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THE Annual report 2007 The year in brief

INTENSIVE PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES n Six state visits took place. The King opened the Parliamentary Session and took part in the Swedish THE YEAR IN BRIEF...... 2 ’s Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs and CARL XVI GUSTAF – ’s ...... 3 meetings. Thirty two ambassadors were received REPORT FROM THE MARSHAL OF THE REALM...... 4 at formal audiences n Three official dinners, ministerial lunches and the THE ROYAL COURT traditional dinner for the Nobel Laureates Duties...... 5 Financial reporting...... 5 n The King and Queen in Halmstad and , and The Court Administration’s use of funds...... 6 Crown Princess Victoria in Lundsbrunn and Stockholm Staff...... 6 on National Day. Considerable royal involvement during Organisation...... 7 the Linnaeus 2007 celebrations

THE COURT ADMINISTRATION of the Marshal of the Realm...... 8 CLIMATE, ENERGY AND INTEGRATION The Royal Court’s environmental work...... 9 THE YEAR’S THEME Office of the Marshal of the Court ...... 10 H.M. The Queen’s Household...... 14 n The King made speeches at UNESCO in and at a H.R.H. The Crown Princess’s Household...... 16 climate conference in Washington H.R.H. The Duchess of Halland’s Household...... 19 n The King and Queen were informed about integration The Royal Mews...... 20 projects in Västra Götaland THE ADMINISTRATION n The Queen is strongly committed to initiatives to help The Royal Collections with the Bernadotte Library...... 22 children and young people Office of the Governor of the Royal ...... 25 Administration...... 26 Palace Administration INVESTMENTS AND RESTORATION WORK with the Crown Lands...... 27 AT THE PALACES Gripsholm Administration...... 29 n Karl XI’s gallery was restored Notes to the financial statements...... 30 Financial statements...... 31-34 n Extensive renovations were carried out in Princess Auditor’s report...... 35 Sibylla’s apartments

THE ROYAL DJURGÅRDEN ADMINISTRATION n A high-tech lock system was installed and considerable Operations...... 36 IT investments were made Notes to the financial statements...... 39 Financial statements...... 40 Auditor’s report...... 41 THE ROYAL PALACES: POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATIONS PRESENTATIONS...... 42 n The Royal Palaces attracted around 750,000 visitors STATE VISITS...... 44 DIARY – Excerpts from the ’s n Two popular exhibitions about Crown Princess Victoria’s programme of activities...... 48 life during the past 30 years. Exhibition of Prince Carl ROYAL GLOSSARY...... 59 Philip’s own photographs in and Espoo, n A programme of measures boosted the number of Published by: Edited by: Design: Seforma AB visitors to The Royal Court Nina Eldh Printed by: Läns of Stockholm Ingemar Eliasson Grafiska AB 111 30 Stockholm, Sweden Åsa Gunnarsson Paper: Scandia 2000, map Tel: +46 8-402 60 00 Gösta Kylsberg CONTINUED FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL WORK www.kungahuset.se Per Törnblom Photo: n Biofuel is replacing fossil fuels at The Royal Collections Org. Reg. No. Scanpix n The Office of the Treasurer of the Court 9020000-7374 More environmentally friendly vehicles in the Royal Clas Göran Carlsson Mews’ fleet The Royal Palace Administration 202100-3484 Rickard Eriksson The Royal Djurgården Administration 802000-6808 n Geothermal heat pumps are increasingly replacing oil at the Djurgården Administration’s properties

2 The Royal Court 2007 colour ix p can S Photo: Leif R Jansson/ King Carl XVI Gustaf – Sweden’s Head of State

The King’s duties as Head of State tive representative and symbol of the country”. Sweden is one of the oldest in the The Act also states that The King shall chair world. A castle has stood on the site of the Royal information and change of government Cabinet Palace for over a thousand years. There has been meetings, and meetings of the Advisory Council a reigning at the castle for several centu- on Foreign Affairs. ries, right up to the present day. The King shall also open the Parliamentary The Swedish has performed its du- Session. In all other respects, the monarch is to ties in various different forms throughout history. represent Sweden in the event of incoming and As with our Nordic neighbours, and outgoing state visits, and receive foreign ambas- , Sweden is now a constitutional monar- sadors for accreditation. chy, which means that the monarchy’s authority is If The King is prevented from carrying out regulated by the constitution. his duties as Head of State, for example due to The Constitution Act of 1974 rules that the foreign visits to distant or inaccessible regions, holder of Sweden’s is the nation’s Head Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Carl Philip or of State. The duties of the Swedish monarchy are Princess Madeleine (in of succession) step mainly ceremonial and representative, as a “collec- in as temporary representatives.

The Royal Court 2007 3 Report from the Marshal of the Realm Members of the Royal Family remained in high Paying heed to the environmental impact demand in 2007 as participants in various events of operations is an important part of the Royal in Sweden and abroad. Almost 1,400 written re- Court’s work. During the year, biofuel has been quests and invitations were registered. H.M. The increasingly used as a replacement for fossil fuels King took part in an externally organised function at Drottningholm Palace. The most environmen- every third day throughout the whole year (123 tally-friendly alternative is always selected when- events), in addition to meetings and audiences at ever cars or gardening machinery need replacing. the palace. H.M. The Queen took part in most of The King’s strong commitment to these issues these functions. In addition, The Queen partici- impacts on both our external and internal work. pated in 31 different official programmes on her A considerable number of the King’s visits, func- own. The King and Queen thus put a consider- tions and speeches touch on environmental and able amount of work into representing Sweden in climate issues. The Court is in the process of re- various settings, both at home and abroad. viewing its environmental policy. Six state visits have been prepared and carried The financial administration exercises con- out during the year. Sweden received visits from siderable restraint in its work. The distribution of the Heads of State of , and Bulgaria, the ’s allocation to the Court and Palace while the King and Queen made state visits to Ja- Administrations has been carried out in accord- , Denmark and . The Japanese Imperial ance with the agreement with the government. Couple visited our country to attend events com- The Palace Administration is reporting a surplus memorating the 300th anniversary of the birth of of SEK 4.8 million thanks to a positive result from . The King also met the Presidents visitor activities, and due to financial savings. The of both and the United States of America, distribution of the state allocation to the various in connection with official visits to and organisational units within the Court Administra- Washington. All in all, the Swedish Head of State tion is detailed in the reporting on page 6. had the opportunity, during official visits and The Riksdag has decided to raise the allocation audiences, to meet the heads of state of several to the Court for 2008. This is an extremely wel- countries of great significance to Sweden. This come decision. The increase will be used in part to has contributed to facilitating the work of politi- fund the extended activities of The Crown Prin- cians and the business community in effectively cess, and for certain measures to improve security, promoting Swedish interests. Both preparations as well as to fund the decorating and equipping of for, and the actual implementation of, state - the guest apartment, which the National Property its and other official visits traditionally happen in Board has begun renovating. close cooperation with the Ministry for Foreign When allocating the funds within the Court Affairs. The form and content of state visits are Administration, priority is given to those duties subject to continual evaluation. carried out by the King and Queen in representing It is incumbent upon the Royal Court to exhib- Sweden. The activities of the Court Administra- it the palaces and their interiors, which are associ- tion, which comprise all programmes of activity, ated with the history of the Swedish monarchy, to representation, ceremonial and other transporta- the public. These visitor activities are fi- tion, communications and overall management, nanced via entry fees and gift shop sales. In 2007, are carried out at a cost corresponding to less the number of visitors equalled the record figures than six kronor per Swedish inhabitant. The cost of 2006, totalling around 750,000 paid entry fees of running and maintaining the royal palaces and at the royal palaces, of which around 460,000 their effects amounts to the same. This should be were for the Royal Palace of Stockholm. seen as evidence of efficient administration and a The special series of lectures, which was good return on tax revenue. launched in celebration of the Royal Palace of Stockholm’s 250th anniversary in 2004, has con- Stockholm, March 2008 tinued during the years following. The lectures have become extremely popular, and form a valu- able aspect of our communication work with the general public concerning our cultural heritage. Ingemar Eliasson

4 The Royal Court 2007 The management council, from left: First Marshal of the Court Mr. Lars-Hjalmar Wide, Crown Equerry Lieutenant-General Mertil Melin, First Lady of the Court Baroness Kirstine von Blixen-Finecke, Marshal of the Realm Mr. Ingemar Eliasson (chairman), Marshal of the Court Mrs. Tarras-Wahlberg, Director of the Secretariat Mr. Christer Lignell, Director of the Information and Press Depart- ment Mrs. Nina Eldh, Governor of the Royal Palaces Dr. Lennart Ahlgren, Director of the Royal Collections Mrs. Agneta Lundström, Keeper of the Privy Purse Mr. Bengt Telland, Director of the Personnel Department Mrs. Gun-Britt Flingdal, Chief Military Staff of H.M. The King Major General Håkan Pettersson (co-opted). Photo: Rickard Eriksson. The Royal Court The Royal Court’s principle duty is to assist the Head of State and other members of the in their official obligations according to the Constitution Act of 1974. This duty also includes preserving and protecting the royal cultural heritage, and exhibiting this cultural herit- age to the wider public. The King’s motto, “For Sweden – With the Times”, serves as a guide for everything we do at the Royal Court.

The duties of the Royal Court can be broken The Royal Djurgården Administra- down into four areas of activity: tion (KDF) comes under the Office of the Gov- ernor. Operations are self-financing through rents n Programme of activities and representation and leases. Revenue and expenses should balance n Preservation and maintenance of cultural heritage in the long-term, and any possible surplus be used n Visitor activities solely for the long-term and sustainable develop- n Management of several overall functions ment of Royal Djurgården. Allocation from the Swedish Riksdag Finances Last year, the Royal Court received SEK 98.5 mil- The Court’s activities are divided into three areas: lion (97.5) from the state, an increase of 1.0 per- cent compared to the previous year. According to The Court Administration is organ- an agreement with the government, 51 percent of ised as follows: The Office of the Marshal of the the state allocation, or SEK 50.4 million (49.6), The Court The Palace Realm, The Office of the Marshal of the Court, is apportioned to the Court Administration, and Administration Administration H.M. The Queen’s Household, H.R.H. The 49 percent, or SEK 48.1 million (47.9) to the Crown Princess’s Household, H.R.H. The Duch- Palace Administration. Revenue from visitor and ess of Halland’s Household, and the Royal Mews. retailing activities amounted to SEK 47.0 million 51% 49% The Court Administration is financed by an al- (47.2), and has been used solely to finance Palace The Head of Preservation location from the state, called the Appanage. Ac- Administration operations. The financial result for State’s repre- and mainte- sentative duties cording to an agreement with the government, the the Royal Djurgården Administration amounted nance of in Sweden and cultural Court Administration must provide clear report- to SEK 1.5 million (0.6). For further details, see internationally heritage ing on how this allocation is used. the Palace Administration’s and Royal Djurgården SEK 50.4 million SEK 48.1 million Administration’s financial statements. The Palace Administration consists of the Royal Collections with the Bernadotte Li- State allocation over the past five years excluding non-recurring items brary, and the Office of the Governor of the Royal Amounts in SEK millions 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Palaces with the palace administrations. Opera- The Court Administration 46.7 48.2 48.6 49.6 50.4 tions are financed in part by the state allocation, The Palace Administration 44.9 46.3 47.0 47.9 48.1 and partly by income from exhibitions in the royal Change compared to previous year (%) 9.7 3.3 1.1 2.0 1.0 palaces and sales from the royal gift shops.

The Royal Court 2007 5 the Royal Court

The chairs must be placed in a completely straight line at official dinners. Royal Collection During 2007, Karl XV’s gallery at the Royal Palace was renovated. You can view the final result on the technicians Sven Erik Jansson and Håkan Lundblad taking measurements. Photo: Alexis back of this annual report. Photo: Alexis Daflos, the Royal Collections Daflos, the Royal Collections USE OF FUNDS WITHIN THE COURT chiefly costs relating to kitchen and waiting staff ADMINISTRATION at official functions at the Royal Palace and Drot- The part of the allocation that finances the Court tningholm Palace. Administration has been distributed among the - 6 (6) percent for such activity as comes under Number of permanent employees converted into various organisational units. The majority of the the organisation of The Crown Princess’s - Full-time posts expenditure is comprised of salaries, including so- hold, chiefly staff salaries. cial security contributions. Total expenditure for - 19 (19) percent for such activity as comes un- 200 the activities of the Court Administration is dis- der the organisation of the Royal Mews, of which tributed as follows: around half of expenditure is comprised of costs relating to ceremonial transportation. Revenue 150 - 28 (28) percent for such overall management as and costs relating to the Palace Administration’s comes under the organisation of the Office of the activities can be on pages 30-34. Marshal of the Realm. The personnel and func- 100 tions that are included in the Office serve all the STAFF various activities of the Court. The Royal Court had a total of 210 (209) perma- - 26 (26) percent for such activity as comes under nent employees during the year, equivalent to 197 50 the organisation of the Office of the Marshal of (194) full-time posts. In addition to these employ- the Court, chiefly for official representation and ees, a considerable number of people are taken on

0 travel. each year on temporary assignments, for example 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 - 21 (21) percent for such activity as comes un- in connection with official and gala dinners, and Court Administration Palace Administration der the organisation of The Queen’s Household, during the summer season in the parks and for Royal Djurgården Administration visitor activities. These temporary assignments Staff correspond to around 59 (60) full-time posts 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 on an annual basis, and provide employment for Number of permanent employees 210 209 200 203 203 around 500 individuals every year. Proportion of female employees, percent 50 50 50 53 53 Seminars and lectures are organised regularly, Proportion of male employees, percent 50 50 50 47 47 particularly on subjects of a historical and cultural Average age 50.5 51 50.3 49.6 49.2 nature, as part of the Court’s skills development Absence due to sickness as a percentage of working hours 2.6 3.0 3.3 3.9 -

6 The Royal Court 2007 the Royal Court programme. Several training courses have been conducted on subjects relating to organisation, leadership and working environment. Several Organisation employees have undergone training in the use of defibrillators as part of the Royal Court’s active health and safety work, partly in preparation for the growing number of visitors. H.M. The King The Court is proactive in its efforts to mini- mise the risk of ill health. A new working environ- ment programme has also been developed during Military Staff of H.M. The King The King’s Council the year. Furthermore, all staff are covered by an for the Royal Court agreement that the Royal Court has entered into with a healthcare company. The company has The Chancery of the Royal been engaged mainly with the aim of preventing Swedish Orders illness by carrying out an ergonomic review of workplaces and conducting risk assessments, but also for individual health promotion measures. A The Marshal of the Realm contribution is also offered every year to support The Office of the Marshal of the Realm employees’ own fitness activities. Absence due to sickness was 2.6 (3.3) percent, which is below the national average. One possible explanation behind The of the Robes Secretariat the low sickness figures is that the Court’s em- ployees have a strong commitment to and interest The Principal Secretary to in their work, as well as a stimulating working en- the Marshal of the Realm Personnel Department vironment, with a valuable royal cultural heritage The Solicitors to to protect. H.M The King Finance Department UNIQUE PROFESSIONS AND The Ecclesiastical with the Office of the SPECIALIST SKILLS Household Treasurer of the Court The task of the Royal Court in representing, pre- serving and exhibiting a living cultural heritage places high demands on our employees. With their The Medical Household Information Department special knowledge, all employees make a profes- sional contribution towards ensuring that The King and the Royal Family are able to carry out their representative duties successfully and with a high level of quality. Considerable professional skill and commitment are also required in order to preserve and exhibit the royal cultural herit- Household and the of Office of the of the Governor of the Office H.M. The Queen’s Household The Office of the Marshal of of the The Office Duchess of Hälsingland and Duchess the Court with Office of the with Office the Court H.R.H. The Crown Princess’s age both now and in the future. The Royal Court of the Duke Värmland and of Halland’s Household The Royal Collections employs a significant number of qualified special- H.R.H. The Duchess The Royal Mews Royal Palaces Ceremonies

ists representing unique professions and specialist Gästrikland crafts. We have a huge responsibility here to retain and develop these special skills. Royal represen- tation also makes great demands in relation to integrity, precision and an appreciation of high quality. Several of the administrative tasks have been rationalised and streamlined, but the majority of the work must be done by hand and cannot be replaced by modern technology. The transfer of skills over time requires continuity, planning and a long-term approach. In many cases, the transfer of skills is done via work experience or “on-the- job” training. Thus a considerable proportion of Stockholm Drottning- Gripsholm Ulriksdal The Royal the specific knowledge that exists in relation to Palace holm Palace Castle Palace Djurgården how a court performs its official duties, is man- Administra- Administra- Administra- Administra- Administra- aged and developed is traditionally passed down tion tion tion tion tion from older employees to younger ones.

The Royal Court 2007 7 The Mistress of the Robes Chief Military Staff of H.M The King Principal Secretary to the Marshal of the Solicitor to H.M The King Chaplain to the King Mrs. Alice Trolle-Wachtmeister Major General Håkan Pettersson Realm Mr. Johan Fischerström Mr. Bengt Ljungqvist Lars Göran Lönnermark

Keeper of the Privy Purse Director of the Secretariat Director of the Personnel Department Director of the Information and Press Royal organist Mr. Bengt Telland Mr. Christer Lignell Mrs. Gun-Britt Flingdal Department Mrs. Nina Eldh Ms. Mary Ljungquist Hén The Office of the Marshal of the Realm The Office of the Marshal of the Realm is the Marshal of the Realm’s staff office, for preparing and participating in medal presenta- which is responsible for leading and coordinating activities within the Royal tions, which are reported on pages 42-43. Court on behalf of the Head of State. The Marshal of the Realm is head of the During the year, the Information Department Royal Court, and is responsible for contacts with the Riksdag and the govern- has dealt with a large number of matters and in- ment. The office presents an annual report on how the money allocated to the quiries from both the mass media and the gen- Royal Court from the state budget has been used. eral public. Around 250 requests for interviews were received during 2007, mainly for interviews The Marshal of the Realm chairs a management with The King and Queen. A press conference is council, which comprises the directors of the vari- arranged ahead of every outgoing . In ous and staff departments. The Office of 2007, press conferences were held with Danish the Marshal of the Realm includes the Secretariat, and Austrian journalists ahead of state visits to and the Personnel, Finance and Information de- these countries. The department receives a vast partments. The office also has responsibility for number of inquiries from the general public, both ceremonial music. Furthermore, the office has a via telephone and via e-mail. number of functions at the The King’s disposal. The Information Department is responsible Marshal of the Realm Mr Ingemar Eliasson These include the Mistress of the Robes, who has for the development of the website, www.kunga- an advisory function and takes part in state visits huset.se or www.royalcourt.se. A new birthday in Sweden, as well as in other ceremonies as re- site was created to mark the 30th birthday of The quested by The King; the Principal Secretary, who Crown Princess. deals with issues of a general administrative and The Finance Department is responsible for legal nature, and the Solicitors to H.M The King, finances and financial reporting for the Court who act as legal advisers. The office also includes Administration, Palace Administration, Royal the Ecclesiastical Household, which comprises a Djurgården Administration, and for the Royal chaplain to the King, pastor of the Court parish, Family’s private finances. The department also court priests and a court organist. The Royal Court deals with issues relating to Solliden and Sten- Parish is a non-territorial parish within the Church hammar, as well as several foundations that have of Sweden. There is also the Medical Household, come into being over the years through fundrais- with the physician to the King and court dentist. ing in connection with special royal occasions. The secretariat has dealt with a considerable The foundations distribute their proceeds to vari- number of legal and administrative matters during ous causes for the benefit of the public. The foun- the year. These include requests for permission to dations produce their own financial reports. use pictures of the Royal Family and the royal sym- The Personnel Department is responsible for bols. The secretariat also handles inquiries from re- staff and salary administration, internal commu- searchers requesting access to material in the Ber- nication and the intranet, as well as training and nadotte archives. The secretariat is also responsible recruitment issues within the Court, Palace and for developing the Court Directory each year, and Royal Djurgården Administrations.

