THE ROYAL COUrt 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 Parliament’s Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs and CARL XVI GUSTAF – SWEDEN’S HEAD OF State ...........3 Cabinet 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 Stockholm, 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 Office 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 Paris 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 PALACE 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 Palaces .........................25 Stockholm Palace Administration .........................................26 Drottningholm Palace Administration INVESTMENTS AND RESTORATION WORK with the Crown Lands ..........................................................27 AT THE PALACES Gripsholm Castle 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 MEDAL PRESENTATIONS .....................................................42 n The Royal Palaces attracted around 750,000 visitors STATE VISITS ...........................................................................44 DIARY – Excerpts from the Royal Family’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 Uppsala and Espoo, Finland n A programme of measures boosted the number of Published by: Edited by: Design: Seforma AB visitors to Gripsholm Castle The Royal Court Nina Eldh Printed by: Stockholms Läns Royal Palace 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 Drottningholm Palace 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 monarchies 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 monarch 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 monarchy 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, Denmark and outgoing state visits, and receive foreign ambas- Norway, 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 throne is the nation’s Head Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Carl Philip or of State. The duties of the Swedish monarchy are Princess Madeleine (in order 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 China, Brazil and Bulgaria, the Riksdag’s allocation to the Court and Palace while the King and Queen made state visits to Ja- Administrations has been carried out in accord- pan, Denmark and Austria. 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 Carl Linnaeus. The King also met the Presidents visitor activities, and due to financial savings. The of both Russia and the United States of America, distribution of the state allocation to the various in connection with official visits to Moscow 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 vis- the guest apartment, which the National Property its and other official visits traditionally happen in Board has begun renovating. close cooperation