The King attends the BALTEX conference

June 11 - King Carl XVI Gustav attended the Baltex Conference. She is welcomed by Lena Häll Eriksson, Director General of the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), to the opening of the 7th Study Conference on BALTEX and the launch of the new research programme Baltic Earth, reports The Swedish Royal Family’s official website.

On Monday June 10, The King attended the 7th Study Conference on BALTEX (the Baltic Sea Experiment), which was held at the Strand Hotel in Borgholm.

The King was welcomed to the conference by Lena Häll Eriksson, Director General of the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, and Professor Anders Omstedt from the Department of Earth Sciences (Oceanography) at the University of Gothenburg.

The 7th Study Conference on BALTEX summarises 20 years of multidisciplinary research into the Baltic Sea basin, and presents perspectives for future research.

Read more about the King’s attendance to the BALTEX Confeference at the Swedish Royal Family’s official website.