Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, made an appearance May 8 at the Nordic Heritage Museum for Arctic Summer, a Nordic fashion show that was part of Sweden Week.

The fashion show was a chance for the Nordic Heritage Museum to shine a spotlight on the recent work of designers from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

“Design is such an important component of Scandinavian life and culture, and we want to take the opportunity to share that,” Stina Cowan, manager of the event for the museum, said in a press release.

The first-ever Seattle Sweden Week, the brainchild of Swedish Consul to Washington Lars Jonsson, occured from May 2 to May 9. The celebration was organized as a tribute to the long shared history between Seattle and Sweden and to strengthen the current relationships between the two.

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