8 The Royal Court 2007 The Royal Court’s environmental work

The Royal Court has for some time now been pursuing purposeful and active environmen- tal work, something that has been encour- aged by The King’s strong commitment to both environmental and climate issues. Envi- ronmental work is guided by the Royal Court’s environmental policy.

The royal right of disposal The royal palaces and accompanying areas of land are owned by the state via the National Property Board (SFV). The royal right of disposal, which is managed by the Office of the Governor, was instituted in 1809. The Office of the Governor is also responsible for the running of the Royal Pal- ace of Stockholm, while SFV handles the running and maintenance of the other palaces and accom- panying buildings. Thanks to the right of disposal to Djurgården and the royal palaces, The King is able to set a clear framework for a sustainable de- velopment of the unique countryside and cultural areas for the future as well.

Administration also has a well-established refuse Photo: Prince Carl Philip, from the Reduced fossil fuel consumption exhibition/book “A glimpse of paradise”, The Royal Court has set the goal of reducing en- and residual waste sorting system in place. which is presented on page 19. ergy consumption in general, and in particular of energy derived from fossil fuels. Six of the ten Palace park management royal palaces have so far moved over to heating The Office of the Governor is responsible for the produced from environmentally friendly alterna- management of all the royal palace parks and gar- tives. Two years ago, SFV installed a district heat- dens, including Royal Djurgården. No chemical ing plant for biofuel at Drottningholm Palace. pesticides are used in the parks, and 95 percent This has meant that oil dependency has fallen of just over a hundred different hand-held tools from 260 cubic metres a year to 15 cubic metres and lawnmowers that are used are environmental- of rapeseed oil. District heating has been installed ly certified, or run on environmentally approved at the Royal Palace of Stockholm, and Ström- fuel. Some fifteen vehicles are gradually being re- sholm Palace is now being heated using rapeseed placed with environmentally certified alternatives oil. The Djurgården Administration is working as new models become available. continually to replace oil boilers with geothermal heat pumps. Court cars and vehicles As the technical usefulness of the Court’s cars Sorting and waste management comes to an end, they are gradually replaced with The Royal Court has established the goal of re- low-emissions cars. Around 40 percent of all vehi- ducing waste. The Royal Palace of Stockholm has cles are environmental, and all vehicles acquired in extensive systems in place for waste management 2007 are environmentally certified. The following and sorting for recycling purposes. All waste col- environmentally adapted fuels are represented: bi- lection is carried out using a vehicle powered by ogas, ethanol, electricity and electric hybrid. electricity. In 2009, the Djurgården Administra- Those vehicles that have not yet been replaced tion intends to establish a composting facility for with environmental models include limousines, manure. The environmental gains include reduced which are only used during state ceremonies. It transportation and a good final product, as well as is difficult to find environmental alternatives for less buying in of soil-improving products, which these at the moment, but the Royal Mews is ex- will release financial resources for the ongoing sus- pecting the range of environmental alternatives on tainable development of the area. The Djurgården offer to gradually increase.

The Royal Court 2007 9 The King and Queen together with the Japanese Imperial Couple in Uppsala. The Imperial Couple visited Sweden in connection with celebrations surrounding the 300th anniversary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/Scanpix The Office of the Marshal of the Court

The Office of the Marshal of the Court is responsible for the planning, The King participated in 110 (124) different preparation and fulfilment of the Royal Family’s public engagements and programme items during the year on his own, official representation in the form of state ceremonies, audiences, visits and in 48 (67) together with The Queen. A state abroad, dinners, lunches, receptions, official gifts, letters of thanks, letters of visit includes several programme items, and when congratulations, condolences etc. these are all taken into account, the number of functions carried out rises to 123 (137) for The The ceremonial work is based on The King’s role King, and 84 (103) together with The Queen. In as the collective symbol and representative of addition, there have been a number of audiences Sweden. This role involves representing Sweden and meetings at the Royal Palace. during state visits and on other occasions. There This considerable number of official engage- are also annual recurring official duties that fall to ments places great demands on the organisation The King, including opening the Parliamentary of the Royal Court and its employees. All inquir- Session, receiving foreign ambassadors at formal ies and invitations are presented at planning meet- audiences, and participating in the celebrations of First Marshal of the Court ings and dealt with individually. A computerised Mr. Lars-Hjalmar Wide Sweden’s National Day, together with the other activity planning system will be put into opera- members of the Royal Family. tion during 2008 in order to make the planning The King and the Royal Family received on and follow-up work for the Royal Family’s com- average around 115 (110) inquiries every month bined programme activities more efficient. The regarding their participation in various events. A Royal Family’s desire to visit all parts of Sweden total of 1,384 (1,334) inquiries were registered in their official programmes is taken into consid- during the year. The considerable number of in- eration during the planning process. International quiries should be seen as evidence that the Swed- representation is planned in consultation with the ish people genuinely appreciate the work carried government. Each state visit has a clear descrip- out by The King and the Royal Family on behalf tion of objectives from the government, and is or- of the country. ganised in accordance with guidelines that have

10 The Royal Court 2007 The Office of the Marshal of the Court been developed jointly by the Office of the Mar- in connection with official visits, including the shal of the Realm and the Government Offices. Presidents of Tanzania, the Palestinian Authority The heightened international awareness of global and Latvia, the Prime Ministers of the Czech Re- climate issues has, in general, made its mark on public and South , and Finland’s and the several of the programme items during the year’s Romanian ’s Speakers. state visits. OFFICIAL DINNERS AND STATE CEREMONIAL DUTIES OTHER DINNERS The King and Queen together performed six state Three major official dinners have taken place. visits during 2007: three incoming visits from Guests include central, regional and local rep- China, Brazil and Bulgaria, and three outgoing resentatives from the Riksdag and government, state visits to , Denmark and Austria. Each authorities, municipalities, county councils and state visit requires considerable preparation work, the business community, culture and sport. Rep- involving close cooperation with ambassadors, the resentatives from the diplomatic corps are also Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and representatives invited. During incoming state visits and other of- from the host country, as well as with commercial ficial visits, guests are invited to gala dinners and organisations and cultural institutions. The work official lunches. There are also Cabinet lunches, involves detailed planning, checking of the pro- ministerial lunches and the Nobel dinner. The number of requests for Royal participation gramme and preliminary visits. The active par- King also traditionally performs his official duties 2003-2007 ticipation of ministers emphasises the importance for invited Swedish and foreign guests in the form of state visits in relation to maintaining Sweden’s of hunts followed by lunches or dinners. A total of 1500 international contacts. around 2,900 (1,600) people enjoyed the hospi- Incoming state visits often take place over tality of the Royal Family at the Royal Palace and 1200 three days and include a welcome ceremony, a during state visits abroad. cortège with horse drawn state coaches, a recep- 900 tion together with government representatives THEME DAYS in the Inner courtyard, an exchange of gifts and In 2004, The King decided to expand the official official dinners. During state visits to Sweden, a programme of activities to include “theme days”, 600 programme of activities is devised that is appro- with the aim of creating further opportunities for priate for the visiting heads of state. Incoming getting involved in social issues of a topical na- 300 state visits serve to create and strengthen im- ture. The themes for this year were integration portant contacts between Sweden and the visit- and climate, in line with The King’s strong com- 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 ing country at various levels in society. During mitment to these issues. One of the theme days Number of engagements performed outgoing state visits, The King often brings his included a seminar on integration in Gothen- The King 123 own staff and team in order to create a Swed- burg. In Örnsköldsvik, a theme day was arranged The King and Queen 84 ish setting and to represent Sweden and Swedish on alternative fuels, and in Stockholm the King traditions in a stately manner during receptions and Queen took part in theme days on the Swed- and reciprocal dinners. ish wage negotiation movement, including vis- During the year, The King received 32 foreign its to the Swedish Trade Union Confederation ambassadors, who delivered their credentials dur- (LO), where they met representatives from three ing formal audiences on a total of eight occasions. Swedish unions, and a visit to the Confederation During these audiences, the foreign ambassadors of Swedish Enterprise. are driven by horse drawn state coaches from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to the Royal Palace. Twenty ambassadors were received during fare- The Office of well audiences to mark the end of their term of office in Sweden. Ceremonies The King opened the 2007/2008 Parliamenta- The Office of Ceremonies comes under the Of- ry Session at the request of the Speaker. On Swe- fice of the Marshal of the Court, and is respon- den’s National Day, the King and Queen made sible for ceremonies during state visits, official their traditional visit to another area of Sweden, on dinners, formal audiences, diplomatic recep- tions and other official representation, as well this occasion to Halmstad, in connection with the as during royal christenings, weddings and fu- town’s 700th anniversary. Later on in the evening, nerals. The Office of Ceremonies is served by the King and Queen took part in the National Day the Grand , the Master celebrations at . The evening ended with of Ceremonies, the Deputy Master of Ceremo- a reception for representatives of official Sweden nies, Lords in Waiting and Chamberlains. They represent various sections of society and are and the diplomatic corps at the Royal Palace. in attendance as required. The King and the King and Queen have also received a considerable number of foreign guests The “’s key” is now a part of the uniform. Photo: Alexis Daflos, the Royal Court

The Royal Court 2007 11 The Office of the Marshal of the Court

King Carl XVI Gustaf during The King and Queen’s visit to the Introduction school at Bergsjön. Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall/ OTHER PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES from Sweden’s governors was a sea environment Scanpix Three information Cabinet meetings and two seminar on conditions in the , which meetings with the Advisory Council on For- took place in Kalmar. Energy and environment is- The King visited voluntary organisations in Boden one year following a forest fire in the eign Affairs took place during the year under sues have also been highlighted during several vis- area, the largest one to have taken place the chairmanship of The King. The King and its to Swedish and foreign companies, including in the Nordic region. During the visit, The Queen also invited individual ministers to dis- Volvo and Preem. The King took part in the Royal King was informed about how the major cussions over lunch, in order to inform them- Technology Mission in Russia, organised by the fire fighting operation was organised. Kaj Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Nyström from Boden’s fire brigade also selves and get to know the members of the gov- spoke about how the forest fire developed. ernment. The King and Queen paid a visit to The King was received by President Putin in the Photo: Alf Lindbergh/Scanpix the Government Offices at at the in- Kremlin in connection with this visit. vitation of the Prime Minister. The year’s mu- The Royal Family participated in many ways nicipality visit was to the municipality of Täby. in the celebrations surrounding the 300th anni- The King’s interest in climate change and in- versary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus, an anniver- tegration has also impacted on many of the other sary that was observed in several places around programme items during the year. the world. The King opened Linnaeus 2007 in Environment Minister Carlgren was invited to Växjö. The King and Queen marked the con- an international environment minister meeting on clusion of the anniversary year by attending a climate change in Riksgränsen, in which The King ceremony in Jukkasjärvi. In May, The King and and Crown Princess also participated. The King Queen welcomed the Japanese Imperial Couple and Queen held a dinner at the Royal Palace in to Sweden in connection with the Linnaeus 2007 connection with this meeting. The King was also celebrations in Uppsala. The King and Queen also the first Head of State to speak at UNESCO’s opened a floral exhibition in honour of Linnaeus General Conference in Paris. The speech was at the Chelsea Flower Show in . Other about climate change and UNESCO’s responsi- special events that The King and Queen took part bility to try and encourage member countries to in included celebrations to mark the 70th birth- develop education programmes for sustainable days of King Harald and Queen Sonja. development. The King also participated in an In February, The King opened the Alpine international energy seminar in Washington en- World Ski Championships in Åre, and attended titled “3C - Combat Climate Change”, as well the competitions together with The Queen and as in the Royal Colloquium in Greenland, “Past Crown Princess. In Stockholm The King opened Climate Change, Human Survival Strategies”. the World Cup ski race around the Royal Palace, Furthermore, The King’s 60th birthday present “Royal Palace Sprint”, and handed out prizes.

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In November, The King and Queen carried out a theme day on integration issues in The King visited Västerbotten to find out about in an activity organised by the youth organisation Västra Götaland. Part of the programme the difficult situation concerning reindeer pasture, Fryshuset and “Lugna gatan” (Peaceful Street) in included a visit by The King and Queen and spoke with representatives from the General Stockholm, together with a large number of young to the “Introduction school” at Bergsjön, and the recreation centre Mixgården at Assembly of the Swedish Sami People and the people with an immigrant background. For many Hammarkullen. The King and Queen met National Association of Swedish Sami People. years now, The King has been heavily involved in representatives from the group “Sharafs Several visits were also made by The King to the the World Scout Foundation, and has participated hjältar” (Honour’s Heroes). Photo: Björn , including to the Swedish in meetings in Denmark, , , Ja- Larsson Rosvall/Scanpix pan, and in this year’s “Jiingijamboree” Navy in and the in Ska- The King spoke at the climate conference raborg. The King also observed the Nordic Battle in Kristianstad, in which around 18,500 scouts 3C (Combat Climate Change) in Washing- Group’s closing practice in Luleå, Boden and the took part. The King has also, as in previous years, ton D.C., where 46 leading companies from Jokkmokk region. taken an active role in the work of the Worldwide all around the world urged governments During the year, The King awarded the “Set- Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Royal Swedish to work together to develop a global framework to tackle climate change. tler of the Year” prize. The King also participated Academy of Sciences. Photo: Joel Lawson

Military Staff of H.M. The King and the aides

The Military Staff of H.M. The King is attached to viding support to all the Royal young people. the Swedish Armed Forces and is subject to The The aides have an important function as the first King’s orders. The Military Staff is led by the Chief point of contact for organisers and various court of Staff and its duty is to support The King and the officials when programme items are to be carried Royal Court in defence-related activity. out. They are constantly at hand, ensuring that the Aides also serve in the Military Staff. The word royal personages are well-informed about the vari- “aide” has its roots in the word “adiuto”, which ous programmes and events. The aides also make means to help or support. An aide at the Court is sure that transport and security requirements are thus an officer who assists a royal personage in taken care of. At times the job involves a degree service. There are currently 12 aides (from Majors of communication with the media, in cooperation to Colonels) in service to The King, and they serve with the Information Department. During foreign for a month at a time. Crown Princess Victoria’s five trips, the aide has a greater role in assisting the

aides and Prince Carl Philip’s two aides form a pool royal personages, both in relation to scheduled H ansen ve ve from which an aide serves on a weekly basis, pro- and unscheduled activities. O f Al f Photo: Photo:

The Royal Court 2007 13 H.M. The Queen’s Household

H.M. The Queen’s Household is tasked with preparing, carrying out and follow- ing children’s rights organisation BRIS’s badge ing up The Queen’s many commitments. The Household is also responsible for of honour, the state of Baden-Württemberg’s medal of merit, and the prestigious German “die organising a considerable amount of The King and Queen’s correspondence, Quadriga” , which was presented by the gifts etc. The Household also includes the Royal Household at the Royal Pal- French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and ace of Stockholm and Drottningholm Palace. Prince Carl Philip’s and Princess Ukraine’s Presidest Viktor Yushchenko on Germa- Madeleine’s joint tutor is linked to the Court Administration. ny’s National Day. In addition to study visits and participation in seminars, The Queen also opened the “Better dementia care in the West” conference Alongside The King and Queen’s joint programme, in , and Mellannorrland’s Hospice. The Queen has a busy programme of her own. The The Queen attended an international meeting in Queen took part in 31 (42) functions on her own, Paris, with President and Madame Chirac acting and 48 (67) together with The King. State visits as hosts, for organisations focusing on missing form the majority of The King and Queen’s joint children and children that have been subjected to functions. During state visits, The Queen always sexual abuse.The Queen also opened a research has several of her own programme items, study vis- conference in connection with the 20th anniver- First Lady of the Court Baroness its and seminars on issues relating to children, older sary of the Parkinson’s Disease Association’s re- Kirstine von Blixen-Finecke people and disability. If these state visit programme search fund, and attended the 80th anniversary items are included, the number of functions car- of the Red Cross Hospital. Through her patron- ried out rises to 49 (56), and 84 (103) together age of over 90 organisations and institutions, The with The King. In addition to the state ceremonial Queen has had several audiences and participated in various events.

World Childhood Foundation The World Childhood Foundation was founded in 1999 by The Queen in order to protect children’s right to a safe childhood. The Foundation focuses in particular on improving living conditions for children in vulnerable situations all around the world. The main aim of the Foundation is to help street children and young mothers, as well as to tackle sexual abuse and exploitation, including child prostitution and trafficking. Some fourteen companies, foundations and individuals have joined The Queen as co-founders. Childhood has also organised the work of major sponsors and partners through the “major partner” agreements. Childhood supports 100 projects in 15 different countries. These projects reach around 300,000 children and young people, either directly or in- directly. As Honorary Chair of the World Childhood Foundation, The Queen has participated in board meetings, various fundraising events and seminars in Sweden, Brazil, and the USA. The Queen Silvia opened an educational programme items, The Queen has also participated Queen has also visited several projects in Brazil, exhibition designed for children and young Germany and the USA. At the Royal Palace in people with special needs at the Experi- in several of the theme days initiated by The King, ence for Universal Heritage, Höga ministerial and Cabinet lunches, medal ceremo- Stockholm, The Queen took part in a two-day Kusten. The photo also shows Västernor- nies, scholarship etc. (see also the section meeting organised by “Childhood Second Gen- rland’s County Governor, Gerhard Larsson, on the activities of the Office of the Marshal of the eration”. The meeting was also attended by Prin- and departmental head Eva Carron from Court on pages 10-13, and the Royal Engagements cess Madeleine, who was jointly responsible for the County Administrative Board. Photo: Örjan Leek Diary on pages 48-58). the programme. In addition to a visit to Fryshu- The Queen’s strong commitment to social is- set, a dinner was arranged at the Royal Palace for sues found expression early on during the year. Childhood Second Generation. The Queen received several distinctions, includ-

14 The Royal Court 2007 The World Childhood Foundation, Child Om- budsman, BRIS and Save the Children organised a seminar together, entitled “Children and young people show the way”. The purpose of the semi- nar was for young people to offer good examples of ideas and approaches that can in various ways help children and young people living in vulner- able situations. The seminar, which took place at the Royal Palace, was attended by politicians and officials from Sweden’s 50 largest municipalities.

Mentor Foundation In 1994, the Mentor Foundation was set up on the initiative of The Queen, who is an Honorary Member of Mentor Sweden and Honorary Chair of Mentor International. The Foundation focuses on preventing drug abuse among young people. Mentor is currently established in Sweden, Bel- gium, Lithuania, the UK, Germany, Colombia, the USA and Mentor Arabia, which covers the 22 nations of the Arab League. Various working mod- els that are adapted to the culture of each coun- try have been developed. Mentor Sweden, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, uses a successful model, where employees at companies act as mentors to young school pupils who are in need of adult support for a period of one year. Mentor Sweden also runs a popular programme for parents. The Queen has participated in several board meetings, both in Sweden and abroad. The Queen also attended fundraising galas in aid of Mentor at Mainau in Germany, in Bogotá and in Kuwait. In October, The Queen received the The Silviahemmet Foundation THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD prestigious German “die Quadriga” award in recognition of her humanitarian work The Silviahemmet Foundation, which is chaired The Royal Household’s function is to prepare and and efforts to highlight the situation of by The Queen, promotes scientific research and carry out The King and Queen’s official represen- vulnerable children. provides training courses and care within the area tation in the form of receptions, lunches, dinners Photo: Peer Grimm/EPA-Scanpix of dementia. The ninth batch of Silvia Sisters be- and banquets at the Royal Palace and abroad, in gan their 40-credit internet-based training during connection with state visits. The Household is re- the year. The Sophiahemmet University College sponsible for the care and maintenance of glass- is responsible for providing the training, offering ware, silver and porcelain in connection with of- expert knowledge, marketing and work experi- ficial functions. The employees of the Household ence. Silviahemmet trains nursing staff from all put a great deal of work into preserving and devel- over the country and arranges regular nursing oping the royal representation traditions, not least seminars. The Queen has taken part in the year’s through table setting and floral arrangements. board meetings and seminars. The Silviahemmet The Court’s representation is also characterised Foundation received official recognition through by high quality in relation to the preparation and a government decision in August, in which funds serving of meals. Menus, decorations and place were awarded to the Foundation and to Stock- settings at these official functions are established holm county’s Centre for the Elderly, in order to in consultation with The King and Queen. Around establish a national centre of excellence on de- 2,900 (1,600) people enjoyed the hospitality of mentia issues. the Royal Family at the Royal Palace and during state visits abroad.

