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Stockholm in the Swinging 60s

The Solemn Opening of the Riksdag was the state opening of Sweden’s parliament, seen here in a recording from 1960 during the reign of Gustaf Adolf. Years ago I wrote about Oskar II’s opening of parliament.

Alas, all this was done away with as part of the constitutional innovations of 1974, and the Swedish legislature is now opened with a much simpler ceremony.

via Karl-Gustel

Published at 1:40 pm on Tuesday 10 January 2017. Categories: Errant Thoughts History Monarchy Tags: , , , , .
Comments

Come off it Cusack. 1960 was no part of the swinging ’60s, as your ceremony quite plainly proves.
The decline did not start until the end of 1963 with the assassination of Kennedy.
I promise – I was there from the beginning, and watched it all with a critical but discerning eye.

— Scipio Mytens 10 Jan 2017 10:03 pm

My point precisely!

— Andrew Cusack 10 Jan 2017 11:24 pm
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