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    The Opening of the Riksdag Session (Swedish: Riksmötets Öppnande) is an annual ceremony in the Kingdom of Sweden to mark the start of a new parliamentary...
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    Eva Brunne (category Lutheran bishops of Stockholm)
    entered the Riksdag. The following day, Brunne mentioned the demonstrations in a traditional church sermon that precedes the opening of the Riksdag. In response...
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    Time of meeting for the opening of the Riksdag session Supplementary provision 3.6.1 The formal opening of the session after an election to the Riksdag takes...
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    such occasions as the King's birthday, the annual opening of the Riksdag and the Nobel Prize ceremony, the song is not considered the Swedish national...
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    been mentioned among the top contenders for the post. On 4 September 2024, less than a week prior to the Opening of the Riksdag when prime minister Ulf...
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    as the British, full of symbolism. After the abolition of the old state opening, the opening is now held in the Riksdag but in the presence of the monarch...
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    of wearing the crowns at the opening of the Riksdag ceased and the crowns were no longer worn. After this, the crown of the King and his sceptre were simply...
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    national legislatures of Estonia and Finland are also called Riksdag in Swedish. The precursor to the modern Riksdag was the Riksdag of the Estates (Swedish:...
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    newsinenglish.no. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2017. Riksdag. "Programme for the opening of the 2007/08 Riksdag session". Hedman, Karin. Retrieved 3 December...
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    from the state regalia of Sweden which is owned by the Swedish state. The jewels are worn on occasions such as state banquets, the Nobel Banquet, the annual...
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    The Parliament House (Swedish: Riksdagshuset [ˈrɪ̂ksdɑː(ɡ)sˌhʉːsɛt] ) is the seat of the parliament of Sweden, the Riksdag. It is located on nearly half...
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    is a list of members of the Riksdag, elected in the 2022 Swedish general election, for the term 2022–2026. The opening of the new Riksdag session took...
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    Colour guard (category Guards of honour)
    a detachment of soldiers assigned to the protection of regimental colours and the national flag. This duty is highly prestigious, and the military colour...
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    The Parliament of Finland (Finnish: Suomen eduskunta [ˈsuo̯men ˈeduskuntɑ]; Swedish: Finlands riksdag [ˈfinlɑnds ˈriksdɑː(ɡ)]) is the unicameral and supreme...
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    at the opening of the Riksdag, when an incoming foreign ambassador meets with the King at an audience to present letters of credence and when the King...
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    Storkyrkan (redirect from The Great Church)
    of the Riksdag every autumn. During the Middle Ages the church was also used for meetings of the city council of Stockholm. The building material of the...
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    alliance. Before the grand opening of the Riksdag in 1789, King Gustav III had the Riksdag Music commissioned.[clarification needed] The Parliament then...
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    (in the Council of State), and opening the annual session of the Riksdag. The monarch is to be continually briefed on governmental issues—in the Council...
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    1974 the crown jewels were also displayed at the opening of the Riksdag (Parliament). Among the oldest objects are the sword of Gustav Vasa and the crown...
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    slight". He was sardonically amused by the ancient pageantry of monarchy at the ceremonial opening of the Riksdag: "With all respects for old Swedish customs...
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    Sweden (redirect from The State (Sweden))
    members of the Riksdag. Members are elected on the basis of proportional representation to a four-year term. The internal workings of the Riksdag are, in...
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  • 1, Article 4 of the Swedish Riksdag Act provides that: The formal opening of a Riksdag session takes place at a special meeting of the Chamber held no...
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    Life Guards (Sweden) (category Infantry regiments of the Swedish Army)
    like the Royal Guard at the Stockholm Palace, state occasions like the annual opening of the Riksdag and as a guard of honour on the occasion of royal...
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    Tobias Billström (category Members of the Riksdag from the Moderate Party)
    Affairs in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson and has been Member of the Riksdag since the 2002 general election, representing Malmö Municipality (2002–2022)...
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    Swedish coronation robes (category National symbols of Sweden)
    described in the documents as Bleu Royal, i.e. royal blue. The mantles themselves were worn until 1907, during the state opening of the Riksdag. As King Gustaf...
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    Committee on Environment and Agriculture (category Committees of the Riksdag)
    that do not concern any other of the seventeen committees. Before the 1998/1999 opening of the Riksdag, was the name of the committee Jordbruksutskottet...
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    Johan Pehrson (category Members of the Riksdag from the Liberals (Sweden))
    cabinet during his Declaration of Government speech held at the Opening of the Riksdag. During this reshuffle Pehrson was appointed Minister for Education...
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  • Riksdagsmarschen (category Riksdag)
    Riksdagsmarschen, or the Riksdag Marsch, is a suite of music composed by Joseph Martin Kraus, for the grand opening, in 1789, of the Riksdag of the Estates in Sweden...
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    Petter Stenborg (category Age of Liberty people)
    at the opening of the Riksdag of the Estates in 1772. During the performance, the son of Petter Stenborg, Carl Stenborg, repeated the appeal to the king...
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    Skåne County (category Counties of Sweden)
    electing 47 of the 349 members of the Riksdag. Each district is made up of one or more municipalities. In the 2018 general election, the Sweden Democrats...
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