I have a habit of watching the Nobel Prize celebrations on TV, which I think is a really wonderful celebration. The peace prize aside – which can get a little political at times – it’s just great fun to see all the people dressed up, the celebrations, the banquet and all the pomp and circumstance. It’s the one night that Sweden gets a chance to show off that we’re still a Kingdom, with His Royal Highness taking the high seat for once and the Prime Minister taken a few notches down.

I’m not much for titles and stuff otherwise, but when it comes to the Royal Family, I confess that I really appreciate them, and I think a Sweden without them wouldn’t be much of a Sweden any more.

It’s an opportunity to put little Sweden on world map, to show off our country, and impress the American laureates (they’re all Americans these days, typically) with our little kingdom.

And besides, don’t we have the most beautiful princess in the entire world? :)