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The Royal Court Annual Report 2008 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 Five state visits, two of which were outgoing. The King opened the Parliamentary Session, and held meetings of the Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs and cabinet meetings. Thirty four ambassadors were received during formal audiences Offi cial dinners, ministerial lunches and the traditional dinner for the Nobel Laureates Crown Princess Victoria led a meeting of the Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs for the fi rst time Commitment to important social issues Crown of Knowledge – the royal academies gathered under the theme “Our countryside in a state of fl ux” Integration issues and young leadership in focus The Queen was involved in several conferences relating to children and young people, dementia and care of the elderly The Crown Princess took part in a manifestation against street violence Record number of visitors to the royal palaces Bernadotte music – welcome extension of concert activities 786,650 visitors to the royal palaces, of which around half a million visited the Royal Palace of Stockholm Well-attended exhibition, “Two centuries of Bernadotte portraits”, in the Hall of State Work to prepare Rosersberg Palace as a destination for visitors Preserving our cultural heritage Planned investments in security continue at the Royal Palace of Stockholm Crumbling façades require extensive work over several years at the Royal Palace of Stockholm Major restoration work on fl oors, walls and ceiling in the Bernadotte Gallery, the Audience Chamber, and Princess Sibylla’s offi cial guest apartments Energy-saving campaign and continued environmental work Installation of geothermal pumps on Royal Djurgården Less mileage using petrol-driven cars, and the Royal Mews tries out electric cars Major environmental clean-up operation at the dry dock at Beckholmen 4 THE ROYAL COURT 2008 King Carl XVI Gustaf – Sweden’s Head of State SWEDEN’S HEAD OF STATE. The Constitution Act rules that the “holder of Sweden’s throne is the nation’s Head of State”. Sweden is thus a constitutional monarchy. Sweden’s King, Carl XVI Gustaf, came to the throne in 1973, and is the 74th monarch. The organisation that surrounds the Head of State is called the Royal Court. Sweden is one of the oldest monarchies in the world. A castle has The Constitution Act also states that The King shall chair stood on the site of the Royal Palace for over a thousand years. information and change of government cabinet meetings, and There has been a reigning monarch at the castle for several meetings of the Advisory Council on Foreign Aff airs. centuries, right up to the present day. The King shall also open the Parliamentary Session. In all The Swedish monarchy has performed its duties in vari- other respects, it is the monarch’s duty to represent Sweden ous diff erent forms throughout history. As with our Nordic at incoming and outgoing state visits, and to receive foreign neighbours, Denmark and Norway, Sweden is now a consti- ambassadors for accreditation. tutional monarchy, which means that the monarchy’s author- If The King is prevented from carrying out his duties as ity is regulated by the constitution. Head of State, for example due to foreign visits to distant or The offi cial duties of the Swedish monarchy are chiefl y inaccessible regions, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Carl symbolic, as a “collective representative and symbol of the Philip or Princess Madeleine (in order of succession) step in country”. as temporary representatives. THE ROYAL COURT 2008 5 Report from the Marshal of the Realm of the royal academies, based on the theme, “Our environ- ment in a state of fl ux”. The seminars were all televised and shown on Swedish Television. The Royal Court is also responsible for preserving and displaying the cultural heritage that is associated with the history of the monarchy. A growing band of Swedish and foreign visitors is sharing in this cultural heritage. Last year, 786,650 visits were registered at the royal palaces, of which almost half a million were to the Royal Palace. Visitor activi- ties are fi nanced via entrance fees. The Royal Court and Palace Administrations were grant- ed an increase in the state allocation of SEK 10 million ahead of the 2008 fi nancial year, of which SEK 2 million is a tem- porary increase for the next three years. The increase in the allocation is mainly intended to fi nance heightened security Marshal of the Realm Mr Ingemar Eliasson. Photo: Clas Göran Carlsson. measures and cover the costs of The Crown Princess’s ex- In the constitution, the Riksdag (the Swedish Parliament) has laid tended offi cial commitments. down that “The King or Queen, who holds Sweden’s throne in The increase has been allocated to investments in systems accordance with the order of succession, is the nation’s Head of for improving protection for both visitors and staff , as well State” (RF 1:5). When the current Constitution Act was adopted, as buildings. It has also fi nanced raised manning levels dur- it was stated that the Head of State “carries out an important ing the palace guard’s night watch. Princess Sibylla’s offi cial function in his or her capacity as collective representative and guest apartments were restored during the year, and exten- symbol for the country”. sive eff orts were made to environmentally adapt operational The entire Royal Family contributes to this function. There is forms and machinery. considerable demand for their involvement in events in Sweden The proportion of the allocation increase that is to fi nance and abroad. During the year, 1,488 invitations were received. the extended activities of The Crown Princess is being used The King and Queen participated in 282 diff erent events, both to gradually and consciously build up the service required by separately and together. The Crown Princess received 226 in- The Crown Princess and her siblings. The successor to the quiries regarding her participation in various events. Prince Carl throne’s need to gradually begin organising her own offi cial Philip and Princess Madeleine are also increasingly taking part representation and her own household is taking place stead- in the task of representing
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