Europe of course (except for the very north of Sweden, haha). If...

Also, since I live here, I have noticed that every kid in our part of Stockholm, has the same look. That's how it is with children, they want to look like everybody else, nobody wants to deviate from the current fashion fad. It's good of the parents to not force them to look outlandish.

Thank you, the voice of reason. My sentiments exactly. I can't believe what I've been reading in this thread, people who keep harping on about things that are none of their business.

My go-to tiara place is Tiara Mania https://www.tiara-mania.com/search/label/Russia