The Royal Court 2007 15 H.R.H. The Crown Princess’s Household Together with the Household of The Duke of Värmland and The Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland

in activities aimed at promoting Swedish interests The Crown Princess’s Household, with the Household of The Duke of Värm- around the world. These are given priority, and land and The Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, is responsible for the planned and carried out in close cooperation with planning and execution of matters relating to the Royal young peoples’ official the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The Household engagements, and for providing other support in their daily duties. has also dealt with 391 separate requests for The Crown Princess or the Royal young people to par- ticipate in various events. In accordance with the ACTIVITIES OF THE HOUSEHOLD high level of service and personal response that we The Household is responsible for assisting endeavour to offer at the Royal Court, each request Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Carl Philip and is handled individually following the customary dis- Princess Madeleine in their engagements. The cussions at planning meetings with The King and Household is led by a Marshal of the Court, and Queen. Each request is often responded to in writ- in general includes a secretary and a part-time ing, regardless of whether or not members of the tutor. extended Royal Family are able to take part. Dur- The year 2007 has seen a persistently high level ing the year, Crown Princess Victoria concluded Marshal of the Court of activity, involving considerable planning work her one-year Ministry for Foreign Affairs diplomat Mrs. Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg in relation to study visits, audiences and travel. programme, and in the autumn she continued her The Crown Princess in particular has received re- studies in political science at Stockholm University. quests from the Government Offices to participate She also completed further studies in the French language in France. Princess Madeleine has sup- plemented her BA with studies in children’s rights. Prince Carl Philip and Princess Madeleine have studied Swedish constitutional law under former and political science lec- turer, Björn von Sydow.

CROWN PRINCESS VICTORIA’S PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES Crown Princess Victoria’s 30th birthday was cel- ebrated in Stockholm with a service at the Royal , after which she received congratulations at the Royal Palace from the government, Riksdag and organisations of which she is patron. There was also a ceremony in the Inner Courtyard, with a short concert. The Crown Princess also had the opportunity to receive tributes from the Swedish people. Later on during the day, Victoria Day was celebrated according to tradition, partly at Solliden and partly at Borgholm. Alongside the celebrations, The Crown Princess awarded the year’s Victoria Scholarship to football player Henrik Larsson. Alongside the state ceremonial duties in con- nection with the opening of the Parliamentary Session and three incoming state visits, as well as the state visit to Denmark, The Crown Princess also took part in several official functions, both in Sweden and abroad. She also participated in Cabinet meetings and meetings of the Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs. On Sweden’s Na- Crown Princess Victoria reading from the Christmas Gospel during a television broadcast of the Advent tional Day, The Crown Princess visited Götene service at the . Photo: Jonas Ekströmer/Scanpix in Västergötland, of which she is the Duchess,

16 The Royal Court 2007 H.R.H. THE CROWN PRINCESS’S HOUSEHOLD

during the day, after which she joined the Royal King’s dinner for foreign environment ministers, Crown Princess Victoria pays a visit to Family to take part in the traditional celebrations and the Tällberg Forum at the end of June. Vimmerby for the opening of Astrid at Skansen in Stockholm and subsequent recep- Crown Princess Victoria opened the exhibition Lindgren’s Näs, a new cultural centre tion at the Royal Palace. The Crown Princess’s on Sami culture, “Sapmi”, at the Nordic Muse- at ’s childhood home. interest in crisis and conflict management led to um. She also took part in celebrations to mark the Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/Scanpix her participation in a conference on crisis man- 100th anniversary of the museum. To mark the agement in Växjö. The Crown Princess spent two 100th anniversary of the birth of Astrid Lindgren, weeks gaining work experience at Sweden’s EU The Crown Princess opened the new cultural Representation in , and also took part in centre Näs in Vimmerby, and as patron of Astrid the subsequent EU summit in December. Lindgren’s Children’s Hospital she paid a visit to In connection with Linnaeus 2007, Crown the hospital. In September, The Crown Princess Princess Victoria took part in celebrations to mark and The Queen attended a commemorative per- the 300th anniversary of the birth of Carl Lin- formance at the the in naeus in Råshult in Småland, but also in Uppsala, Stockholm to mark the death of Swedish Director during the visit of the Japanese Imperial Couple, . and in Alnarp. In her role as Duchess of Västergöt- The Crown Princess and The King and Queen land, The Crown Princess visited Ulricehamn to celebrated the 70th birthdays of both King Harald celebrate the town’s 700th anniversary during the and Queen Sonja in Norway. The Crown Princess latter part of the summer. represented Sweden at both the 40th birthday cel- Crown Princess Victoria displayed her commit- ebrations of Crown Prince Wilhelm Alexander in ment to integration issues by attending a modern The , and at the christening of Prin- production of Wilhelm Moberg’s “The Emigrants” cess Isabella in . by the National Touring Theatre in Skärholmen. On the first Sunday in Advent, Crown Prin- She was also present at the Swedish-Jordanian As- cess Victoria read a Bible reading in the Royal sociation’s annual meeting at the Museum of Med- Chapel during a service that was filmed for televi- iterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities. sion broadcast. She also participated in the annual Both The Crown Princess and Crown Prince conferences of the Royal Academy of Music and Frederik of Denmark are patrons of “Internation- Swedish Academy. al Polar Year 2007-2008”. It is for this reason that During the year, The Crown Princess distrib- The Crown Princess participated in a seminar in uted prizes at the Alpine World Ski - Stockholm, and joined the Danish Crown Prince ships in Åre. She also opened the Wheelchair Ten- in seeing off the ice-breaker Oden’s Polar Expe- nis World Cup in Salkhallen in Alvik. dition from Copenhagen. She also attended The

The Royal Court 2007 17 H.R.H. THE CROWN PRINCESS’S HOUSEHOLD

In October, Prince Carl Philip visited the PRINCE CARL PHILIP’S OFFICIAL PRINCESS MADELEINE’S OFFICIAL company Thermia in Arvika. PROGRAMME PROGRAMME As patron of “My Big Day”, Princess During the year, Prince Carl Philip began his Sen- Princess Madeleine continued with her studies Madeleine visited Queen Silvia’s ior Reserve Officer training programme at the and work experience assignments during the year, children’s hospital in Gothenburg in Swedish National Defence College. The training which limits her scope for taking part in official February. programme ends in 2008. Ceremonial programme engagements. Programme items that Princess items that The Prince took part in during the year Madeleine has participated in during the year in- included the opening of the Parliamentary Session, clude the opening of the Parliamentary Session, the gala dinners for all incoming state visits, Swe- the gala dinners for all incoming state visits, Swe- den’s National Day celebrations at Skansen and the den’s National Day celebrations at Skansen and Nobel festivities. the Nobel festivities. Prince Carl Philip marked the 300th anniver- Alongside her part-time work for the World sary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus in part by travel- Childhood Foundation (WCF), Princess ling in Linnaeus’ footsteps with Mattias Klum, and Madeleine has also completed her third M.A. in putting on a photographic exhibition. “A glimpse of child and adolescent psychology at Stockholm paradise” features The Prince’s own photographs University. During the year, she visited China and of Uppsala’s Botanical Gardens. The exhibition on behalf of WCF. She also took part in premièred at Museum Gustavianum in Uppsala in Childhood meetings in Washington and New York. the presence of The Prince. The exhibition was then In her capacity as patron of Europa Nostra, Prin- opened to the public and attracted record numbers cess Madeleine attended a symposium on Swed- of visitors at Hanaholmen, the Finnish-Swedish ish cultural heritage and the dinner that followed cultural centre in Esbo, Finland. Prince Carl Philip at Stockholm City Hall, together with The King also attended the opening in Finland. and Queen. She also attended King Harald’s 70th A book with the same has also been pro- birthday celebrations in Oslo. During the autumn, duced in Swedish and English, including photo- Princess Madeleine spent a day in Gävle in her graphs by Prince Carl Philip and texts by Karin capacity as Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrik- Martinsson and Magnus Lidén. land. The Princess also attended the première per- In his capacity as Duke of Värmland, Prince Carl formance of the ballet “Cinderella” at the Royal Philip opened a research facility at Thermia in Ar- Opera, together with The King and Queen. vika. In November, The Prince presented the Volvo Princess Madeleine’s 25th birthday was cele- Environment Prize at a ceremony at the Grand Hô- brated with a military display in the Royal Palace’s tel in Stockholm. Prince Carl Philip, who concluded Inner Courtyard. The rest of the Royal Family, in- his course in graphic design in 2006, began working cluding Princess Lilian, also attended. with his own design assignments during 2007.

18 The Royal Court 2007 H.R.H. The Duchess of Halland’s Household The Duchess of Halland’s Household is responsible for managing Princess Lilian’s official and private programme, as well as her correspondence.

The head of the Household is a Marshal of the Court, who is responsible for Princess Lilian’s of- ficial and private programme. The Princess has reduced her official programme over the years due to her age. In June, Princess Lilian handed out prizes ac- cording to tradition at the motoring event Prince Bertil’s Memorial, on Djurgården in Stockholm. Marshal of the Court The Princess also participated in Sweden’s Na- Mrs. Elisabeth Palmstierna tional Day celebrations at Skansen, and attended the birthday celebrations of the various members of the Royal Family during the year. Princess Lilian is an Honorary Member of several organisations, and is patron of the Swedish branch of SOS Children’s Villages (SOS Barnbyar). Prince Carl Philip’s photographs unveil a glimpse of paradise

Prince Carl Philip’s great interest in photography found expression during the year in the exhibition “A glimpse of paradise”, which opened in May at Museum Gustavianum in Uppsala. The King and Queen and Crown Princess Victoria also attended the exhibition. The exhibition includes Prince Carl Philip’s interpretation of the Botanical Gardens in Uppsala under the mentor- ship of photographer Mattias Klum, depicting the descendents of the plants that Linnaeus once categorised. The photographs also form the basis of a book, which was presented in connection with the exhibition. During the autumn, the extremely well- attended exhibition was also shown at Hanaholmen’s cultural centre in Esbo, Finland. In 2008, “A glimpse of paradise” will be on display in Liege, Belgium and at Solliden, Öland. p i l Phi rl a C ince r Photo: P

The Royal Court 2007 19 The Royal Mews

The main task of the Royal Mews is to meet the transportation requirements Providing safe and elegant transportation of the extended Royal Family, using both cars and, on ceremonial occasions, a places great demands on chauffeurs, coachmen horse and carriage. The Royal Mews is also responsible for preserving and pro- and horses. This is why extensive training is of- tecting the culture of the royal equipage, as well as for exhibiting the horses, fered and focused quality improvement work is carriages, harnesses, uniforms and other equipment of cultural and historical carried out. During the year, the Royal Mews’ employees have undergone a total of around 330 value to the general public. (400) hours of training. Standard transportation by car is man- The Royal Mews manages all car transportation aged by the car department’s five chauffeurs. for the Royal Family, as well as transport for visit- During the year, 5,200 (5,100) driving as- ing heads of state and accompanying visitors. The signments with cars were carried out, around operation is split up into a car and a stable de- 65 percent of which were in connection with partment, as well as an office, which has charge of the Royal Family’s official programme. Other transport management and planning. Just under driving assignments consist of administra- half of the funds available from the Royal Mews is tive transportation within the Court. During Crown Equerry Lieutenant-General used for ceremonial horse drawn transportation, the execution of official programmes, such as Mertil Melin including costs relating to the care and mainte- state visits, around 25 extra chauffeurs were nance of uniforms, harnesses and coaches. The engaged, partly from Stockholm’s Women’s remaining funds are distributed to the car depart- Motor Transport Corps, a voluntary organi- ment and management functions. The average sation within the Swedish Armed Forces. The annual cost per horse amounted to around SEK car department’s quality improvement work is 26,000 (27,000) as a result of economical and focused on safety, accessibility and flexibility. well-established procedures. Since 2006, a certain The transport planning system that was put proportion of the horses’ fodder, silage, has been into place in 2005 is currently being evalu- purchased from Stenhammar. ated. The system aims to make more efficient

20 The Royal Court 2007 The Royal Mews

The carriage lamp on Karl XV’s parade coupé, which is once again being used during formal audiences, after careful restoration. The parade carriage was made in Germany in 1859 by carriage-maker Lauenstein. use of the transport organisation, and has re- In the stables, the daily training sessions with The Riding Master inspects the royal sulted in a considerable reduction in the indi- the horses on Djurgården are supplemented by four-horse carriage. vidual working hours used for the permanently regular riding and driving practice under the employed chauffeurs. Replacement with low- leadership of external instructors. The train- The Royal Mews, which dates back to 1535, preserves the royal equipage traditions in emissions cars is continuing as far as finances ing prioritises quality and security, in part via connection with formal audiences with allow and as the range of representative vehi- close cooperation and joint exercises with the The King at the Royal Palace of Stockholm. cles on offer increases. At the end of the year, Swedish Armed Forces and Police Service. Res- In the background, a low-emissions car around 40 percent of the Court’s cars for of- toration work has begun on a ceremonial landau bought personally by The King can be seen. ficial transportation were low-emissions cars. from the latter part of the 19th century as part A manifestation of tradition and renewal at the Swedish Court. The majority of the newly acquired cars have of efforts to preserve our cultural heritage. The been leased. New guidelines prioritising the renovation programme relating to a total of 12 Photo: Rickard Eriksson. use of low-emissions cars at the Royal Court parade harnesses has continued. Two standard are currently being drawn up. harnesses and two horses have been acquired Eight people are employed in the stables, in- during the year. cluding a riding master, a stud groom and six coachmen. Ceremonial driving assignments EVENTS AND VISITOR ACTIVITIES have been carried out using a horse and carriage Some 3,200 (4,500) people have visited the Roy- during three incoming state visits, the opening al Mews in connection with guided tours. Or- of the Parliamentary Session, Sweden’s National dinary visitor activities have been supplemented Day celebrations and 32 formal audiences. The with several special events. A stables “Open Day” Royal Mews’ horse and carriage was also used was held on Sweden’s National Day. There was during a municipal visit to Täby, and during the also a Christmas market over the first weekend in opening of the Apple Market in Kivik. There Advent. These events together attracted a total of were 16 horses at the end of 2007. The horses’ around 14,800 (11,000) visitors. summer grazing season lasted for 65 days.

The Royal Court 2007 21 The large carpet in the Victoria was made back in 1867, and requires the as- sistance of several people when the palace is being prepared for an official function. Photo: Alexis Daflos, the Royal Court. The Royal Collections with the Bernadotte Library

The duties of the Royal Collections department are based around the objects been received from researchers, institutions and in the royal collections. Loose furnishings make up approximately 250,000 in- members of the public. A long-term project is dividual objects distributed across the ten royal palaces. The “Collection” is pri- underway to catalogue these items and other as- marily comprised of loose furnishings such as furniture, carpets, curtains and sociated details in digital format, with the pur- tapestries and handicraft items. pose of improving access to information about the collections.

The purpose of the Royal Collections department CARE, PRESERVATION AND CULTURAL/ is to protect and preserve the royal collections, so HISTORICAL RENOVATION that they can be both used during royal functions The renovations of the banqueting rooms at the and exhibited, today and far into the future. The Royal Palace (Karl XI’s Gallery, Gustav III’s bed- collections must be carefully itemised. The Royal room and the audience chamber), which were car- Collections are also responsible for keeping all ried out by the National Property Board during Director of the Royal Collections of the ten royal palaces furnished in a that the year, involved a considerable amount of work Mrs. Agneta Lundström is appropriate for the character and usage of the by the restoration department. Eight chandeliers building. The main duties include ensuring that have been rewired, 24 bracket candlesticks have the Royal Palace is in order for The King and been restored and partly reguilded, seven tap- Queen’s representation, which includes arranging estries have been restored and remounted. New temporary furniture for dinners, receptions and protective curtains have been sewn and hung. In in the guest apartments. The Royal Collections the Bernadotte Apartment, the Pillared Hall has also have responsibility for visitor activities at the been given new silk curtains. New curtains have Royal Palace, , , also been put up in 15 windows in the Cavalier Gustav III’s at Haga Park, and The Rid- Building at , and in 18 windows at darholm Church. the Haga Pavilion. The furnishings in The King’s The significant position held by the royal col- audience chamber at Gripsholm Castle have been lections in Swedish cultural heritage has meant restored in several stages with financial support that, as in previous years, several inquiries have from the Gripsholm Association. The work has

22 The Royal Court 2007 Royal Collections

The Bernadotte Library’s was first used in 1796 and was then the Swed- ish national library, the Royal Library’s ceremonial hall. Today the hall is home to the books of the Bernadotte Kings and The Royal Collections with the Bernadotte Library Queens. Each individual collection reflects the personalities and interests of the vari- ous members of the Bernadotte . now been completed. The silk wall covering in the Grafikens hus in , Millesgården, Läckö Chinese Pavilion’s Octagonal salon has been re- Castle, Kulturen, Haus der Kunst in , The first photographs in Sweden were stored. The restoration teams put a great deal of Stadtgeschichlichen Museum in Wolgast, The shown in 1839 in what is today the Berna- dotte Library. Queen Victoria and Crown effort into restoring the furniture from the Drot- Royal Danish Collections, Lillehammer Museum Princess Margareta were two of the more tningholm Theatre (including chairs, chests of of , Palacio Real and , significant pioneer photographers in our drawers, beds, benches etc.). Madrid. country. Today the Bernadotte photograph Uniforms and livery are used during the larger Since 1998, the Royal Collections have been collection comprises close to 800,000 pho- ceremonies, according to ancient tradition. The part of the EU-financed network, European tographs of great personal and cultural interest. The Bernadotte Library is now Karoliner uniforms were replaced during the Royal Residences. A symposium entitled “Host- largely a research library. year. ing Events” was hosted by the Royal Collections The department of the Clerk to the First Sur- in Stockholm, with participants from eight other Helene Bladh in royal footman’s uniform veyor to the Royal Household has carried out ex- European countries. and Eva Ohlsson in court uniform.

tensive furniture removal and refurnishing work Photo: Alexis Daflos/The Royal Court. due to the renovations, not only at the Royal VISITOR ACTIVITIES Palace (banqueting rooms and Princess Sibylla’s The Royal Court endeavours to improve accessi- apartments), but also at the Chinese Pavilion, bility to the royal cultural heritage, and ensure that Roserberg Palace, Drottningholm Palace and the as many people as possible have the opportunity Drottningholm Theatre. Great efforts are made to visit the palaces. In the Royal Palace, the recep- on a regular basis in connection with The King tion rooms, Bernadotte Library, Mu- and Queen’s representation, for example official seum, Treasury, Royal Chapel and Gustav III’s dinners and state visits. Museum of Antiquities are all open to the public. The Office of the Governor is responsible for the COOPERATION WITH OTHER majority of the other palaces, where the results of INSTITUTIONS visitor activities and other events are reported by Some seventy items from the royal collections each palace administration. are out on loan as part of temporary exhibitions Visitor activities are marketed with ongoing at the National Museum, the Royal Armoury, advertising campaigns, distribution of leaflets and Cont. on next page

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holiday alone, the reception rooms and Tre Kro- nor Museum were shown on 23 different occa- sions for 831 children and adults. The new payments and bookings system for guided tours has now been installed at all the royal palaces.

