Today, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel attended a graduation ceremony during which Prince Daniel officially received his Honorary Doctorate from Karolinska Institutet.

Prince Daniel was awarded the honorary doctorate due to his long-standing and strong commitment to public health. During the ceremony, Soumya Swaminathan, Scientific Director of the World Health Organization, and Professor Shinhiro Takeda were also appointed honorary doctors.

In his speech, Prince Daniel said: “Being appointed honorary doctor at the renowned Karolinska Institutet is a great honor. But above all, I see it as a recognition of all the people who are seldom recognized, but who devote their time and energy to helping children and young people establish healthy habits early in life. Ladies and gentlemen, I cannot even begin to imagine how many lives will have been saved by Doctor Swaminathan’s work to bring the covid vaccine to low and middle-income countries. Or, by Professor Takeda’s efforts in developing and implementing ECMO therapy.”

He continued: “And I am convinced that if we can give every child a fair chance to live a healthy life, regardless of social or economic background, if we can prevent lifestyle-related disease, even more lives can and will be saved. This is something we have to do – and we have to do it using evidence-based methods. In this effort, the research conducted here at Karolinska Institutet plays a crucial role.”

Crown Princess Victoria wore her By Malina gown with silver pumps, her Judith Leiber clutch, and her Engelbert earrings.