The Royal CouRT annual RepoRT 2008
CONTENTS
THE YEAR IN BRIEF ...... 4 CARL XVI GUSTAF – SWEDEN’S HEAD OF STATE ...... 5 REPORT FROM THE MARSHAL OF THE REALM ...... 6
ROYAL COURT For Sweden – With the Times ...... 7 Financial reporting ...... 7 The Court Administration’s use of funds ...... 8 Staff ...... 9
THE COURT ADMINISTRATION Offi ce of the Marshal of the Realm ...... 10 Offi ce of the Marshal of the Court with Offi ce of Ceremonies ...... 12 H.M. The Queen’s Household ...... 16 H.R.H. The Crown Princess’s Household ...... 19 H.R.H. The Duchess of Halland’s Household ...... 21 The Royal Mews ...... 22
THE PALACE ADMINISTRATION The Royal Collections with the Bernadotte Library ...... 24 The Offi ce of the Governor of the Royal Palaces ...... 29 - Stockholm Palace Administration ...... 30 - Drottningholm Palace Administration with the Crown Lands ...... 32 - Gripsholm Castle Administration...... 33
ROYAL DJURGÅRDEN ADMINISTRATION Operations ...... 34
ROYAL PALACE ADMINISTRATION ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2008 Notes to the fi nancial statements ...... 36 Financial statements ...... 37 Auditor’s report ...... 41
ROYAL DJURGÅRDEN ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2008 Notes to the fi nancial statements ...... 42 Financial statements ...... 43 Auditor’s report ...... 44
Diagram overview ...... 45 theme pages state visits ...... 46 theme pages ceremonies ...... 50 Medal presentations ...... 52 iary – Excerpts from the Royal Family’s offi cial programme in 2008...... 54 Royal glossary ...... 63 Organisation ...... 64
THE ROYAL COURT 2008 3 THE YEAR IN BRIEF
Considerable number of offi cial engagements