EXHIBITION ACTIVITIES The Royal Collections have put on two exhibi- tions during the year on the theme of Crown Princess Victoria’s 30th birthday at the Royal Pal- ace and at Solliden Palace. On 6 June, Sweden’s National Day, the tra- ditional “Open Palace” event was organised, with tours, talks, exhibitions, concerts and other events. The theme for the year was “The Berna- The exhibition to mark Crown Princess Cont. from previous page dotte Library 100 years old”. The Royal Palace Victoria’s 30th birthday was shown at both welcomed 5,995 visitors during the day. the Royal Palace and at Solliden Palace. printed matter, assistance at tourist offices, post- Seventeen much-appreciated musical events, ers and extra information on our own website, including lunchtime recitals and weekend con- www.kungahuset.se. certs, have taken place at The Riddarholm Church Over 2,500 (2,300) guided tours were carried during the summer. out at the Royal Palace during the year, of which around 1,000 tours were conducted in English. THE BERNADOTTE LIBRARY The number of visitors amounted to 455,539 100 YEARS OLD (531,596). See pages 25-28 for the other palac- The Bernadotte Library contains around 130,000 es. During the year, the palaces were open to the volumes. The library also runs a picture serv- public for a total of around 7,500 (6,220) hours. ice with photographic material, partly from the The programme of activities entitled “The Palace Royal Collections and partly from the Bernadotte as a historical stage” entered its fourth year, with photo collection. This collection includes around 22 well-attended events. The visitor department 800,000 photographs from 1839 up until the also took part in the Göteborg Book Fair this year, present day. The library celebrated its 100th an- together with the Bernadotte Library. Themed niversary this year with seminars, concerts, and tours have been arranged for children during the the publication “The Bernadotte Library - a royal school holidays. During the autumn half-term cultural treasure”.

From everyday to special occasion

The Royal Palace is an open palace and is rooms, the West-wing Guest apartments on show to the public for most of the year. and in some cases the Bernadotte Apart- But sometimes the reception rooms are ment and Prince Bertil’s apartments. temporarily closed for a few days during Some of the preparations that are made state visits, official dinners and other of- include hanging valuable tapestries, and ficial functions. A lot goes on behind the replacing carpet runners with antique car- scenes when the palace is being prepared pets from the royal collections. Five muse- for a special occasion. um technicians spend a total of around 470 Staff from all offices within the Royal hours preparing the apartments for state Court take part and each have their own visits, and restoring them to their original special tasks. The department of the Clerk state afterwards. Official dinners require to the First Surveyor within the Royal Col- around 100 hours of preparation work. lections looks after the extensive furnish- This painstaking work is done in order ing requirements in the apartments of the to provide a stately setting for royal func- Royal Palace that are used during The King tions, and to display the royal cultural and Queen’s official functions. These main- heritage in national and international ly include Karl XI’s Gallery and the “Vita contexts. Havet” assembly rooms in the banqueting

24 The Royal Court 2007 Office of the Governor of the Royal Palaces The Office of the Governor is responsible for preserving, maintaining and exhibiting the royal palaces and accompanying parks, within the framework of the royal right of disposition. The Royal Djurgården Administration reports to the Governor of the Royal Palaces. The Office of the Governor is also responsible for security and IT issues at the Royal Court. Game preservation and hunting also fall within the Office’s remit. Governor of the Royal Palaces The Office of the Governor is managed by the is responsible for the running of Stockholm Palace, Dr. Lennart Ahlgren Governor of the Royal Palaces, who is also the while the National Property Board (SFV) is respon- King’s palace bailiff at the Royal Palace of Stock- sible for running and maintaining the other palaces holm. The Office is responsible for the manage- and accompanying buildings. Rosendal Palace is ment, care and tours of the royal palaces and the not included as it is covered by Djurgården’s funds. buildings, parks and gardens that belong to them. Furthermore, is at the disposal of the This responsibility includes actively improving government for representation purposes. the value of the cultural and natural assets that the palaces and Royal Djurgården constitute. This is SECURITY AND PROTECTION achieved within the framework of the royal right The Office of the Governor is responsible for secu- of disposal, which rests on an agreement made in rity issues and for physical protection at the royal 1809/10 between the then Karl XIII and palaces, in close cooperation with garrison depart- the old Riksdag, Riksens Ständer. ments and the police service. Efforts to improve se- There are five palace administrations under the curity, with ongoing investments in security systems, Governor of the Royal Palaces: have continued during the year, particularly at the n Stockholm Palace Administration Royal Palace of Stockholm and Drottningholm Pal- n Drottningholm Palace Administration ace. The level of security at the Royal Court needs n Gripsholm Castle Administration to be equivalent to that at the Government Offices. n Ulriksdal Palace Administration One improvement has involved the installation of n Royal Djurgården Administration a new advanced lock system. Furthermore, work has continued on the risk inventory, with the pur- The royal palaces and accompanying areas of land pose of improving protection both for employees as are owned by the state. The Office of the Governor well as buildings and equipment. Part of this work Cont. on next page The Palace as a historical stage - Exhibitions and talks

In addition to the task of assisting the Head ury. ”The Palace is on fire” was another ex- of State and other members of the Royal citing theme, where the guides, in histori- Family in their official duties, the Royal cal costume, described events surrounding Court is also charged with exhibiting the the palace fire of 1697. The guide took on royal cultural heritage. For example, during the character of a fireguard by the name of the year a number of tours and talks were Hansson, who actually existed, and spoke arranged at the Royal Palace, both for chil- with feeling about the progress of the fire. dren and adults. The series of talks entitled “The Palace as Special children’s tours on the theme of a historical stage” continued for the fourth “The Old Tre Kronor Castle” were much ap- year in a row. The 22 lectures attracted a preciated. The Royal Palace’s cellar vault huge audience. Herman Lindqvist gave a creates an educational setting that really lecture entitled “From Viking myths to the fires the imagination, and the models that Sweden of today". The head of the Ber- have been constructed are an excellent nadotte Library, Göran Alm, gave a talk aid when illustrating the ancient history of entitled "Show me your library and I’ll tell the building. During the school holidays, you who you are”. Magdalena Ribbing and many children attended the tour entitled Christian Bolin spoke about “Royal dos and “Strange goings-on at the Palace”, which don’ts”. The Royal Palace also sees a vast included tales of ghosts, fires and dramatic number of foreign visitors each year, and sieges. The tours included an ingenious during 2007 over 1,000 tours were con- and instructive quiz trail around the Treas- ducted in English.

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Cont. from previous page includes the systematic fire protection improve- telephone costs. The system development has con- ments that have been implemented during the year, tributed to improving mobility and facilitates tel- which partly involved fire training for all staff. ecommuting. Improvements have also been made to the computer network, which has been expanded INVESTMENTS IN MODERN to include additional work spaces. Furthermore, a INFORMATION AND TELECOM “guest network” has been created, allowing internet TECHNOLOGY access for visitors during state visits and seminars. The extensive investments in data technology and An intranet has also been installed and will be up telecommunications have continued during 2007. and running at the beginning of 2008. Several investments have been made, keeping the A computerised activity planning system was Royal Court at the forefront of IT developments. purchased following the completion of an evalua- The new telephone system has been further ex- tion. The system is expected to be up and running panded. The system improves efficiency and ac- at the beginning of 2008. cess, while enabling a considerable reduction in

THE ROYAL PALACE The King's and daily place of work for The King and Queen. The pal- Stockholm Palace Administration ace also the various departments that make up the Royal Court. THE ROYAL PALACE digging work in the palace's cellar. Ventilation and The Royal Palace is the setting for a signifi- The Royal Palace was visited by around 456,000 technical installations have been completed. The cant proportion of the monarchy's official receptions. The palace is constructed in (530,000) paying visitors during 2007 (see under Treasury was temporarily closed in December for a baroque style by architect Nicodemus Visitor activities, page 23). continued repair work, and will be reopened in Tessin the Younger. The reception rooms The year was largely characterised by several May 2008. The picture library in the Bernadotte and three featuring royal history major building-related maintenance and renova- Library has been modernised and new rooms have are among the palace's highlights. tion projects in relation to the Royal Palace. Fol- been furnished for research purposes. A project lowing a thorough restoration of the parquet floor, that has been running for several years concerning walls and ceiling, as well as the installation of a radon protection measures in offices and housing new heating and ventilation system, Karl XI's Gal- within the Royal Palace has continued. lery was once again ready for use in connection with the Nobel dinner in December. A consid- ONGOING PROJECTS erable number of craftsmen and specialists have A major restoration project will begin in the Ber- been involved in this highly skilled and sensitive nadotte Gallery with regard to the floor, walls and work. The floors in Gustav III's bedroom and the ceiling. Furthermore, rebuilding work will begin audience chamber have been carefully restored. on the reception area and entrance hall at the Roy- Essential and considerable renovation work has al Palace. As regards the external environment, a also begun in Princess Sibylla's guest apartment project will be initiated during 2008 to repair all during the year. This work will continue through- the stone façades at the Royal Palace. out the whole of 2008. At the Treasury, the first stage of improve- ments has been completed following extensive

26 The Royal Court 2007 Office of the Governor of the Royal Palaces

Drottningholm Palace Administration

In addition to the palace itself, Drottningholm Palace Administration is also responsible for the management of Tullgarn and Roserberg palaces and their parks.

Drottningholm Palace Drottningholm Palace that are in keeping with The King’s high ambi- Drottningholm Palace is our most well- preserved 17th century royal palace. With with the Crown Lands tions to increase environmental investments at French influences as a model, the palace was The number of visitors to Drottningholm Palace the Royal Court, including adapting the boilers at built by architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder. increased considerably during the year, to around Drottningholm Palace to take rapeseed oil, which The palace has served as the extended Royal 126,000 (114,000) people. The Chinese Pavilion is an excellent source of energy for buildings of Family's permanent residence since 1981. also saw an increase in visitors, from 33,000 in architectural value. This means that all oil burning Tullgarn Palace 2006 to around 39,000 in 2007. The increase is at the palace has now been replaced with more Tullgarn near Trosa in Sörmland has been a royal summer retreat since the 1770s, when mainly attributable to foreign tourists, but it is environmentally friendly alternatives. The burn- the state handed Tullgarn over to Duke Fredrik also due to improvements in boat connections ing of rapeseed oil now supplements the solid fuel Adolf. Kung and Queen Victoria spent from Stockholm. Special events during the year facility for pellets, which provides heat for the pal- their summers here at the end of the 19th included a much-appreciated and popular Christ- ace, but also for a large proportion of the state century and beginning of the 20th century. mas floral exhibition, which was opened by The properties in its vicinity. The change of fuel has Rosersberg Palace Queen, and a Christmas market. These events also led to considerable savings. In terms of the The palace is for the most part used by the attracted around 5,300 and 10,000 visitors each. environment, the move also benefits the palace’s Swedish Rescue Services Agency. However, the two upper floors remain almost un- During the year, Drottningholm Palace and Thea- large copper roof, which has been damaged in the touched from the 1795-1860 period, with tre were visited by a major international delega- past by sulphur emissions from oil burning. well-preserved interiors and collections. The tion from the cultural association Europa Nostra, In 1991, Drottningholm became Sweden’s first palace was erected during the 1630s by the Oxenstierna family, and became a royal which is ’s leading organisation for the World Heritage Site on UNESCO’s World Her- palace in 1762. preservation of our cultural heritage. itage List. During the year, a great deal of work A major survey of all leases within the area has gone into completing the world heritage plan, Ulriksdal Palace Parts of the palace have been let to the of property management has been undertaken, which is common to Drottningholm Palace Ad- Worldwide Fund for Nature. The palace was which will have considerable financial implica- ministration, the National Property Board and built during the 17th century for Field Marshal tions for the future. Measures have been taken Drottningholm Palace Theatre. The plan will be Jacob De la Gardie by architect Hans Jacob Kristler. Queen Kristina's proces- sion started out from the palace in 1650, and in 1652 she bought the palace.

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submitted to the National Heritage Board at the Several other project ideas are being considered, beginning of 2008. Efforts to develop the world all aimed at encouraging more people to visit the heritage theme on a national scale (Drottning- palace and surrounding area. holm Palace Administration hosted the national World Heritage Meeting, together with Ekerö The palace parks municipality and the Drottningholm Palace Thea- The unique palace surroundings with their parks tre) and internationally via various activities, par- require year-round care and maintenance. This ticularly for children and school children, have not maintenance work is mostly of an ongoing rou- been fulfilled to the desired extent due to financial tine nature, but special contributions are also restraints and lack of staff. required on occasions. Preventative pruning has continued at Drottningholm, Tullgarn and Ros- Tullgarn Palace ersberg. Since a considerable proportion of Drot- Tullgarn Palace is open every day from June to tningholm park’s elm trees has been affected by The Chinese Pavilion August. However, the number of visitors to the Dutch elm disease, these have had to be taken The Chinese Pavilion is a remarkable retreat palace has continued to fall, from 7,500 in 2006 down and replaced mainly with lime trees. The in the majestic grounds of Drottningholm to 6,000 in 2007. Efforts to try and bring the pal- year 2007 saw the completion of stage IV of the Palace. It was a birthday present to Queen ace alive through various activities are continuing. work surrounding the lime tree avenues in Drot- Lovisa Ulrika from King Adolf Fredrik. The wooden building was replaced by the The Friends of Tullgarn Palace have organised tningholm park. The old lime trees were removed current building in the 1760s. several 18th century days at the palace. The pal- and new trees will be planted during the spring ace has been affected by considerable water dam- of 2008. Formative pruning of the lime trees that age for some time now, which is why the National were planted during previous stages has contin- Property Board has carried out essential ground ued at the same pace, carried out by our own staff and drainage work during the year. This has to with the particular skills required for pruning the some extent limited public access to the palace growing lime tree avenues into a candelabra shape. and its park. Our close cooperation with the National Property Board in relation to the palace parks has continued Rosersberg Palace to work well. Rosersberg Palace is only open for pre-booked tours. During the year, the number of visitors Game preservation and hunting amounted to around 800 (1,000) people. The Game preservation and hunting activities have Haga Palace palace was used in September by The King and been pursued to the customary extent on Lovön with Gustav III's Pavilion Queen for an official leave-taking ceremony in and at Tullgarn. Wild boar stocks at Tullgarn have Haga Palace is used by the government connection with the Brazilian state visit. There are caused increased damage to tenants’ crops during to accommodate prominent guests. The also several regular events arranged at the palace the year. This has led to the palace administration palace was built in 1802-04 according to drawings by C.C. Gjörwell, and was in partnership with various organisations, with the having to take more cost-cutting measures than commissioned by Gustaf IV Adolf. Gustav aim of keeping the royal cultural heritage acces- before, partly due to the extent of the damage, III's Pavilion in Haga Park was constructed sible to a greater number of visitors. Such events and partly because of rising grain prices. Ottenby in 1787-88 according to drawings by the include Roserberg Day, organised by the palace Kungsgård on Öland is home to one of Sweden’s architect Olof Tempelman. administration in cooperation with the Friends oldest herds of fallow deer, dating back to the time Rosendal Palace of Roserberg Palace, and the Classic Cars motor of Johan III. A number of fallow deer have been Rosendal Palace is on Royal Djurgården, show, which takes place in the palace park. Stud- culled this year as well in order to maintain the and was built in the 1820s for King Karl XIV ies were initiated in 2007 to investigate conditions herd at the level that is stipulated in the nature Johan. Rosendal was a summertime re- for reopening the palace for more regular tours. reserve’s regulations. treat and has never been a residence in the modern sense of the word. The architect was Fredrik Blom.

28 The Royal Court 2007 Gripsholm Castle Administration Gripsholm Castle Administration has charge of Gripsholm Castle and Strömsholm Palace, with accompanying parks and nature reserves.

GRIPSHOLM CASTLE STRÖMSHOLM PALACE Gripsholm Castle Gripsholm Castle, with the State’s Portrait Col- Strömsholm Palace had around 5,000 (6,200) Gripsholm Castle was founded by Gustav lection, saw an increase in the number of visitors, visitors during the year. Other events attracted Vasa in 1537, and contains four hundred years of history within its walls. The castle to around 62,000 (60,000) during the year. Some around 3,000 (2,800) visitors. An art exhibition is home to part of the Swedish State's 200,000 - 250,000 people visited the palace park has been on display in the Stone Kitchen, which portrait collection, which is managed by and Hjorthagen nature reserve. The new marketing also houses a popular, independently run café. An the National Museum. strategy and the measures that were taken during “Open House” day was also organised. Eighteen 2007 have thus succeeded in turning the negative weddings and two christenings have taken place Strömsholm Palace Strömsholm's yellow baroque palace was trend in visitor numbers of recent years. Invest- in the royal chapel. Scheduled maintenance work commissioned by Hedvig. ments in children's tours and children's activities has been carried out, including whitewashing of Today Strömsholm is a hippological centre. alone attracted around 500 children. Sales at the the ceiling and renovations to the windows on palace gift shop also surpassed expectations. the southern side of the palace. The traditional The state portrait that was made in honour of Strömsholm equestrian competitions took place The King's 60th birthday by Olle Hamngren has during the spring, as did the horse races with the been hanging in the Swedish Gallery since 2007. Grand National in June. Special marketing efforts In June, the Gripsholm Association presented the for the palace are planned for 2008 following the State's Portrait Collection with an “honour por- major investments that have been made in the rid- trait”, according to tradition. This year it was a ing school, aimed at attracting more visitors. photographic portrait of Antonia Ax:son Johnson, taken by photographer Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin. THE PALACE PARKS AND THE “Music at Gripsholm” organised four concerts at GRIPSHOLM HJORTHAGE NATURE the castle and in the surrounding area. RESERVE Several measures have been taken in coopera- The extensive areas of land around Gripsholm tion with the National Property Board (SFV) in require a considerable amount of maintenance in order to improve the work environment. SFV has order to create an attractive destination for visitors. also replaced roofing sheets on the roof of the Over 10 km of roads and paths and a large parking main building. SFV has also taken measures to area all need to be annually maintained, cleared reduce/eliminate the number of false alarms go- of snow and gritted. In addition to this there are ing off, which has continued to cause unnecessary around 70,000 square metres of green open space expenses during 2007. Work on the third floor that must be kept mown and/or cleared. Major has been completed and it has been possible to restoration work has been carried out on the em- rehang some of the portraits in the collection in bankment by the greenhouse, where the park has preparation for the tourist season. The Royal Col- also regained a 1930s look. Care of the trees in lections department has continued with the resto- Hjorthagen has continued as planned, in coopera- ration work on the audience chamber, which on tion with the County Administrative Board and the completion will look exactly as it did in the 1840s. Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. Thirty This work has been made possible as a result of new oak trees have been planted. The large park financial contributions from the Gripsholm Asso- at Strömsholm has required the usual amount of ciation. A new payments and booking system has maintenance in relation to the hedges, lawns, trees, been installed at all the palaces. flowerbeds etc. The legendary “Queen's Oak”, which is thought to date back to the 16th century, fell during the year. The intention is to plant a new oak in the same location during 2008. The Royal Court 2007 29 Notes to the financial statements, Royal Palace Administration

distribution of income The Palace Administration’s result improved by when production costs relating to several major including state SEK 1.5 million compared with the previous year. exhibitions raised the comparative figure. Depre- allocation The improvement is chiefly due to increased in- ciation increased by SEK 1.0 million in 2007, to 9% 5% come from grants and a reduction in running SEK 3.8 million. 4% costs. The number of visitors to the palaces has Investments in machinery and other equip- also remained high. The result meant that several ment amounted to SEK 3.8 million (7.4), which urgent investments were possible this year as well. was partly financed by the state allocation and 15% Total income amounted to SEK 105.9 million partly by income from the court’s own activities. (104.2), comprising the state allocation of SEK The part that was financed by the state allocation 47.6 million (47.6) and SEK 38.6 million (38.3) only affects the result in the form of deprecia- 67% in income from visitor activities. Total visitor num- tion for the current and coming year. This state bers to the palaces remained roughly the same as of affairs, together with the fact that a consider- for the previous year, although the Royal Palace of able repayment was made on a loan for building Rents and leases Stockholm saw a slight drop in figures, while the investments at Drottningholm Kungsgård, means Entrance fees and guided tours other palaces saw an increase. Sales in the palace that the result attributable to the state funding Sales of books, etc. Grant income gift shops fell by 6 % to SEK 8.4 million, largely decreased during 2007 by SEK 1.1 million, from Other income due to a particularly good year for sales in 2006. SEK 40.1 million to SEK 39.0 million. On the On the expenditure side, labour costs increased other hand, new loans totalling SEK 3.1 million by 3.3%, which is slightly above the figure arrived (3.9) have been raised for projects mentioned, at in the wage agreement. This is attributable to which have an estimated total cost of approxi- distribution of an increase in the number of annual working mately SEK 20 million. expenditure units, which in turn is due to certain consultancy In the reconciliation against the state alloca-

