#kungahuset

[ifreakingloveroyals]

Through the Years → Princess Sofia of Sweden (207/∞) 10 September 2024 | The Royal Family attends the performance given at the Royal Palace, on the occasion of the opening of the National Assembly. (Photo by Jessica Gow/TT/Kungahuset)

[madeleineoneillofsweden]

Leni is going to be head of state temporarily in Sweden!

[princesssofiaofswedena]

Princess Sofia attends The Nobel Prize ceremony 2022

Credit to the rightful owners

[madeleineoneillofsweden]

Beautiful

Swedish Royal Family - Princess Madeleine attend the World Childhood Foundation USA Gala at 583 Park Avenue in New York, USA. (Photos by Pontus Höök) | November 15, 2024

[makemycitybreak]

Gotta show yall this one song by my brothers band its like actually good (fuckinh finally🙏🙏)

[duchessofvastergotland]

29th March 2023 // Crown Princess Victoria is in Tbilisi, Georgia for a two day visit. She met with representatives of the EU Monitoring Mission to learn about how the EU is maintaining peace in the area. The visit is being carried out in connection with Sweden's presidency of the EU Council.

[skamenglishsubs]

Young Royals terms explained

One thing I noticed across all seasons, and in the official subtitles, and among fan discussions, is that everyone is throwing around the specific terms used to describe the workings of a monarchy a bit willy-nilly. The subtitles aren't always consistent in how they translate the Swedish terms, and the show never explains what the different ones mean.

In real life, we also use the terms a bit sloppy because it really doesn't matter that much, but I thought I'd take a stab at listing the terms, their best English translation, and what each term means to me.

Monarkin - The Monarchy

This is the political system, the form of government that Sweden, and a bunch of other countries around the world is using. It means that the office of Head of State is held by the head of a family, and is inherited according to whatever inheritance rules apply. The system also implies that you have an explicit class system, an upper class, and that your royals are the pinnacle of this class.

If you're a big fan of the system you're a royalist, and if you're a big fan of the opposite, a republic, you're a republican. Most people typically don't give a shit, though.

Kungahuset - ?

This is a term that the subtitles struggle a bit with, because there's no good English equivalent. It's sometimes translated as the monarchy, sometimes as the royal family, and sometimes as the royal court depending on context. In Swedish, it means the system and the people that inhabit the system. The official homepage of the Swedish royal family is https://www.kungahuset.se/

Kungafamiljen - The Royal Family

This term is used when talking about the royals as a family, it's about them as individuals, as people. In season 2 they mention the tv show "Året med kungafamiljen", which is a real show, and it has that name because it emphasises them as people. The purpose of the show is to make them relatable and human for PR reasons, to show off their quirky character or something.

Det Kungliga Huset - The Royal House

Never used in the show, but I thought I'd mention it anyway because you might be tempted to translate kungahuset like this, but that's a bit off. This term specifically means the monarch and the closest family members that are in the line of succession; it's everyone who is styled as a Royal Highness.

It can also mean the dynasty, the noble house that currently holds the title of king of Sweden. In the real world it's House Bernadotte, but in the show we never got to know the family name.

Slottet - The Royal Palace

The Royal Palace is the office of the monarch, the place where the work is done, it's where you would meet the royals for meetings, it's just like how a regular office is used for a regular business, it's their "HQ". The term is used pretty much how you would use "The White House" as both the building itself and the office of the president of the United States.

In the show, there's only one royal palace which serves as both residence and office. However, in the real Sweden, the royal family has two big palaces, the main one in the middle of Stockholm, and Drottningholm just outside. The main one is the office, where they work, and Drottningholm is their private residence, where they live most of the time.

Hovet - The Royal Court

In ye olden days, the court consisted of the king, his family, his servants, and the foremost nobles, advisors, and officials who hung around and essentially made up the executive branch of government. These days the court simply means the organisation that supports the royals in their official duties, it's all of their employees, and in the real Sweden the court has about 300 of them. Some of them still have funny titles like the Marshal of the Realm or Governor of the Royal Palaces, but think of those guys as the the vice presidents or directors or chiefs of staff of a normal company.

If you ever see something like "the court says", it means that the people working in the office of the monarch had a meeting and made a press release about something.

In the show there's a few named members of the court; Minou and Farima both appear to work for the PR department, while Jan-Olof is probably Marshal of the Court or something.

Kronan - The Crown

Just like in English, this term can mean the physical crown, the little golden hat with gems and stuff that is the symbol of the monarchy, but most often it means any legal entity that is the country itself, if that makes sense. For example, in Sweden, we think of the military, and all military equipment as "kronans egendom" - "property of the crown", and the single largest landowner in Sweden is technically a government-owned forestry company, but we think of their land as "kronans mark" - "crownlands".

The reason for this usage is that once upon a time all of these things were actually the personal property of the king, and inherited along with the office, but they've had to give it all up through consecutive political reforms. So, paradoxically, everything that is the property of the crown is actually owned by the people of Sweden through the government, while any personal belongings of the royal family isn't property of the crown.

[madeleineoneillofsweden]

Love!

Queen Silvia of Sweden and Princess Estelle of Sweden attend King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden's 78th birthday celebrations, at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden -April 30th 2024.

[ifreakingloveroyals]

Through the Years → Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden (955/∞) 6 November 2024 | The Crown Princess attended the Defense Materiel Administration's (FMV) Total Defense Days. (Photo by Pontus Lundahl / TT / Kungahuset)

[madeleineoneillofsweden]

I love a state visit especially when it involves Sweden!

[princesssofiaofswedena]

Princess Sofia attends The Nobel Prize ceremony 2022

[theroyalsandi]

BREAKING NEWS!!!

Swedish Royal Family - Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden are expecting their 4th child!

The Royal Court announced it this afternoon and said that Princess Sofia is doing well and the birth is expected in February 2025.

The baby will be 8th in the line of succession. | September 02, 2024

"Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia are delighted to announce that The Princess is expecting their fourth child. HRH is feeling well, the birth is expected to take place in February 2025. During autumn, no changes in the public schedule of HRH are planned." - Kungahuset

[royalchildreneurope]

New : Prince Carl Philip of Sweden and Princess Sofia of Sweden are pleased to announce that The Princess is expecting their fourth child.

The baby is due in February 2025 and will be 8th in the succession line to the throne.

The couple has already three children : Prince Alexander (8 years old), Prince Gabriel (7 years old) and Prince Julian (3 years old) -September 2nd 2024.

📷 : Kungahuset.

[andiatas]

kungahuset: Summer is short but there is still time to enjoy sunny August days around Sweden. Here, the Crown Princess family shares some private photos from this past summer holiday.

[madeleineoneillofsweden]

They are known to be close. Victoria taught her to read and almost mothered her while the King and Queen were gone with royal duties. You can see it with how close Estelle and Leonore are too. Victoria was one of the first people to visit Madeleine and baby Leonore in NYC.

“I wonder if Madeleine and Victoria have ever been truly close, they seem awkward together every time, I wonder if they call each other at birthdays and other celebrations.” - Submitted by Anonymous

[charlotte-of-wales]

kungahuset: Happy National Day!