Photo: Sara Friberg, The Royal Court of Sweden
Victoria took the wheel of a combat boat at Saab’s shipyard
The second day of Crown Princess Victoria’s visit to Västernorrland began at Saab’s shipyard in Docksta, where combat boats are built. She was shown round the production line and drove a Combat Boat 90 herself. She then took the cable car to the summit of Skuleberget, and went on to a rescue exercise in Kramfors.
The second day of Crown Princess Victoria's visit to Västernorrland began at Saab's shipyard in Docksta. Combat boats are built there, and the Crown Princess was first shown around the production line.
Then it was out onto the water. She took a trip aboard a Combat Boat 90, and was allowed to drive it herself.
The boat built in Docksta
The Combat Boat 90 was developed and is built at this very yard. It is a fast boat that carries soldiers and equipment through the archipelago, and it has been sold to several countries.
The yard lies at Docksta in Kramfors Municipality, in the same coastal landscape the Crown Princess had walked the day before.
295 metres up
From the yard she took the cable car to the summit of Skuleberget, which rises 295 metres straight up from the sea below.
At the summit lodge she met a local entrepreneur who runs a business in the area.
A rescue exercise in Kramfors
The last stop was Högberget in Kramfors. It is the base of the Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency, which trains and exercises everyone with a role in the total defence system, that is, the cooperation between military and civilian bodies in a crisis.
The Crown Princess heard how that work is done, and took part herself in a rescue exercise out on the training ground, set up as a crisis scenario.
She also joined a digital meeting with agency staff posted in Ukraine.
Two days in Västernorrland
The visit ran over two days, 14 and 15 October. The first day was given to the High Coast World Heritage area, with the Högbonden nature reserve, the Rotsidan coastline and the Murberget open-air museum, ending with a dinner at the Governor's Residence in Härnösand.
Prince Daniel was to have joined the whole visit, but had to withdraw because he was ill.