4% services being replaced by our own staff. This tion, it has been possible to carry funds totalling has contributed to a reduction in running costs SEK 0.8 million forward to 2008, which is SEK of around SEK 2.7 million compared with 2006, 0.5 million more than at the end of 2006. 40% Income statement

56% Amounts in SEK ‘000 Note 2007 2006 Operational income Income from state allocation 1 47,641 47,611

Sta costs Income from fees and other remuneration 2 55,127 55,092 Other running costs Depreciation Income from grants 3 2,373 1,024 Financial income 4 744 479 Total income 105,885 104,206

Operational costs Staff costs 5 -56,543 -54,738 Cost of premises -14 -14 Other running costs 6 -40,475 -43,194 Financial costs -213 -41 Depreciation -3,826 -2,863 Total costs -101,071 -100,850

Result from operations 4,814 3,356

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Balance sheet

Amounts in SEK ‘000 Note 311207 311206 Amounts in SEK '000 Note 311207 311206 Assets Capital and liabilities Capital Intangible fixed assets Government capital 15 12,954 8,209 Rights and other intangible fixed assets 123 120 Change in capital brought forward 16 20,627 21,606 Total intangible fixed assets 7 123 120 Change in capital according to income 4,814 3,356 statement Property, plant and equipment Total capital 38,395 33,171 Buildings, land and other fixed property 7,691 4,739 Machinery, equipment, installations etc. 8,287 8,090 Liabilities etc. Total property, plant and equipment 8 15,978 12,829 Loans 17 3,147 4,739 Liabilities to authorities 4,023 2,118 Financial assets Accounts payable 4,393 5,577 Other investments held as fixed assets 9 5,070 1,021 Other liabilities 1,071 893 Long-term receivables from authorities 10 7,271 6,860 Total liabilities etc. 12,634 13,327 Total financial assets 12,341 7,881 Accruals and deferrals Inventories etc. Accrued expenses 18 5,057 4,512 Inventories and stock 11 4,917 4,765 Unused grants 19 351 454 Total inventories etc. 4,917 4,765 Other deferred income 648 269 Total accruals and deferrals 6,056 5,235 Receivables Accounts receivable 1,607 594 Total capital and liabilities 57,085 51,733 Receivables from authorities 2,59 2,418 Other receivables -27 0 Pledged assets None None Total receivables 3,839 3,012 Contingent liabilities None None

Accruals and deferrals Prepaid expenses 12 1,638 894 Other accrued income 749 493 Total accruals and deferrals 2,387 1,387

Government allocation carried forward Government allocation carried forward 13 -769 -317 Total government allocation carried forward -769 -317

Cash and bank balances Balance of interest account at the National Debt 14 7,227 2,056 Office Cash and bank balances 11,042 20,000 Total cash and bank balances 18,269 22,056

Total assets 57,085 51,733 State allocation report

Reporting against state allocation Amounts in SEK ‘000 The Royal Court Opening Allocation for the year Total Closing and Palace transfer amount acc. to letter of appro- balance transfer amount Administration 90:1 priation Expenses Income Allocation item 2 317 48,093 48,410 -106,000 58,359 769

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Supplementary data and notes

Accounting principles Note Amounts in SEK ‘000 2007 2006 The annual accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Annual Reports and Budget Information Ordinance, with the exception of the stipulation in 2, § 4 on 4 financial income income statement. The Royal Court shall submit a report on the combined activities in Interest from National Debt Office 362 192 place of an income statement. The annual report shall focus on activities of the Office of Interest from bank and dividends from securities 330 270 the Governor and the Royal Collections. Interest from accounts receivable 2 1 All acquisitions with an economic life of at least three years and a cost of at least SEK Capital gains on financial assets 49 10,000 are recorded as fixed assets. The straight-line depreciation method is applied to Exchange rate gains 1 16 the cost of the asset, based on its expected economic life. Depreciation is applied on a Total financial income 744 479 half-yearly basis. In general, depreciation occurs over five years. However, computer and telephone equipment, as well as software licenses, are depreciated over three years. Ac- quisitions of older quality carpets are depreciated over ten years. Cultural assets are not 5 staff costs subject to depreciation. Reconstruction work and improvements to buildings and land Salaries -39,744 -38,507 are depreciated over 30 years. Social security contributions -15,560 -15,339 Software licences for computer systems that were procured in 2004 with regard to Allocation of accrued overtime, the years 2005-2007 have not been recorded as fixed assets, but are instead found in the wage and holiday pay liability -134 -11 balance sheet's assets page under the heading prepaid expenses, see note 12. Other staff costs -1,105 -881 Supplier’s invoices that have been received after the cut-off date of 10 January, 2008, Total staff costs -56,543 -54,738 are provided for as accrued expenses and thus not attributable to state funding. Valuation principles 6 other running costs Assets and liabilities have been valued at cost, unless otherwise stated below. Accounts Explanatory items for significant changes receivable have been stated in the amounts that, based on individual assessment, are Costs relating to exhibitions -161 -1.642 expected to be received. Income and expenses have been recognised on an accrual basis Repairs and maintenance to properties within the in accordance with generally accepted accounting standards. The buildings and areas Crown Lands -461 -1.914 of land in the Crown Lands that are included in the royal right of disposal, and which are Purchase of goods for sale -4,268 -5.372 managed by the Office of the Marshal of the Realm via the Office of the Governor, are not reported in the balance sheet, since they are owned by the Swedish state. The current 7 intangible fixed assets rateable values are recorded in the notes. Opening cost 192 25 Allocation of own funds Additions during the year 67 167 The Court's own funds have not been allocated for the current year. Total accumulated costs 259 192

Absence due to sickness as a % of ordinary Accumulated depreciation -72 -8 working hours 2007 2006 Depreciation for the year -64 -64 Total 2.0% 3.8% Total accumulated depreciation -136 -72 Proportion of staff on long-term sick leave (60 days or more) 38.0% 68.6% Book value 123 120 Women 2.0% 5.3% Men 2.0% 2.3% 8 property, plant and equipment Employees aged 29 years or younger 0.5% 3.3% Buildings, land and other fixed property Employees aged 30 - 49 years 2.6% 4.9% Opening cost 4,778 0 Employees aged 50 years or more 1.5% 3.1% Acquisitions during the year 3,147 4,778 Total accumulated costs 7,925 4,778

Notes to the annual accounts Accumulated depreciation -38 0 Depreciation for the year -195 -38 Note Amounts in SEK ‘000 2007 2006 Total accumulated depreciation -233 -38 1 income from state allocation Machinery, equipment, installations etc. State allocation according to letter of appropriation 48,093 47,928 Opening cost 22,726 21,906 Unutilised state allocation -769 -317 Costs reversed re. equipment sold during the year -730 -6,456 State allocation carried over from previous year 317 Additions during the year 3,778 7,275 Total income from state allocation 47,641 47,611 Total accumulated costs 25,774 22,726 2 income from fees and other remuneration Accumulated depreciation -15,106 -18,799 Entry and guided tour fees 38,588 38,265 Depreciation reversed re. Sales from royal gift shops 8,422 8,959 equipment sold/discarded during the year 716 6,454 Rents and leases 3,123 2,923 Depreciation for the year -3,567 -2,761 Forestry, commissions, sales, other 3,520 3,059 Total accumulated depreciation -17,957 -15,106 Capital gains on sale of machinery 129 596 Other income 1,345 1,290 Cultural assets Total income from fees and other remuneration 55,127 55,092 Opening cost 470 470 3 income from grants Total book value 15,978 12,829 Single area payment, environmental support and support for organic farming 264 92 Rateable value of Crown Lands Employment grant and unemployment allowance 694 206 Agricultural property 31,367 39,981 Grant for research into furnishing history of Royal Palace 100 Apartment building 1,752 3,053 Grant for Haupt exhibition 480 Total rateable value 33,119 43,034 Grant for restoration and renovation work 140 108 Grant for book on Bernadotte Library 200 Grant for purchase of grand piano 800 Other grants 175 138 Total income from grants 2,373 1,024

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Notes

Note Amounts in SEK ‘000 2007 2006 Note Amounts in SEK ‘000 2007 2006 9 other investments held as fixed assets 18 accrued expenses The complete holding in SEB’s bond investment fund has been Accrued overtime liability 267 254 sold during the year for SEK 1,070,000. SEK 5,070,000 has been Accrued wage liability 355 322 invested in the SEB Alpha short bond fund. Book value Accrued holiday pay liability 2,436 2,390 SEB Alpha sh bond fund Social security contributions for accrued overtime, 507,694.3518 shares 5,070 1,021 wage and holiday pay liability 1,301 1,259 Market value 5,128 1,073 Other accrued expenses, (supplier's invoices not attributable to state funding) 698 287 10 long-term receivables Total accrued expenses 5,057 4,512 Book value Grusmedelsfonden 7,271 6,860 Market value ditto 12,708 12,717 19 unused grants Funds remaining from grant for furnishing 11 inventory of warehouse building, government 162 164 The inventory is carried at the lower of the cost and fair Employment grant, government 143 244 value, according to the first-in-first-out principle. Grant to Bernadotte Library, non government 46 46 Obsolescence risks have thus been taken into consideration. Total unused grants 351 454

12 prepaid expenses Park contract work 962 Security services 241 283 Telephone subscription 136 175 Stockholm, 22 February, 2008 Software licences 186 Other 299 250 Ingemar Eliasson, Total prepaid expenses 1,638 894 Marshal of the Realm

13 government allocation carried forward Opening balance -317 0 Reconciled against state budget: State allocation 47,641 47,611 Reconciled against government's current account: State allocation supplied to interest account 48,093 -47,928 Closing balance -769 -317

14 balance of interest account at the national Debt Office The reporting is not prepared in such a way that it is clear whether the balance of the account is comprised of state allocation funds or own income. Balance of interest account 7,227 2,056 Short-term liquidity requirement 8,795 10,315

15 government capital Intangible fixed assets, see note 7 123 120 Property, plant and equipment, see note 8 15,978 12,829 Borrowings, see note 17 -3,147 -4,740 Total government capital 12,954 8,209

16 change in capital brought forward Accumulated profit and profit from previous year 13,356 14,746 Book value Grusmedelsfonden, see note 10 7,271 6,860 Total change in capital brought forward 20,627 21,606

17 loans Opening borrowings 4,740 0 New loans raised 3,147 4,778 Repayments during the year -4,740 -38 Borrowings 3,147 4,740

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Summary of key information

Amounts in SEK ‘000 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003

Loan facility at National Debt Office1) Granted but not utilised - - - - 2,900

Credit facility at National Debt Office2) Granted - - - 2,000 2,000 Maximum amount utilised during the year - - - 0 0

Other loans Borrowings 3,147 4,739 - - -

Interest earned The National Debt Office 362 192 153 166 255 Bank, incl. dividends from securities 330 270 181 305 482

Interest expense Other loans 208 39 - - -

State allocation credit Granted 1,447 1,438 - - 679 Utilised state allocation credit 0 0 - - 0

Workforce and employees Full-time equivalent (FTE) 145 144 147 150 157 Running cost per FTE 669 680 599 624 573 Average number of female employees 74 68 69 78 73 Average number of male employees 71 76 78 72 84

Changes in capital during the year 4,814 3,356 2,815 -2,223 -2,161

Change in capital brought forward3) 20,627 21,606 23,069 24,278 30,056 of which Grusmedelsfonden 7,270 6,860 6,522 6,234 6,001

1) the loan facility expired as of 1 July 2004. 2) the credit facility expired as of 1 January 2005. 3) government capital has been accounted for separately as of 1 January 2004. It was previously included in change in capital brought forward.

34 The Royal Court 2007 ROYAL Palace Administration annual accounts 2007

Auditor’s Report for the Royal Palace Administration

The Swedish National Audit Office has audited the annual accounts of the Royal Palace Administra- tion, agreed on 22 February, 2008, for the 2007 financial year.

The Royal Palace Administration shall follow the Annual Reports and Budget Information Ordinance (2000:605), with the exception of the stipulation in Chapter 2, § 4 on profit and loss reporting.

It is the responsibility of the National Audit Office to examine the annual accounts of the Royal Palace Administration in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, with the aim of establishing whether the accounts and supporting figures are reliable and whether the financial statements are true and fair. The Auditing of State Activities Act (2002:1022) states that the National Audit Office is not required to conduct its examination with the purpose of assessing whether the management’s administration follows applicable regulations and particular decisions.

The audit has been conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. This means that the audit has been planned and implemented with the aim of obtaining reasonable grounds for making a judgement on whether the annual accounts are true and fair. The examination thus relates to a selection of significant transactions.

The audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion set out below.

The annual accounts have been prepared in accordance with the ordinance on annual reports and budget information, the letter of appropriation, and other government decisions relating to the Royal Palace Administration.

The National Audit Office considers that the annual accounts are in all essentials true and fair.

Auditor Irene Lindström is responsible for the decision in this case. Project manager Christina Nordenstam is responsible for submitting the report.

Stockholm, 17 March 2008

The Swedish National Audit Office

Irene Lindström Christina Nordenstam

The Royal Court 2007 35 Royal Djurgården Administration The Royal Djurgården Administration (RDA) comes under the Office of the Djurgården now runs on environmental fuels. The Governor and is responsible for managing the King’s individual right of dis- fleet of machinery has been gradually replaced posal to Djurgården as well as, on a commission basis, the royal right of dis- and all cars run on biodiesel. Furthermore, the posal to Haga and Ulriksdal. The job involves protecting the historical cultural system for refuse management, including deal- , looking after the existing countryside on an ecological basis, and ing with mercury, has been developed. The high- adapting the area to people’s desire for a stimulating leisure and recreational voltage line in the area will be laid underground in environment, as well as considering future needs. connection with the transformation of Fisksjöäng. A compost facility project has been initiated un- Royal Djurgården covers almost a fifth of Stock- der the remit of environmental investments. This holm’s inner city and is of great significance to the will provide a facility where stables in Stockholm, townscape. In 1994, the area became the world’s including the Royal Mews, the Mounted Guard first National City Park. A great deal of care is and riding schools can dispose of horse manure. required in order to preserve the area’s unique This will mean partly a reduction in transporta- countryside, rich wildlife and cultural buildings. tion of manure in Stockholm, and partly that the The King’s commitment within the framework of manure used will be part of an ecocycle for the the royal right of disposal from 1809-10 contrib- revival of the park administration. utes a sense of continuity towards preserving and Geothermal pump installations continued dur- sustainably developing the National City Park. ing the year, for example at Rosendal stables, re- Revenue and expenditure for Djurgården should placing oil boilers that were detrimental both fi- balance in the long term. Any possible surplus is nancially and in terms of the environment. thus used solely to further protect the culture, pre- serve the countryside and adapt the royal lands on The Royal Djurgården Djurgården for recreational purposes. Administration is divided into four areas of responsibility Environmental investments n Parks and highways administration in focus n Property management As part of the Royal Court’s active environmen- n Nature conservation tal work, all the motor-driven equipment used on n Events

Parks and highways administration A management plan for the Ulriksdal Palace area and parks, as well as for Haga Park, has been de- veloped in cooperation with the National Property Board. The management plan relates to the areas of the parks that require more intensive maintenance, areas of green, displays, equipment and roads. The floral displays in Ulriksdal Palace Park have traditionally been maintained from early spring up until late autumn. In addition to the routine work of continually improving and embel- lishing the parks, some 150 fully-grown lime trees in the avenues have also been pruned. The Lin- naeus 2007 celebrations were marked with two Linnaeus-inspired displays. Haga Park has been managed in accordance with the guidelines set out in the current maintenance programme. On Northern Djurgården, several improve- ments and new layouts of the displays have been carried out around Stora Skuggan in order to in- Lilla Sjötullsbron at the mouth of Djurgårdsbrunn channel crease the variety of species and attract more visi- tors to the park.

36 The Royal Court 2007 On Southern Djurgården, work has been com- Management responsibility also covers facilities The countryside on Djurgården is a cultural landscape of great value. pleted to improve the shoreline at Blockhusudden for pumping stations, electric supply mains, quays Photo: Henrik Ekman and Täcka Udden. This work is continuing at other and bridges. sites on Southern Djurgården. A project is under- Renovation and restoration work has been car- way to transform the entrance to Djurgården at ried out on several buildings, both on the outside Djurgården bridge. The tramlines will be moved and the interiors. Traditional materials and work- in connection with improvements to Djurgårds- ing methods have been used as far as possible, vägen, in order to create more attractive and since most of the buildings are classed as being of safer stops. Furthermore, a visitor’s centre for the cultural historical value. The quays at Krogviken whole of Djurgården will be constructed close to on the Fjäderholm islands have been reinforced. the bridge. The centre will be manned, as will the The façades of residential buildings and harbour kiosk, café and rental service, in cooperation with offices have been renovated. At the Royal Castle the association Kungliga Djurgårdens Intressenter on Ladugårdsgärde, Bergstugan cottage has been (Partners of Royal Djurgården). completely renovated following a fire. Façade ren- Temporary outside lighting has been set up at ovations have been carried out on the dining-room Rosendal Palace, which will be replaced with per- at Rosendal Palace and at Galärskjulen. Extensive manent lighting next year. New decorative light- work has also been carried out on the Stable ing at Sollidsbacken is under construction. In ad- at Rosendal and on Lill-Janshuset. dition, the asphalt on the roadway will be replaced At Djurgården shipyard, the planned clean-up by paving stones during 2008. and quay building is progressing. The renovation work and restoration of stone buildings from the Property management 19th century is underway. Façades and windows The Royal Djurgården Administration’s (RDA) have been renovated on the old shipbuilder’s buildings department manages buildings and in- house at Beckholmen. stallations on Northern and Southern Djurgården, A new property computer system has been in- as well as on the Fjäderholm islands. The buildings stalled and will start up at the beginning of 2008. have a total area of just over 60,000 square metres, When fully developed, the system will be capable including housing, premises and park buildings. of handling all information on RDA’s properties. Cont. on the next page

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View towards Hazelius Gate Aerial view of Djurgården shipyard and Beckholmssund, where renovation work is underway.

