On Day 2 of the Canadian State Visit to Sweden, King Carl Gustav and Queen Silvia of Sweden attended a trade seminar, visited the Karolinska Institute, had lunch at the Stockholm City Hall, and attended a return reception at the Vasa Museum with Governor General David Johnston and the Viceregal Consort of Canada. The Governor General, who is the Canadian Head of State as the Federal Viceregal representative of the Monarch of Canada, currently Queen Elizabeth II, is on a four-day State Visit to Sweden.
#Nobelprize Laureate Dr. McDonald Director @SNOLABscience & Iain Stewart President @NRC_CNRC in panel discussion @vetenskapsakad. #GGSweden pic.twitter.com/3eKGsJlbDm
— Canada in Sweden (@CanadaSweden) February 21, 2017
#Nobelprize Laureate Dr. McDonald Director @SNOLABscience & Iain Stewart President @NRC_CNRC in panel discussion @vetenskapsakad. #GGSweden pic.twitter.com/3eKGsJlbDm
— Canada in Sweden (@CanadaSweden) February 21, 2017Exciting visit to Dr. Anna Falk's @stemcellab to experience 3D bio printer bringing a new dimension to #medicalresearch. #GGSweden pic.twitter.com/Vp0vwRUF2C
— Canada in Sweden (@CanadaSweden) February 21, 2017
Exciting visit to Dr. Anna Falk's @stemcellab to experience 3D bio printer bringing a new dimension to #medicalresearch. #GGSweden pic.twitter.com/Vp0vwRUF2C
— Canada in Sweden (@CanadaSweden) February 21, 2017Delighted to be back at @karolinskainst to discuss how to extend their research collaborations with Canadian institutions. #GGSweden pic.twitter.com/haurnrDPbW
— Kirsty Duncan (@KirstyDuncanMP) February 22, 2017
Delighted to be back at @karolinskainst to discuss how to extend their research collaborations with Canadian institutions. #GGSweden pic.twitter.com/haurnrDPbW
— Kirsty Duncan (@KirstyDuncanMP) February 22, 2017Accompanied by King Carl XVI & Queen Silvia, #GGsweden visits Dept of Neuroscience @KarolinskaInst - then a disc of @MatsSundin13 Fellowship pic.twitter.com/aPcsmWtMiJ
— Roy Norton (@RoyNorton1) February 21, 2017
Accompanied by King Carl XVI & Queen Silvia, #GGsweden visits Dept of Neuroscience @KarolinskaInst - then a disc of @MatsSundin13 Fellowship pic.twitter.com/aPcsmWtMiJ
— Roy Norton (@RoyNorton1) February 21, 2017"@karolinskainst, I discussed the best practices for suicide prevention in students." - SJ #GGSweden pic.twitter.com/qBB9jky1ne
— Governor General of Canada (@GGCanada) February 21, 2017
"@karolinskainst, I discussed the best practices for suicide prevention in students." - SJ #GGSweden pic.twitter.com/qBB9jky1ne
— Governor General of Canada (@GGCanada) February 21, 2017In the morning of Day 2, King Carl Gustav and Governor General David Johnston attended a trade seminar on Swedish-Canadian business opportunities at the Rosenbad Conference Centre. The Queen and Viceregal Consort visited NASP (National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental ill-Health) at the Karolinska Institute for discussions on research, where they were joined by the King and Governor General for a visit to Anna Falk’s laboratory, which uses 3D bioskrivare in research for, among other things to study living tissue and the development of nerve cells.
"I was at a center that studies dementia where they are developing modern care and innovative approaches." - SJ #GGSweden pic.twitter.com/1MM1P2jsod
— Governor General of Canada (@GGCanada) February 21, 2017
"I was at a center that studies dementia where they are developing modern care and innovative approaches." - SJ #GGSweden pic.twitter.com/1MM1P2jsod
— Governor General of Canada (@GGCanada) February 21, 2017Later, both couples were joined by Prince Carl Phillip and Princess Sofia for lunch at the Stockholm City Hall, with Mayor Eva Louise Erlandsson Slorach and Finance Commissioner Karin Wanngård. Afterwards, the King and Governor General visited the Royal Academy of Sciences, and learned about learning and education as the basis of innovation and development of society. The Queen and Viceregal Consort visited the Aging Research Center.
It was an honour to showcase culinary creations to the King and Queen of #Sweden fusing Canadian and Swedish ingredients. #GGSweden pic.twitter.com/Ar3fY19Hqu
— Chef Louis Charest (@ChefCharest) February 21, 2017
It was an honour to showcase culinary creations to the King and Queen of #Sweden fusing Canadian and Swedish ingredients. #GGSweden pic.twitter.com/Ar3fY19Hqu
— Chef Louis Charest (@ChefCharest) February 21, 2017In the evening, the Governor General and Viceregal Consort hosted a ‘Friends of Canada’ return Reception for the King, Queen, Prince Carl-Phillip, and Princess Sofia at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm. They had culinary creations showcasing Canadian and Swedish ingredients.
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