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IN PICS: Queen Elizabeth’s two state visits to Sweden

Queen Elizabeth II visited Sweden on two occasions, meeting two different Swedish kings, the current King Carl XVI Gustaf as well as his grandfather, Gustaf VI Adolf. Here's a look back at these state visits.

Published: 9 September 2022 16:05 CEST
IN PICS: Queen Elizabeth's two state visits to Sweden
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are shown around Gamla Stan in Stockholm by the Swedish King and Queen in 1983. Photo: Bertil Ericson/Scanpix

Queen Elizabeth’s first state visit to Sweden took place in 1956, just three years after her coronation. The visit included a trip to Olympiastadion in Stockholm to watch the Olympic equestrian competitions, which were held in Sweden that year despite the rest of the Olympic Games taking place in Melbourne, Australia.

Queen Elizabeth at the equestrian Olympic competition alongside then-King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Queen Louise of Sweden and Prince Philip.
Photo: Pressens Bild/TT
The Queen also took part in a dinner in Stockholm’s town hall with the Social Democrat city council chairman Carl Albert Anderson and Prince Bertil, the uncle of Sweden’s current King Carl XVI Gustaf.
 

Queen Elizabeth II at a dinner in Gyllene salen in Stockholm’s town hall, alongside Prince Bertil and city council chairman Carl Albert Anderson. Photo: Pressens Bild/TT

Queen Elizabeth II watches the olympic horse-riding in Stockholm, 1956. Photo: Pressens Bild/TT
Her next visit to Sweden was a four day official state visit from May 25th-28th, 1983. On this visit, Queen Elizabeth met Sweden’s current king, King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife, Queen Silvia. Here they are alongside Prince Philip.

Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. Photo: Jan Collsiöö/Scanpix/TT
The Queen and Prince Philip travelled on the Swedish royal boat Vasaorden, alongside King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia.

The Queen and Prince Philip disembark the Swedish royal ship Vasaorden outside Grand hotell, Stockholm. Photo: Svenskt Pressfoto/Scanpix/TT
Crowds in Stockholm were keen to meet the British royals, who were welcomed with flags by the Swedish public.

Photo: Tomas Oneborg/SvD/TT
The Queen’s Rolls-Royce was also shipped over for the occasion, where it was given a new temporary registration number: HMQ 001 for Her Majesty the Queen.

Photo: Kent Östlund/SvD/TT

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Denmark’s king and queen announce state visits to Sweden and Norway

King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark will visit Sweden followed by Norway on their first official state visits since taking over as regents.

Published: 9 February 2024 15:00 CET
Denmark’s king and queen announce state visits to Sweden and Norway

The Danish palace announced the two state visits in a statement on Friday.

“The first state visits will provide the occasion for the new King and Queen to meet with the sovereigns in Sweden and Norway, and they will thus mark the close relations between the Nordic monarchies,” the statement read.

The visit to Sweden is scheduled for the beginning of May, with the Norway visit following after that.

The two state visits will be part of a “a major tour around the Northern region” which will also include visits to Greenland and the Faroe Islands in June and July, the palace said.

Much of the tour will be in the royal yacht, Dannebrog.

“In June, the Royal Yacht Dannebrog will sail north on a cruise of the Realm. The King and The Queen will visit the Faroe Islands in mid-June, and then Greenland in late June and early July,” the palace said.

King Frederik and Queen Mary will be in Sweden from May 6th-7th and Norway from May 14th-15th. The full programme for the visits is yet to be announced.

Sweden recently welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron on a state visit, while Norway’s King Harald and Queen Sonja last year visited Denmark, when Queen Margrethe II was still regent prior to her abdication last month.

King Frederik recently visited Poland on his first foreign visit since becoming monarch. The trip to Poland was a a trade promotion trip, rather than a state visit, and was planned before Frederik took the throne on the abdication of his mother.

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