Nature conservation Events During the year, work has continued on develop- Royal Djurgården is Stockholm’s major recrea- Cont. from previous page ing a management plan for the whole National tion area. The area is rented out to various organ- City Park. The Djurgården Council, which is isers for several events. Annually recurring sports tasked with handling overall management issues, events within Haga-Ulriksdal-Djurgården include acts as an advisory body in this work. The coun- the Stockholm Marathon, and fun runs Vårruset, cil is made up of researchers and experts within Tjejmilen, Bellmanstafetten, Blodomloppet and the areas of Nature, Culture, Recreation and Re- Panterloppet. Other events that attracted many source management/Ecocycle. When the plan has visitors to Djurgården included the vintage car been completed, RDA will submit the material to event Prince Bertil’s Memorial, the Archipelago the County Administrative Board. The County Fair, Tjejmetet and 1.6 million club’s Hjärtgåing. Administrative Board can then make a decision For the first time this year there were also per- on the plan’s status in relation to other plans in formances by the Park Theatre at Stora Skuggan’s the area. amphitheatre. As regards water, a project is underway to In the Orangery at Ulriksdal Palace, an exhibi- improve surface water management in Ladu- tion of royal bridal bouquets was organised during viken’s tributaries. The purpose of this work is the Ulriksdal Flower Show, which attracted a huge to add value in terms of biological diversity and audience. Several concerts took place in the palace recreation. The improvements being made to Is- park, and Solna’s nursery schools organised a Reg- bladskärret lake will also continue during 2008. gio Emilia exhibition for the fourth year running. Spegeldammen has also been cleaned up and During the All Saints’ Day holiday, the traditional restored. Several areas on parts of Southern autumn market took place, featuring walking tours and Northern Djurgården with an area totalling of the park, guided tours of the royal chapel, Queen around 26 hectares are being grazed as part of a Kristina’s coronation carriage and the palace and joint project with the Worldwide Fund for Nature. Orangery. At Ulriksdal royal chapel, in addition to Supplementary feeding of birds and roe deer has a great number of weddings, there were also chris- been carried out within the wildlife preservation tening services, confirmations and end-of-term programme. The three jogging tracks that have re- services. For the first time this year, midnight mass cently been equipped with lighting were subjected was celebrated, attracting many visitors. to considerable cable theft and damage during the At Haga Park, the Friends of Haga-Brunnsvik- year. Repairs have been carried out, but were not en and the City of Solna organised walking tours completed by the end of the year. of the park and musical concerts in connection with Haga Day in June. According to tradition, the free concert “Musik” was organised at the Na- tional Maritime Museum, as well as sailing days and kayaking courses for young people. A farce by Molière was performed at the Fjäderholm islands’ archipelago theatre during the summer.

38 The Royal Court 2007 ROYAL Djurgården Administration annual accounts 2007

Notes to the financial Income statement statements Amounts in SEK '000 Note 2007 2006 The result for the year amounted to a profit of SEK 1.5 million Income (profit 0.6). Total revenue increased during the year by SEK 4.2 mil- Rental and leasing income 58,045 53,305 lion to SEK 76.1 million. Lease income increased by SEK 2.0 million Other operating income 18,047 18,589 and rental income increased by SEK 1.7 million. 76,092 71,894 RDA received additional remuneration of SEK 4 million from the National Road Administration as compensation for encroachment of Operating expenses land in connection with the Norra Länken project. Property expenses 1 -49,774 -45,851 Work has progressed during the year on cleaning up and planning Other external costs -14,327 -11,818 the shipyard area at Beckholmsundet. Terms of reference have been Staff costs 2 -15,855 -14,350 developed ahead of the coming clean-up operation on Beckholmen. Depreciation of property, Total income RDA plant and equipment 3 -1,254 -1,153

80 Items affecting comparability 4 4,000 530

70 -77,210 -72,642

60 Operating result -1,118 -748

50 Result from financial items 40 Interest earned/dividends 2,588 1,549

30 Impairment of securities -155 Interest expense -6 -3 20 2,582 1,391 10

0 2005 2006 2007 Result for the year 1,464 643

Other Rents Leases Balance sheet

Amounts in SEK '000 Note 311207 311206 Amounts in SEK '000 Note 311207 311206

Assets Equity Fixed assets 5 Capital 6 68,472 67,340 Funds brought forward 14,791 14,147 Property, plant and equipment Result for the year 1,464 643 Machinery and equipment 3 3,100 3,602 Total equity 84,727 82,130 Financial assets Current liabilities Other investments held as fixed assets 6 68,472 67,340 Accounts payable 8,881 9,136 Total fixed assets 71,572 70,942 Other liabilities 882 402 Current assets Accrued expenses and deferred income 9 20,089 18,759 Current receivables Total current liabilities 29,852 28,297 Accounts receivable 14,503 10,235 Other receivables 3,556 3,189 TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 114,579 110,427 Prepaid expenses and 7 accrued income 3,206 3,322 Pledged assets None None 21,265 16,746 Contingent liabilities None None

Investments in securities 8 3,938 3,880

Cash and bank balances 17,804 18,859

Total current assets 43,007 39,485

TOTAL ASSETS 114,579 110,427

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Notes with accounting principles and notes to the financial statements

General accounting principles Note Amounts in SEK '000 31-12-07 31-12-06 The annual accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Annual Accounts Act. 5 property rateable values Valuation principles The Royal Djurgården Administration controls properties Assets and liabilities have been valued at cost, unless otherwise stated below. Accounts on Northern and Southern Djurgården, in accordance receivable have been stated in the amounts that, based on individual assessment, are with the royal right of disposal. expected to be received. Improvement costs on buildings and land are carried as an expense directly. Rateable values Single-family house/plot for single-family house 280,987 280,987 Amounts in SEK '000 unless otherwise stated Appartments/plots for apartments 161,395 117,441 Apartment premises 82,513 100,205 Industry/electricity production facility 5,473 6,745 Absence due to sickness as a % of ordinary working hours 2007 2006 530,368 505,378 Total 6.8% 2.4 Proportion of staff on long-term sick leave (60 days or more) 63.3% 15.5 6 investments held as fixed assets Women 8.7% 3.6 Men 5.8% 1.8 The Royal Djurgården Administration's funds' net assets Employees aged 30 - 49 years 1.7% 1.6 according to the financial statements of the fund manager, Employees aged 50 years or more 9.5% 2.7 Kammarkollegiet. Special pension funds 20,528 19,396 Djurgårdsfonden 47,943 47,944 Book value 68,471 67,340 Notes to the annual accounts Market value 89,013 90,866

Note 1 Long-term investments 7 prepaid expenses and accrued income Property expenses include long-term investments in Djurgården shipyard of SEK 6,903 Prepaid insurance 591 747 and geothermal facilities, SEK 1,130. Other prepaid expenses 60 153 Accrued fund dividends 1,790 1,138 Accrued fuel income from tenants 592 635 Note Amounts in SEK '000 2007 2006 Other accrued income 173 650 2 employee and staff costs 3,206 3,323

Number of annual working units 40 36 8 investments in securities Of which men 65% 61% Institutional funds 3,938 4,035 Salaries and social security contributions Impairment losses -155 Salaries 10,209 9,122 Book value 3,938 3,880 Social security contributions 3,461 3,202 Market value 4,001 3,880 Pension costs 1,497 1,409 9 accrued expenses and deferred income 3 machinery and equipment Invoiced rents and leases Planned depreciation based on original pertaining to the coming year 18,875 15,478 costs and Other items 1,214 3,281 expected economic life of 5 years 20,089 18,759 31-12-07 31-12-06 Opening costs 12,592 14,136 Stockholm, 21 February 2008 Additions 752 2,100 Disposals -2,196 -3,644 Ingemar Eliasson, Total costs 11,148 12,592 Marshal of the Realm Opening depreciation -8,990 -11,481 Depreciation reversed on disposals 2,196 3,644 Depreciation for the year -1,254 -1,153 Accumulated depreciation -8,048 -8,990 Book value 3,100 3,602

4 items affecting comparability Profit made on equipment sold 530 Non-recurring compensation Norra Länken 4,000

40 The Royal Court 2007 ROYAL Djurgården Administration annual accounts 2007

Auditor’s Report for the Royal Djurgården Administration

The Swedish National Audit Office has audited the annual accounts of the Royal Djurgården Administration, agreed on 21 February, 2008, for the 2007 financial year.

It is the responsibility of the National Audit Office to examine the annual accounts of the Royal Djurgården Administration in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, with the aim of establishing whether the accounts and supporting figures are reliable and whether the financial state- ments are true and fair. The Auditing of State Activities Act (2002:1022) states that the National Audit Office is not required to conduct its examination with the purpose of assessing whether the manage- ment’s administration follows applicable regulations and particular decisions.

The audit has been conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. This means that the audit has been planned and implemented with the aim of obtaining reasonable grounds for making a judgement on whether the annual accounts are true and fair. The examination thus relates to a selection of significant transactions.

The audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion set out below.

The annual accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Annual Accounts Act (1995:1554).

The National Audit Office considers that the annual accounts are in all essentials true and fair.

Auditor Irene Lindström is responsible for the decision in this case. Project manager Christina Nordenstam is responsible for submitting the report.

Stockholm, 17 March 2008

The Swedish National Audit Office

Irene Lindström Christina Nordenstam

The Royal Court 2007 41 Medal presentations 28 January 2007

12th size with chain Professor Bertil Daneholt. For significant work in the Swedish research sphere. Former Speaker Björn von Sydow. For outstanding work in various areas of the Swedish public sector. Colonel Mats Danielsson. For meritorious services as aide to H.M. The King.

12th size with the ribbon of the Order of Chief Mine Inspector Jan-Olof Hedström. For valuable work as head of the Mining Inspectorate of Sweden, and the Seraphim within the framework of the Norrbotten Delegation.

Former Cabinet Minister Kjell-Olof Feldt. For outstand- Director Bert-Inge Hogsved. For significant work as an ing work in various areas of the Swedish public sector. entrepreneur and company .

Bishop Christina Odenberg. For significant work in the Consul-general Kerstin Lane. For valuable work for Footballer Henrik Larsson. For sporting achievement . Sweden in the USA. as a footballer. Director Jacob Wallenberg. For significant work in Author, Professor Cecilia Lindqvist. For artistic high- Designer Gudrun Sjödén for many years of valuable Sweden’s business sector. quality writing and valuable work as one of Sweden’s work as a clothes designer. top authorities on China. Director Marcus Wallenberg. For significant work in Court Assistant Margareta Wickberg. For meritorious Sweden’s business sector. Former head of the National Federation of Swedish Women’s Voluntary Motor Transport Corps Anne-Marie services in H.M. The Queen’s office. Medin. For valuable work in the federation. 12th size with a bright-blue ribbon The Medal Municipal Commissioner Elvy Söderström. For signifi- Director Tom Beyer. For many years of significant work cant local government work. Actor Reine Brynolfsson. For artistic work as an actor. as the managing director of Stockholm International Fairs. Lieutenant Colonel Johan Törnqvist. For meritorious Court Singer Helena Döse. For artistic work as an opera services as aide to H.M. The King. Rear- Claes Tornberg. For significant work to singer. develop military leader training. 8th size with a bright-blue ribbon Author . For artistic work as an author. 8th size with the ribbon of the Order of National team manager Bengt-Åke Gustafsson. For the Seraphim valuable work as head of the Swedish team. Author and director Margareta Garpe. For artistic work as an author and director. Professor Anita Aperia Broberger. For significant work Singer Carola Häggkvist. For appreciated and success- in Swedish research, especially in paediatrics. ful work as a singer. Author Lennart Sjögren. For artistic work as an author.

Former MP Lars Bäckström. For valuable work in the Personnel secretary Johan Johansson. For meritorious Professor Göran Söllscher. For artistic work as a Riksdag, the Swedish parliament. work at the Royal Court. guitarist.

Helena Döse, Court Singer. Photo: Jonas Ekströmer/Scanpix Footballer Henrik Larsson and Magdalena Larsson during the medal ceremony at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. Photo: Leif R Jansson/Scanpix

42 The Royal Court 2007 Medal presentations

Medal presentations 6 June 2007

12th size with chain Professor Kjell Å Modéer. For significant work as a legal Director and actor Gun Jönsson. For artistic work as a historian and in building up research contacts in the director and actor. MP Alf Svensson. For outstanding work in various areas Baltic Sea region. Orchestra leader Bernt Lysell. For artistic work as of the Swedish public sector. Commander Jonas Wikström. For meritorious services violinist. Former Justice of the Supreme Court Bo Svensson. For as aide to H.M. The King. Author Viveca Lärn. For artistic work as an author and outstanding work for the Swedish legal system. dramatist. 8th size with a bright-blue ribbon Professor Thomas Schuback. For artistic work as a 12th size with the ribbon of the Order of Manager Erik Gustavson. For many years of valuable work conductor and pianist. the Seraphim to expand Swedish-American contacts as manager of the Kinship Center (emigrant register and center) in Karlstad. Author Jan Stolpe. For artistic work as an author and Director Urban Bäckström. For outstanding work for translator. Sweden’s monetary policy. Former Judge of Appeal Sture Holmbergh. For many years of valuable work to disseminate knowledge about Former County Governor Mats Hellström. For many Stockholm’s cultural heritage. For long and faithful service years of significant work in various areas of the Swedish (medal, watch or artwork made of glass) public sector. Senior Court Accountant Ann-Mari Nordlund. For meritorious work in the Finance Department at the Supervisor of the Royal Palace Maren von Bothmer. Professor Mille Millnert. For significant work in research Office of the Marshal of the Realm. For long and faithful service at the Gripsholm Castle and higher education. Administration. Secretary General Helena Karlén. For valuable work to Bank manager Lars G Nordström. For significant work combat sexual exploitation of children. Curator Christian Buchberger. For long and faithful in Sweden’s business sector. service at the Royal Collections. Court Assistant Marita Wenne. For meritorious services Vice-admiral Frank Rosenius. For meritorious services at H.M. The King’s Office of the Marshal of the Court. Machine Foreman Rune Eriksson. For long and faithful as Chief Military Staff of H.M. The King. service at the Royal Djurgården Administration.

Judge Elisabet Fura-Sandström. For significant work in 8th size in silver with a bright-blue ribbon Caretaker Gustav Johansson. For very long and faithful the legal system, nationally and internationally. service at the Ulriksdal Palace Administration. Bengt Brantås. For 25 years’ service as an extra waiter. Former Cabinet Minister Bengt Westerberg. For out­ Technical manager Kent Thilander. For long and faith- standing work in various areas of the Swedish public Peter Hager. For 25 years’ service as an extra waiter. ful service at the Office of the Governor of the Royal sector. Palaces, the Stockholm Palace Administration.

The Litteris et Artibus Medal Principal Secretary to the Marshal of the Realm 12th size with a bright-blue ribbon Sven-Olof Hedengren. For long and faithful service at Author Anders Bodegård. For artistic work as an author the Office of the Marshal of the Realm and the Order of and translator. Director Peje Emilsson. For valuable work as a company His Majesty the King. owner and entrepreneur and for education of young people, including in developing countries. Actor Gösta Ekman. For artistic work as an actor.

Associate Professor Christer Fuglesang. For successful work in space research.

Sven Grahn PhD (Engineering). For significant work in space research.

Professor Bruno Nilsson. For significant work in agricultural research.

Director Folke Patriksson. For significant work in shipping.

8th size with the ribbon of the Order of the Seraphim

Forrester to the Royal Court, baron Johan Adelswärd. For meritorious work as Forrester to the Royal Court.

Director Marianne Forssblad. For valuable work to strengthen Nordic cultural heritage in the North-West- ern United States.

Theatre director Benny Fredriksson. For significant work as a theatre director.

Museum director Klas Helmerson. For significant work as head of the .

King’s palace bailiff Jacob Lagercrantz. For meritorious services as “The King’s palace bailiff” at the Drottning- Gösta Ekman, actor, receives the Litteris et Artibus medal. Photo: Leif R Jansson/Scanpix holm Palace Administration.

The Royal Court 2007 43 Each state visit has a clear description of purpose from the government; their aims include increasing the exchange of trade and culture between countries. State visits also lay the foundation for personal relationships between Heads Extensive exchange of visits of State and their delegations in politics, financial and cultural fields. In recent years, climate and environmental issues have increasingly permeated the pro- promotes Swedish interests grammes of state visits both to and from Sweden. In 2007 The King and Queen undertook six state visits. Crown Princess Victoria took part in all state visits to Sweden and in the state visit to Denmark.

Sweden on show – state visits to Sweden

In addition to the general items on the agenda, including a state ceremonial reception with a horse drawn procession through central Stockholm and a in the inner courtyard, exchange of official gifts and a gala dinner with a subsequent reciprocal dinner, an extensive programme of visits is carried out as per the visiting Head of State’s requests, Swedish suggestions and bilateral interests.

State visit from Brazil 11-12 September

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil Day”. The King, President and delegations then and his wife visited Sweden in the autumn. The travelled by ethanol-powered coach to a bioenergy President met , Speaker of the seminar, hosted by Scania, at the Royal Institute Riksdag (the Swedish parliament) and Fredrik of Technology. Reinfeldt, Prime Minister. Queen Silvia, Mrs Lula The Queen and Mrs Lula da Silva visited the da Silva and Crown Princess Victoria visited the Fryshuset youth centre as well as the World Child­ Vasa Museum and the Casa Cor exhibition. The hood Foundation, which supports many projects Swedish Trade Council arranged a special “Brazil in Brazil.

44 The Royal Court 2007 State visit from China 8-10 June

This was the first time that a Chinese President visited Sweden. President also visited Volvo in Gothenburg. The President, who was The King, Queen, Prince Carl Philip and President Hu Jintao and accompanied by a large business delegation, held discussions with his wife were in Gothenburg for the homecoming of the Swed- Prime Minister Reinfeldt and met top representatives of Swedish ish Ship Götheborg after it visited various places including Canton business in Stockholm. in conjunction with the Swedish state visit to China in 2006. The

State visit from Bulgaria 9-11 October

President Georgi Parvanov of Bulgaria and his wife visited Swe- which conducts drug prevention work. den in October. The President met Per Westerberg, Speaker of the The Queen and Mrs Parvanova also visited , af- Riksdag and , Prime Minister, in the Rosenbad ter which the presidential couple had a tour of the Vasa Museum government buildings. The King, Crown Princess Victoria and and visited the National Museum. To round off the day, the Bulgar- President Parvanov took part in a seminar titled “Bulgaria – New ian President and his wife were treated to a concert and reception EU Member”, organised by the Swedish Trade Council. The guests in Stockholm Concert Hall. then visited Hammarby Sjöstad, a “sustainable city” aiming to be a The final day of the state visit focused on more in-depth coop- model for the whole world to emulate. eration between Sweden and Bulgaria, as well as in the EU, regard- The Queen, Mrs Parvanova and Crown Princess Victoria visited ing energy, defence and culture, with visits to Stockholm, Uppsala the Bernadotte Library. During the day Mrs Parvanova was also and Enköping. given a presentation of the activities of the Mentor Foundation,

The Royal Court 2007 45 Destinations around the world – The Royal Couple’s state visits to other countries Besides the state ceremonial events, state visits to other countries follow practically the same pattern as state visits to Sweden. The King and Queen are accompanied by a broad delegation comprising representatives of the government, business, culture and other fields. The programmes of visits are based on the host countries’ suggestions, Swedish requests and the bilateral interests that will be discussed.

