Sweden this week marks the 50th anniversary of King Carl XVI Gustaf’s accession to the throne with four days of celebrations that culminate with a military parade through the capital.
From left: Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf, Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, Lithuania’s President Valdas Adamkus and his wife Alma Adamkiene attend a Flag Raising Ceremony at the S. Daukanto Square, in front of the Presidential Palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, July 6, 2009. Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf is the second-longest reigning European monarch alive today, after his cousin Queen Margrethe II, who celebrated her 50th anniversary on Denmark’s throne last year.
The Swedish Royal family, left to right, Queen Silvia, Princess Madeleine, King Carl XVI Gustaf, Prince Carl Philip, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel stand during the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden on Monday Dec. 10, 2012. The king and queen have three children, Princess Victoria, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Madeleine.
Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, at the Westminster Abbey, in London Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Carl Gustaf, 77, is the first king in the Swedish monarchy’s more than 1,000-year history to reach 50 years on the throne. And following the death of Queen Elizabeth II last year, he’s the second-longest reigning European monarch alive today.
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