The brig Tre Kronor of Stockholm, which serves as "an ambassador for the Baltic Sea Region", visits Helsingborg this week. Tre Kronor, which was christened by Crown Princess Victoria in August, 2005, is modelled after the Swedish Navy´s brig Gladan (built in 1857), which, among other things, was used as a supply ship for A.F. Nordenskiöld´s expeditions to Spitsbergen and Greenland.

Tre Kronor´s web page gives some additional information about the project:

Four gentlemen with a passion for beauty, navigation and sailing vessels launched the Stockholm Brig project in 1993. The first drawings were presented in 1994, and in 1997 the Brig’s keel was laid on Skeppsholmen, Stockholm. The construction had begun!

The Society Föreningen Briggen Tre Kronor, with around 4 000 members, supports the project, which is basically financed by private donations, companies and foundations. The Society founded the limited company Briggen Tre Kronor AB, and is still the largest shareholder.

Tre Kronor af Stockholm will be used for various purposes: Membership sailing, Shipowner sailing, conference sailing, networking sailing, education and expeditions etc. But above all, she will sail in the Baltic Sea as an ambassador for mutual understanding and support cultural and commercial relations between the countries around the Baltic.

Briggen Tre Kronor is an ambassador for the Baltic Sea Region. We act as an independent platform for debate and networking for leading decision makers from private and public sectors. Our focus areas are the environment, youth and the economical growth of the Baltic Sea Region.

In September 2011, Briggen Tre Kronor presented the project “Sustainable Seas” at the Kolskjulet on Kastellholmen in Stockholm along with the shipping companies Wärtsilä and Cargotec. Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess Victoria, Briggens dedicated Godmother, took part in the seminar along with some 150 prominent guests.