State visit to Japan 25-29 March 2007 The Royal Couple made their second state visit to elderly, an event with about 600 participants. Japan; their first visit took place in 1980. A Japa- Carl Linnaeus was commemorated through an nese state visit to Sweden was made in 2000. On exhibition at the National Science Museum, which the first day of the 2007 state visit, The King and was opened in conjunction with the state visit and Queen met representatives of Swedish business in in the presence of the Japanese Imperial Couple Japan. The King attended an energy symposium and the King and Queen of Sweden. In addition and a biotech and medical technology symposium to the official activities in the programme, such as organised by the Swedish Trade Council and the the banquet of the Imperial Couple and the Royal Invest in Sweden Agency (ISA). Couple’s reciprocal dinner, The King visited the Queen Silvia visited Midtown, a new Toyota Higashi-Fuji Technical Center and Sony’s area for design, and the Ghilbi Museum, where head office. The Queen participated in a sympo- she met Hayao Miyazaki, its creator. This was sium about combating child pornography and followed by a presentation of the Silvia Sisters’ sexual exploitation of children. The Royal Couple activities in Japan. The Queen also took part in also visited Nagasaki’s Atomic Bomb Museum a symposium on dementia and IT in care of the and Peace Park.

46 The Royal Court 2007 State visit to Denmark 9-11 May

Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik welcomed the Royal Cou- King, Crown Princess Victoria and Crown Prince Frederik also ple and Crown Princess Victoria when they arrived in Copenha- took part in a seminar about promoting Danish-Swedish coop- gen with the Navy’s vessel the H.M.S. Visborg. On day one the eration in new energy technology. Queen Silvia and Princess Ben- party visited Fritz Hansen A/S, a famous furniture factory. Crown edikte visited the hospital Rigshospitalet and Denmark’s centre for Princess Victoria and Crown Prince Frederik visited the Faculty of research into dementia and Alzheimer’s. They also visited “Pleje- Life Sciences at the University of Copenhagen and a sports cen- hemmet Lotte”, which works with care of dementia patients in as tre where they received information on Get2Sport, an integration close to a home environment as possible. The Queen also visited project that aims to help vulnerable children and children with an Royal Copenhagen’s new factory in Glostrup. The theme for the immigrant background enter the world of sport. state visit was Øresund cooperation. To emphasise the intensifying The official opening of the Ørestadstinget sessions was followed contacts across the water, the Swedish reciprocal dinner was held by a presentation of Ørestad at Ferring, a pharma company. The in Malmö.

State visit to Austria 20-22 November On the first day in Austria, the Royal Couple visited the Alber- Queen Silvia inaugurated the exhibition “Josef Frank – Architect tina Museum, one of Europe’s most significant art museums, and and Outsider” at the Jewish Museum and visited a design exhibi- the Church of Sweden’s parish. The Royal Couple were tion produced by the Swedish Institute. During the state visit, the welcomed in the Austrian Parliament by Barbara Prammer, the Queen made a speech at a symposium about children’s right to Speaker. culture. The Royal Couple visited the UN headquarters in Vienna, The King attended a business forum with , the the Swedish embassy and the Swedish OSCE Delegation (OSCE is Swedish Minister for Enterprise and Energy, and her Austrian the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe). colleague. Swedish business was well-represented with 24 partici- On the final day, the Royal Couple visited Esterhazy Palace and pants. Volvo and Kapsch, an Austrian company, gave a presentation were invited to go on a guided tour of the Neusiedlersee National on the theme of environmentally friendly technology and a seminar Park, which is classed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. about renewable fuels.

The Royal Court 2007 47 Excerpts from the Royal Family’s official programme in 2007

This is a summary of the Royal Family’s programme of official engagements. Audiences, internal meetings and private visits took place in addition to these engagements.

The King The Queen The Royal Couple The Crown Princess Prince Carl Philip Princess Madeleine

January 15 Meeting of King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Young Leadership Foundation The 2007 Swedish Sports Gala in the Globe Arena, Stockholm

16 Cabinet minister lunch with Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister

17 Conference in Paris about missing children and children who have been the victim of sexual abuse 18 Meeting organised by “The Natural Step” in Stockholm

Official dinner, Royal Palace of Stockholm

22 Start of the training course for Silvia Sisters at the Silviahemmet 23 Audience with Per Unckel, County Governor of Stockholm January 28: The King inaugurated the year to commemorate Linnaeus on Carl Day in the Swedish calendar tradition of name days, in Växjö. During the day The Royal Couple visited Småland’s Museum, Växjö , Karolinergården (a house built by an officer in King Audience with the Director General of the Swedish Rescue Karl XII’s army) and Växjö Library. Photo: Hans Runesson/Scanpix Services Agency Göran Gunnarsson Scholarship award from H.M. Queen Silvia’s Jubilee Fund 29 Cabinet meeting for research about children and disabilities Audience for the chairman of Mentor, director Olof Stenhammar 30 Lunch with , the Minister for Higher Education and Research 25 Audience for Magnus Olausson PhD Audience for Olof Skoog, Director-General for Political Affairs for formal audiences Audience for Professor Bengt Johansson and Professor d’Ambrosio Presentation of H.M. The King’s medal

26 Audience for the astronaut Christer Fuglesang and his wife Presentation of the Smilbandsbolaget Prize 2007

Visit to the Bernadottegymnasiet Upper Secondary School in Stockholm Farewell audience for Peru’s ambassador, H.E. Mr Max de la Fuente Prem Performance by the Glada Hudik theatre company as well as a concert and inauguration of the new grand piano played by Seminar organised by the Armed Forces, the Bernadotte

Per Tengstrand Library 27 Gala to raise money for the Fryshuset youth centre, Stockholm Visit by Maria Larsson, the Minister for Elderly Care and Public Health, Silviahemmet 28 Visit to Växjö at the start of the jubilee year to mark the 300th Inauguration of the new University Animal Hospital in anniversary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus Uppsala

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FEBRUARY 1 Formal audiences: , Estonia, South Africa and Angola

2- The Alpine World Ski Championships, Åre 4 5 WWF dinner with the oceanographer J-M Cousteau

7 Seminar, “Silviahemmet’s Major Inspiration Day”

8 The Travellers Club’s formal dinner, Stockholm

Interview: Allt om Trädgård (all about gardens) – Kerstin Engstrand 10- The Alpine World Ski Championships, Åre 14

12 The Lantbruksveckan (Agricultural Week) General Assembly February 21: The King visited the Lycksele area of Västerbotten to learn more about the reindeer-grazing situation. Besides visiting reindeer-grazing land and talking to reindeer farmers, The King received information from Sametinget (the General Assembly of the 14 Audience for Professor Anders Karlqvist about the Swedish Sami) and the National Swedish Union for the Sami People. Photo: Marie Enoksson. International Polar Year 17- The Alpine World Ski Championships, Åre 15 The Royal Swedish Academy of formal assembly 19

Presentation of research grants at the 25th anniversary of the 19 Audience for the President of Tanzania, H.E. Mr Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation. Visit to Stockholm’s New Fashion Centre, Järla Sjö Audience for the new ambassador in Belgrade, Krister Bringéus

16 Audience for Dr Diego Hidalgo Schnur, President José 20 Cabinet minister lunch with Maud Olofsson, the Minister for María Figueres Olsen and senior diplomatic advisor Christer Enterprise and Energy Elfverson Farewell audience for ’s ambassador, Mr Richard Rowe Information meeting on the City of Gothenburg’s investment in leadership in the non-profit sector, Gothenburg

Audience for the chairman of Mentor, director Olof Board meeting of the Silviahemmet Foundation Stenhammar

Audience for Professor Anders Karlqvist, The Swedish Polar Attendance at the centenary of SKF, Gothenburg Research Secretariat

Audience with Assistant Undersecretary Håkan Malmqvist 16- The Alpine World Ski Championships, Åre for formal audiences 18 21 Visits to Västerbotten for information about the reindeer grazing situation in Lycksele and other locations Official dinner, Royal Palace of Stockholm

My Big Day, The Queen Silvia Children’s Hospital, Gothenburg

22 Formal audiences: Ukraine, UK and Uganda

Diplomatic reception

Interview: Chef [Manager] magazine – Henrik Frenkel

23 Attendance at the 70th birthday celebrations of H.M. King -25 Harald V, Oslo

February 15: The Queen participated in a ceremony in Kulturhuset, Stockholm, when 26 Attendance at a Baden Powell Fellowship event, Paris the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation celebrated its 25th anniversary. The Queen presented research grants, including one to Karin Enskär from Jönköping for family Dinner at Japan’s ambassador H.E. Mr Seiichiro Otsuka participation in care of children with cancer. Photo: Anders Wiklund/Scanpix

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March April 5 Visit to the World Childhood Foundation in Estonia 3 Meeting of the steering group for the Stenhammar Estate -7

12 The Crown Princess’s 10 Cabinet minister lunch, Göran Hägglund, Minister for Health and Social Affairs

Audience for the Victoria Battalion Presentation of the to Madame Alice Cheng and Mohammed al Amoudi

Audience for the Swedish Bakers and Confectioners’ The theatre performence Utvandrarna (The Emigrants) Association arranged by Riksteatern, by the nationwide theatre association. Stockholms Stadsteater (city theatre), Skärholmen Jubilee mass to mark the birth of Queen Josefina, Interview: Gastronomic calendar – Magdalena Ribbing the Catholic Cathedral in Stockholm 16 Audience for the Speaker of the Romanian Senate Interview: Radio Sweden – Juan Navas H.E. Mr Nicolae Vacaroiu 11 Presentation of Stig Hadenius’ book about Folke Bernadotte Presentation of the “Healthiest Business of the Year” award,

Stockholm International Fairs Farewell audience for Saudi Arabia’s ambassador, Seminar “Children and Young People Show the Way” organised H.E. Mr Badr Othman Bakhsh by the Children’s Ombudsman, BRIS (Children’s Rights in Society), Save the Children Sweden and the World Childhood Foundation Meeting of the Nomination Committee of the King’s Young Leadership Foundation Attendance at the four Royal Clubs’ party, Inauguration of a research conference in conjunction with Grand Hôtel, Stockholm the 20th jubilee of the research fund of Parkinson Förbundet, the Swedish Parkinson’s Association 19 Meeting with journalists from Japan 12 Official dinner, Royal Palace of Stockholm

20 Lunch for 13 Opening of an exhibition of works by Bruno Liljefors, Mora

Audience for Lars O. Lagerkvist, the Royal Coin Cabinet 15 Attendance at the of a new bishop for Lund in Uppsala Cathedral

Audience for director Johan Stålhand regarding 15- Project trip, the World Childhood Foundation, China King Carl XVI Gustaf’s foundation for research and training 20 16 Meeting of the Foundation H.M. The King’s Jubilee Fund for The annual event of the Royal Academy of Letters, History Youth in Sweden and Antiquities, at Riddarhuset Attendance at the Patriotic Society’s annual meeting 21 Farewell audience for Malaysia’s ambassador

H.E. Mr. Jasmi Md. Yusoff Reference group meeting, Silviahemmet and Sophiahemmet Opening and presentation of prizes at the Royal Palace Sprint University College regarding distance learning about dementia

Buying the year’s first Mayflower pin to raise money for charity Audience for director Johan Stålhand regarding the jubilee foundation

Board meeting of Mentor Sweden

21- Visit to the Netherlands, a flower show at Keukenhof 22 22 Concert with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Attendance at the ICC annual meeting

23 International Paralympics Committee Board, Bonn

Symposium on tuberculosis

March 16: The Queen and Princess Madeleine participated in a seminar at the Bernadotte 26 - State visit to Japan Library titled “Children and Young People Show the Way”. The seminar was organised by the 30 Read more on page 46 World Childhood Foundation, the Children’s Ombudsman, BRIS (Children’s Rights in Society) and Save the Children Sweden. Photo: Bertil Ericson/Scanpix

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Awarding the World Children’s Prize for the Rights of the May Child, Gripsholm Castle, Mariefred 2 Audience with the Permanent Secretary of the Swedish 17 Audience for the President of Moldova, H.E. Mr Vladimir Academy, Horace Engdahl Voronin Audience for Ulf Holmberg, WWF Audience with the Prime Minister of the Czech , H.E. Mr Mirek Topolánek Interview with Danish journalists prior to the state visit Audience for Ingemar Wahlberg, secretary-general to Denmark of the Swedish National Day Committee Audience for a Brazilian school delegation 18 Board meeting of the Foundation King Carl XVI Gustaf’s 50th Anniversary Fund for Science, Technology and Environment. Press meeting prior to the state visit to Denmark Held in the meeting room at the Office of the Marshal of the Danish journalists Court and followed by lunch Meeting of H.M. The King’s Council for Land and Building 3 Visit to Täby Municipality Issues Audience for H.E. Mrs Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, President of Latvia 4 Inauguration of the Royal Institute of Technology’s envi- ronment-focused student project to develop the Spiros

environment-friendly vehicle Board meeting of the Silviahemmet Foundation The scouts’ outdoor spring cleaning on the island of

Djurgården 19 Formal audiences: Australia, Sudan, Samoa and Andorra Two-day seminar regarding Second Generation Childhood

Audience for the Palestinian President, H.E. Mr 5 Second Generation Childhood visits the Fryshuset youth Abbas centre Presentation of the Swedish Recycling Industries’ Inspiration 7 Farewell audience for the Philippines’ ambassador, Prize H.E. Mrs Victoria S. Bataclan Presentation of the Globe Forum Award Presentation of the Grand Export Prize 2007

20- Board meeting of the World Scout Foundation, Cape Town The annual event of the Association of Friends of the Artists, 23 Waldemarsudde 21 The Swedish-Jordanian Association’s 20th anniversary The 90 year jubilee of the ICA supermarket chain in the Blue celebrations at the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Hall at Stockholm City Hall Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm 23 Board meeting of Mentor International, Kuwait, and the inaugu- 9 - State visit to Denmark ration of Mentor Arabia, which comprises 22 member countries 11 Read more on page 47

24 Skogsnäringsveckan (Forestry Week) at the Stockholm City 14 Attendance at the annual meeting of the WWF Council Conference Centre Presentation of the Vega Medal Cabinet minister lunch with , Minister for Local Government and Financial Markets.

The WWF 30 club’s gathering with subsequent presentation 15 Interview: Die Welt “the New Arena of Environmental Work”, Ulriksdal Palace 25 The Swedish Emergency Management Agency’s coordination 16 Visit to a naval unit in Karlskrona exercise “SAMÖ 2007”, Stockholm 26 Press meeting prior to the seminar titled Value-based Inauguration of the Solliden exhibition, Solliden Leadership Seminar with the World Scout Foundation Visit in Copenhagen, Oden’s Polar expedition Value-based Leadership Presentation of the Crafoord Prize, Lund Linnaeus jubilee in Råshult, Småland

27 Information meeting about alternative fuels at Volvo in 20 Attendance at the centenary celebrations of the Swedish Gothenburg School in London 28 Acceptance of the Baden-Württemberg Medal of Merit, Visit to the Linnean Society, London Germany 29 ”Gutes mit Schönem verbinden”, Stuttgart Visit to the Swedish Ship Götheborg – West Docks, London

30 Congratulations on the birthday of H.M. The King 21 Visit to the Swedish garden “A Tribute to Linnaeus” at the Chelsea Flower Show, London

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21 Presentation of the Polar Music Prize

22- Visit by the Japanese Imperial Couple to mark the 300th 23 anniversary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus, Stockholm and Uppsala 24 Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla Memorial Fund

Visit by delegates on the diplomat programme at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the trainee programme of the Government Offices of Sweden The 70th jubilee of the Friends of the Swedish Institute in at the National Museum June 6: On National Day The Royal Couple visited the city of Halmstad, which celebrated its 700th jubilee. Crown Princess Victoria took part in National Day celebrations in Lundsbrunn, 25 Information about the Government Offices of Sweden Västergötland. Prince Carl Philip and Princess Madeleine participated in the opening ceremony for the Royal Palace’s National Day activities in Stockholm. Photo: Bertil Ericson/Scanpix 28 Reception and scholarship award in the Foundation for King June Carl XVI Gustaf’s 50th Jubilee Fund for Science, Technology and Environment, the Bernadotte Library 1 Visit to the Premraff oil refinery in Lysekil Attendance at the Gastronomic Academy’s spring meeting Inauguration of a conference on better care of dementia in the west of Sweden, Gothenburg Board meeting of Mentor Sweden at the Maria Ungdom Clinic, Stockholm Jubilee dinner to celebrate the centenary of the Swedish Sea Rescue Society in Eriksbergshallen, Gothenburg Annual meeting of the Friends of the National Museum 2 Visit to voluntary organisations in Boden Information prior to formal audiences 3 Visit to Hindersön Island in Luleå archipelago 29 The IK Foundation’s presentation of Linnaeus’ apostles” Concert in conjunction with Childhood Day at the Gröna Lunch for H.R.H. Prince El Hassan bin Talal and Lund amusement park H.R.H. Princess Sarvath El Hassan, Jordan 4 Press meeting prior to the state visit from China Inauguration of Prince Carl Philip’s photography exhibition Chinese journalists at the Gustavianum, Uppsala 5 Visit to Stenhammar Press meeting in conjunction with the vernissage of the exhibition “A Glimpse of Paradise” at the Gustavianum, Annual meeting of the Society for the Promotion of Uppsala Diligence at Work 30 Forest excursion organised by Sveaskog Fänneslunda, Västergötland Audience for the Vice-President of the European Presentation of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, Commission H.E. Mr Franco Frattini Skansen Presentation of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology Ballet premiere of Cendrillon, the House 6 Opening ceremony for the Open Palace event at the Royal Palace of Stockholm Acceptance of the symbol of honour from BRIS (Children’s Rights in Society) Formal celebrations of Sweden’s National Day and the 31 Meeting of the Royal Wedding Fund 700th jubilee of the city of Halmstad National Day celebrations in Lundsbrunn, Götene Meeting of H.M. The King’s Hunting Club followed by the Municipality annual meeting National Day celebrations, Skansen Inauguration of the Reach to Recovery conference 7 Attendance a panel discussion titled Swedish Heritage, Formal audiences: Philippines, Grenada, Mauritania and Europa Nostra Kyrgyzstan Medal presentation

Audience for Olof Skoog, Director-General for Political Affairs The Swedish Parliament’s Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs The Friends of Drottningholm Theatre gathering and awarding of

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8 Europa Nostra, European Heritage Awards Ceremony, July Stockholm City Hall 1 Christening, H.R.H. Princess Isabella, in the church Board meeting of the World Childhood Foundation Fredensborgs Slotskirke, Copenhagen 1- Tällberg Forum Inauguration of the exhibition Archipelago, Sea and other 2 Waters at Grafikens Hus, Mariefred 4 - Attendance at the 70th birthday celebrations of Queen Presentation of brooches, Silviahemmet 6 Sonja, Oslo 10 Awarding of the Öländ Inhabitant of the Year prize, Solliden Audience for Professor Anders Karlqvist, the Swedish Polar Palace Research Secretariat 14 Celebrations of the Crown Princess’s 30th birthday Audience for Frau Ulla Schmidt, Germany’s Federal Minister for Health, Drottningholm Palace 20- The Baden Powell at the Jiingijamborii event, 21 Kristianstad Jubilee banquet at the museum Nordiska Museet, centenary celebrations 21- Dragon Boat Event in aid of the World Childhood 22 Foundation, Kiel 8 - State visit from China 10 Read more on page 45 28 Interview: Swedish Television – Viktoria Dyring, Tällberg 10 Princess Madeleine’s 25th birthday celebration 30/7 World Jamboree centenary in Surrey, UK -2/8 11 World Championships in Wheelchair Tennis

