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Crown Princess Victoria
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| Crown Princess Victoria Photo: Mikael Jansson Courtesy of The Royal Court, Stockholm |
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria, 26, will visit Wilmington on November 8th as part of the 365th Jubilee of the founding of the New Sweden colony in 1638.
Her Royal Highness is the eldest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia and heir to the Swedish throne. The king and queen visited Wilmington in 1988 to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the founding of the first permanent European settlement in the Delaware Valley.
Free public events include a wreath-laying ceremony at "The Rocks" in Fort Christina Park at 11 AM, followed by a tour of the Kalmar Nyckel at the shipyard at 11:30, and an appearance by the Lenape Tribe of Delaware.
At the Delaware History Museum, 5th and Market Streets, Crown Princess Victoria will make a private inspection of two recently discovered portraits of Rev. Erik Bjoörk, first pastor of Holy Trinity Church, and his wife, Christina Stalcop.
The princess will then travel to the American Swedish Historical Museum in Philadelphia to present the 2003 Spirit of Raoul Wallenberg Award to Sudanese humanitarian, Dr. Haruun Ruun.
Media contact:
Alfred J. Nicolosi
Swedish Colonial Society
916 Swanson Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
609-217-4867 (cell)
856-935-8188 (fax)
e-mail: AlfredNicolosi@ColonialSwedes.org
Links to related sites:
Royal Court of Sweden
www.royalcourt.se/net/Royal+Court
Embassy of Sweden
www.swedish-embassy.org
Swedish Colonial Society
www.colonialswedes.org
American Swedish Historical Museum
www.americanswedish.org
Delaware Swedish Colonial Society
http://members.aol.com/sakerthing/sr-dscs.htm
Finnish American Society of the Delaware Valley
http://www.geocities.com/finnsphila/
Historical Society of Delaware
http://www.hsd.org
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation
www.kalnyc.org
New Sweden Centre
http://www.colonialnewsweden.org
Trinity Episcopal (Old Swedes') Church
www.trinityswedesboro.org
Holy Trinity (Old Swedes') Church
www.oldswedes.org
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church
www.GloriaDei-OldSwedes.org
Recent articles:
The News Journal (October 5, 2003):
http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2003/10/05swedishprincess.html
The Philadelphia Inquirer (October 5, 2003):
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/6940060.htm