Audience for Mr Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, regarding drugs

11- Royal Technology Mission, Russia 14 12 Inauguration of a new museum in Astrid Lindgren’s childhood home of Näs, Vimmerby

13 The ICA supermarket group’s jubilee conference

Board meeting of Silviahemmet Foundation

Skultuna Brass Foundry’s 400th anniversary

14 Dinner for the participants in the ministerial summit titled the Midnight Sun Dialogue on Climate Change

15 Farewell audience for Japan’s ambassador, H.E. Mr. Seiichiro Otsuka July 30-August 2: The King attended the Centenary World Scout Jamboree in the UK. The Farewell audience for Argentina’s ambassador, King has been interested in the Scout Movement since childhood. He became a cub scout, H.E. Ms Elda Beatriz Sampietro named Mowgli, in 1955 and a scout in 1958. The King is also First Honorary Member of the Farewell audience for ’s ambassador, Swedish Guide and Scout Association, honorary member of the Swedish Guide and Scout Council and has been honorary chairman of the World Scout Foundation since 1977. Photo: H.E. Mr Lorenz I. Friedlaender Jonas Elmqvist Conference in Karlsruhe and gala to raise money for Mentor International, Mainau August Inauguration of Fornsalen, the cultural history section of 14 Presentation of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize the County Museum on the Island of

19 Farewell audience for Uruguay’s ambassador, 15 Concert in the Hall of State H.E. Julio Moreira Morán

20 Celebratory church service to mark the centenary of the 16 The Stockholm Water Foundation’s seminar Swedish Pentecostal Church in Mullsjö 26 Prior to H.R.H. The Crown Princess’s 30th birthday Audience for H.E. ambassador Jonas Hafström Interview with TT – Christina Lucas 26 - Royal Colloquium, Greenland “Pensioners’ Day”, Ekerö 30 28 - Tällberg Forum Attendance at H.M. The King’s presentation 30 of the Stockholm Water Prize in City Hall, Stockholm

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22 Audience for H.R.H. Prince Faisal bin Al Hussain of Jordan and his son

Presentation of the Swede of the Year award to Hans Rausing, Näringslivets Hus

27 Audience for H.E. ambassador Lena Nordström and the Mistress of the Robes regarding a visit to Colombia

Audience for Mrs Anne Forsberg and Lars Forsberg, presentation of the book “Bästa Sverige... från Vikingavälde till EU – Monarki”

28 Farewell audience for Belgium’s ambassador, H.E. Mr Raoul Delcorde Farewell audience for ’s ambassador, H.E. Mrs Funmilayo A. Adebo-Kiencke Audience for representatives of Sveaskog

Audience for Anna Karin Agebäck, Permanent Secretary for information about the “Young Internet” September 13: Themed day: The Royal Couple visited the town of Örnsköldsvik and SEKAB Bio Fuel Industries, Domsjö Fabriker, Akzo Nobel and Ö-vik Energi for a day with the theme Presentation of the Export Hermes prize on World Trade Day “On the road to sustainable transport”. The topics raised during the day included global

product and market potential for ethanol in private cars and in diesel engines for buses and Interview: with , a Swedish newspaper, prior to trucks. Photo: SEKAB the Ulriksdal Flower Show – Agneta Ullenius 30 Farewell audience for ’s ambassador H.E. Mr Francesco Caruso The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra’s opening concert at Stockholm Concert Hall Inauguration of the Ulriksdal Flower Show 14 Meeting with the grants committee for Ungt Ledarskap, a foundation that promotes young leadership The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, H.E. ambassador Kerstin Inauguration of Svampens Hus, a mycology centre, in Asp-Johnsson Uppsala and an information and study visit to the County Administrative Board, Uppsala 31 Formal audiences: Argentina, Rwanda, Japan 17 Audience for H.E. Sauli Niinistö, the Speaker of Finland and Slovakia

Board meeting of Silviahemmet Foundation

September 18 Service in Stockholm Cathedral in conjunction with the opening of the Parliamentary Session in Stockholm 3 Performance in memory of Ingmar Bergman at the Dramaten theatre The opening of the Parliamentary Session, in the Riksdag 4 Start of the first distance training course for state enrolled building, Stockholm nurses to become Silvia Sisters Performance of Così fan tutte at the Royal Swedish Opera in Interview: Våra Barn (our children) – Viktoria Myrén conjunction with the opening of the Parliamentary Session 19 Audience for the President of Latvia, H.E. Mr Valdis Zatlers, 5 Inauguration of a new operation and teaching facility at Sophiahemmet Audience for Karl Haskel, Jordi Arkö, Mikael Kihlman and Lars Information about and first meeting of the Gundua Nyberg, showing of graphic art in the Bernadotte Library Foundation Audience for Annika Berner and Saeed Isaksson-Stammler, 6 Inauguration of the major library at the Museum of Far East- report on the Pakistan project AAPKI ern Antiquities and the Middle Kingdom exhibition 21 Audience for the Prime Minister of South Korea H.E. Mr Han 10 Audience for the governor of New South Duck-Soo H.E. Professor Marie Basher Audience for Maria Larsson, the Swedish Minister for Elderly Introduction to a conference about children whose parents Care and Public Health and representatives of Mentor abuse alcohol and drugs “Time for the Children” Sweden

11- State visit from Brazil Presentation of Kungsfenan – the Swedish Seafood Award

12 Read more on page 44 12 Presentation of the Swedish Knowledge Prize Audience with Professor Ulrik Ringborg for information about a centre for cancer research

13 Day on the theme of biofuels, Örnsköldsvik 22 Visit to Ulricehamn Municipality for its 700th jubilee

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24 The WWF’s autumn meeting

Reunion of the Royal Technology Mission (RTM), Russia

The Council for the Promotion of Sweden (NSU)’s Sweden Day

25 Attendance at a fair in Uppsala Cathedral and the opening of the General Synod in the university’s auditorium

Board meeting of BP Fellows, Sköldnora Kungsgård

Visit to Gävle

26 Formal audiences: Albania, Canada, Laos and Belgium

Vernissage of the Roslin exhibition, National Museum, October 16: The King made a speech to about 3,000 delegates (most were representatives Stockholm of national governments) from 193 countries when the 34th session of the UNESCO General Scholarship award at Stiftelsen Frimurare Barnhuset, Conference opened at the headquarters of the UN organisation UNESCO in Paris. The speech a Freemason foundation was about climate change and UNESCO’s responsibility to try and encourage member countries to develop education programmes for sustainable development and include them Presentation of the Gösta Winberg Award in the education systems of their respective countries. The King was the first Swedish Head of State to speak such a UNESCO event Photo: Remy de la Mauviniere/Reuters/Scanpix

Opening of a photography exhibition at the Nobel Museum

October 27 Attendance at the Swedish Air Force’s exercise Nordic Air 1 Presentation of a diploma to mark the 20th jubilee of the Meet WWF fund Tåkernfond Visit to Västernorrland County, including inauguration of 2 Audience for H.E. ambassador Örjan Berner the Mellannorrland Hospice

Audience for the Pink Ribbon organisation Information meeting with the Swedish Ministry for Foreign

Affairs prior to the state visit from Bulgaria 28 Visit to Karlsborg 2 - World Scout Foundation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

3 29 Inauguration of the Folke Bernadotte 3 Board meeting, the World Childhood Foundation, “The White Buses” in Malmö

Opening of the 2007 Apple Market in Kivik Acceptance of the “United We Care” prize from the

Quadriga Awards, Berlin

30 Final of the Swedish Touring Car Championship and prize Visit to the National Museum, a tour of the Roslin exhibition awards in Mantorp

4 - World Scout Foundation Executive Committee, Japan 6 5 Attendance at the celebrations of the 375-year jubilee of the University of Tartu, Estonia

Opening of the first phase of the Eesti Agrenska Center, Estonia

Celebratory concert in the Vanemuine Theatre, Estonia

8 The Swedish Parliament’s Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs

Audience for Dr Rolph Payet from the Seychelles

9 - State visit from Bulgaria 11 Read more on page 45 September 25: Princess Madeleine visited Gävle, invited by County Governor Christer Eirefelt who presented her with a jubilee book about Gävle Castle. The Princess, who is the Duchess of 10 Audience for Eva Hermansson (Ministry of Education and Hälsingland and Gästrikland, also visited the county museum Länsmuseet and participated in Research) and Johan Lindell (Swedish National Commission the 450 year jubilee celebrations of the school Vasaskolan. Photo: Anders Wiklund/Scanpix for UNESCO)

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11 Audience for Animal Rights Sweden, presentation of jubilee book

Audience for Borneo Orangutan Survival

15 - Intensive course in French, France 26

15 Concert in Stockholm Cathedral

16 Opening speech at UNESCO’s General Conference, Paris, theme: climate change

Inauguration of the new premises of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Paris

Mentor Sweden’s 10th anniversary

November 7: The King visited FINEX, the final exercise of the Nordic Battle Groups in Luleå, 17 Presentation of the “Årets Ruter Dam” award for appoint- Boden and the Jokkmokk area. The exercise, which took place 29 October to 18 November, ment of the top female manager of the year in conjunction was part of the Nordic Resolution 2007. According to the Swedish Armed Forces FINEX is a with the 20th anniversary, Stockholm comprehensive exercise meant to emulate a future live situation as much as possible. Photo: 18 Gala dinner to raise money for the World Childhood Louise Levin Foundation, Sao Paulo, Brazil November 18 - Bergslagsjakt hunting 1 Formal audiences: Honduras, Luxembourg, Italy and Liberia 19

23 Audience for Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister Audience for the Speaker of Saudi Arabia, H.E. Mr Salih Bin Abdullah Bin

Farewell audience for the ambassador of the Czech Meeting with Sollidengruppen AB Republic H.E. Mrs Marie Chatardova Presentation of the Volvo Environmental Prize Farewell audience for Sri Lanka’s ambassador

H.E. Mr Nagoorpitchai Sikkander Press meeting in conjunction with the vernissage of the Audience for Roger Lundgren, author, and Eva Bonnier, exhibition “A Glimpse of Paradise” Hanaholmen, Helsinki publisher, for presentation of the book about Princess Sibylla 2 Meeting of the Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla Memorial Fund 23 - Hunting, Halle-Hunneberg 24 3 - Childhood, USA 13 25 Conference about the situation in the Baltic Sea dedicated to H.M. The King as a 60th birthday present from Sweden’s 5 Presentation of the county governors, Kalmar Concert with Camerata Nordica, Kalmar Presentation of the Torsten & Wanja Söderberg Prize 2007 at the Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg

26 Attendance at a conference about the situation in the Baltic 5 - Visit to Colombia 9 Sea, dedicated to H.M. The King as a 60th birthday present from Sweden’s county governors, Mönsterås 6 Board meeting of the Carl XVI Gustaf’s 50th Jubilee Fund for 27 Visit to the Home Guard in the Skövde area Science, Technology and Environment Audience for Professor Anders Karlqvist, the Swedish Polar 29 Inauguration of Thermia’s international development Research Secretariat centre, Arvika Farewell audience for Bulgaria’s ambassador, H.E. Mr Goran Yonov 29 - World Scout Foundation, Copenhagen 30 Visit to the Mentor project and foundation stone laying ceremony for an ethanol factory in Bogota, Colombia 30 Presentation of King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Årets Nybyggare award for entrepreneurs with an immigrant background, 7 Nordic Battle Group, Boden area the Bernadotte Library, Royal Palace of Stockholm

Audience for Lieutenant General Jan Jonsson Gala dinner to raise money for the Mentor Foundation, and board meeting of the Mentor Foundation, Bogotá, Colombia

Inauguration of Prince Carl Philip’s photography exhibition Conference: Meeting Point Emergency Preparedness, “A Glimpse of Paradise” at Hanaholmen, Espoo, Finland Norra Latin

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8 - Meeting about global warming in Washington, D.C., USA Meeting of the The King’s Council for Land and Building 9 Issues 9 Opening of the Sápmi exhibition about the Sami people at Board meeting of Mentor Sweden the museum Nordiska Museet

The Royal Swedish Ballet’s autumn evening, the Royal Board meeting of the World Childhood Foundation Swedish Opera House

12 Meeting of H.M. The King’s Hunting Club The Royal Swedish Academy of Music, formal assembly

The Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences’ 211th 27 Audience for the Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, Horace Engdahl formal assembly Information meeting about the 2007 Nobel Laureates Gala dinner to raise money for the World Childhood

Foundation, New York, USA Meeting of King Gustaf VI Adolf’s Fund for Swedish culture Inauguration of the International Polar Year workshop The Swedish Research Council Meeting of Queen Silvia’s Jubilee Fund for research on 13 Farewell audience for the Apostolic Nuncio (Papal children and children’s disabilities ambassador), Archbishop Giovanni Tonucci 28 Formal audiences: , Panama, Audience for the President of Lithuania, H.E. Mr Valdas and Bulgaria Adamkus Themed day about the trade union movement, LO-TCO- Follow-up meeting with participants from the Nordic Air SACO and the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise Meet Reference group meeting, Silviahemmet and Presentation of the Marcus Wallenberg Prize Sophiahemmet

Visit to Växjö and the conference “Robust Society – but Board meeting of the World Childhood Foundation USA, how?” New York Diplomatic reception 14 Visit to the Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital, Stockholm

Gathering organised by the Young Presidents Organisation Cabinet meeting, in Konsejlsalen in the Bernadotte Library Presentation of the Bertil Hult Prize 15 Themed day: Integration - Gothenburg 30 Board meeting of Silviahemmet Foundation 15 - Inauguration of the school Victoriaskolan, Madeira, 18 Interview: Veteranen (magazine for members of SPF, the Swedish Pensioners’ Association) – Ingrid Lindgren 16 Information meeting with the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs about Austria prior to the state visit

Inauguration of a new police station, Fittja Centrum December

2 Attendance at the Advent church service, the Royal Chapel Press meeting prior to the state visit to Austria,

Austrian journalists 3 - Work experience at the office of Sweden’s Permanent 20 - State visit to Austria 14 Representation to the EU in Brussels 22 Read more on page 47 4 Inauguration of an exhibition about “Sweden’s last major 20 The Swedish Forum for Human Rights, MR-Dagarna 2007 war” Army Museum on the theme of War & Peace and presentation of the Per Anger Prize Audience for Stefan Lindeberg, Chairman of the Swedish Olympics Committee, and Gunilla Lindberg, Sectretary 23 Audience for Supreme Commander General Håkan Syrén General

Opening of a Christmas flower show at Drottningholm Audience for Hanna Lundstedt and family (My Big Day), red Palace audience room Interview: Swedish Television (for the Year with the Royal 26 Audience for Tom Bergroth, The Order of His Majesty The Family) – Agneta Bolme Börjefors King, for presentation of a new order diploma 10 Meeting with Young Leadership/Knowledge Council prior to Audience for Johan Strid, the Secretary General of the Swed- the 2008 seminar on sustainable development focusing on ish Guide and Scout Council leadership that crosses generations Audience for the Liberian President, H.E. Ellen Johnson- Presentation of diplomas to the winners of a current affairs Sirleaf quiz organised by DN, a Swedish newspaper

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14 Meeting with students from the Royal College of Forestry and receipt of Christmas trees

Christmas lunch with the Deutscher Damenclub

Executive Committee Meeting, World Childhood Foundation

15 Formal dinner to mark the end of the Linnaeus year, Jukkasjärvi 16 Church service, Kiruna Church

17 Audience for , Minister for the Environment for his report on the Climate Conference Farewell audience for France’s ambassador, H.E. Mr Denis Delbourg 18 Christmas service, the Royal Chapel

Concert to raise money for Star School at Cirkus

December 15: The Royal Couple attended the conclusion of the Linnaeus jubilee year at the Presentation of the Prince Eugen Culture Prize, Stockholm Ice in Jukkasjärvi. The King summarised the jubilee year in a speech and passed the City Hall baton to the Polar Year, which, like the Linnaeus Year, aims to inspire young people to work in natural sciences and research. Photo: Thord Nilsson/Scanpix 20 The Swedish Academy’s formal assembly

The 2007 Nobel Prize giving ceremony

11 Audience for Business Europe’s chairman Ernest-Antoine Seillère Meeting of King Carl XVI Gustaf’s foundation for research and training Audience for Ebba Lindsö, Efva Attling and Christina Blom Andersson Meeting of Queen Silvia’s foundation for research and training

H.M. The King’s dinner for the Nobel Laureates

12 Audience for Lord-in-Waiting Lars Löfgren and Professor Erling Norrby regarding the “Crown of Knowledge” 13 Audience for director Peder Wallenberg

Farewell audience for the ambassador of the Netherlands H.E. Mr Antoine Francois van Dongen Participation in Mäster Olofsgården’s “the Old Town’s living Advent calendar” Royal Palace of Stockholm

Interview: Stockholm City – Teresa Lindstedt December 25: On Christmas Day The King makes his traditional Christmas speech on the radio station P1. This is the first year that the speech was also broadcast on Swedish television later in the day. Photo: SVT

58 The Royal Court 2007 Royal glossary Many professional , words and expressions at the Royal Court have been used for a long time. Some are explained below. Riding Master the manager of Lords-in-Waiting and chamber- the stables department at the lains assist during state visits, Royal Mews. audiences, official dinners and other major events. Linen Chamber manages laundry and linen stores. Swedish Royal Court comprises members of the Extended Royal Head-Groom one of the coach- Family who are in line to the men and the deputy manager throne and their spouses, as well as of the stables department at Princess Lilian and Princess Birgitta. the Royal Mews. This person’s responsibilities include feed for Royal Family comprises The the horses. King and Queen, Crown Princess Victoria, Princess Madeleine and First Marshal of the Court the Prince Carl Philip. manager of the Office of the Marshal of the Court. Extended Royal Family comprises the Royal Family and Military Staff of H.M. The King other members stated in the comprises the Chief Military Staff Court Directory. of H.M. The King and aides from the Armed Forces. Marshal of the Realm the manager of the Royal Court The King’s Council for the organisation. Royal Court consists of the Royal Court’s managers and its duties Slottsfogde the “King’s palace include addressing budget issues. bailiff” and manager of a palace/ castle administration or the Royal Lady-in-Waiting assists The Djurgården Administration. Queen in official contexts. Palace superintendent part of Marshal of the Court the title of the security department and also the managers of the Households has ceremonial duties. of H.R.H. The Crown Princess and H.R.H. The Duchess of Halland. First Lady of the Court head of H.M. the Queen’s Household and of the Royal Household the Royal Domestic Household. at the Royal Palace of Stockholm. Responsible for organising and Governor of the Royal running everything from simple Palaces heads the Office of the lunches to grand gala dinners. Governor of the Royal Palaces, which is responsible for care Court Directory contains the and management of the royal names of leading figures at the palaces and their parks, and Royal Court and seating plans for care and management of Royal official dinners. Djurgården.

Royal footmen serve at royal Court Footman assists the dinners. Steward of the Royal Household.

Clerk to the First Surveyor to Royal Housekeeper responsi- the Royal Household heads bilities include cleaning, flower the department at the Royal arrangements and practical Collections that is responsible for preparations at the Royal Palace transporting furniture, furnishings of Stockholm in conjunction with and so on. the King and Queen’s official representation. Formal audiences take place when new ambassadors submit Mistress of the Robes takes their letters of introduction, part in state visits in Sweden “credentials” to H.M. The King. and at other ceremonies when requested by the King. The Royal Court 2007 59 THE Royal Court Royal Palace of Stockholm 111 30 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: +46 8-402 60 00 www.kungahuset.se