Opening of Parliament 2011

[iceflower]

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King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Prince Carl Philip, Princess Madeleine, Prince Daniel and Crown
Princess Victoria during the church service in Great Cathedral before the opening of the
Swedish Parliament in Stockholm, Sweden, September 15, 2011.



** svenskdam.se gallery: Hela kungafamiljen nu på plats i Storkyrkan **

** svenskdam.se: Riksdagens öppnande **


** danapress/belga gallery ** stella/belga gallery ** IBL gallery **


** lehtikuva.fi gallery: Prinsessa Victoria ja Daniel mukana valtiopäivien avajaisissa **

[ursulajohanna]

Live opening the parlament:

SVT Forum | svt.se

[Lumutqueen]

Is there a reason for the black clothes tradition? Just wanted some background info for the blog. And the first svenskdam gallery 'cannot be found'.

[HRH of Sweden]

Originally Posted by Lumutqueen

Is there a reason for the black clothes tradition? Just wanted some background info for the blog. And the first svenskdam gallery 'cannot be found'.

before 1975 The ceremony took place in the castle in the so called "parlament hall" and it was a very grandeur event, if you look at these liks:
Riksmötets högtidliga öppnande 1974 - SVT Forum | SVT Play
Riksmötets högtidliga öppnande 1961 - SVT Forum | SVT Play

Now to answer your question, The black clothes has it's origin from the ladies court-dresses.

Those were the days :)

[Lumutqueen]

Originally Posted by HRH of Sweden

The black clothes has it's origin from the ladies court-dresses.

Those were the days :)

And what are they?

[LadyFinn]

Also in Finland all the people wear black or at least very dark clothes at the opening and closing the parliament every year. It´s a tradition, as it is a solemn and stately event.

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Lots of photos here:
http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/livebevakning

[iceflower]

Originally Posted by Lumutqueen

And the first svenskdam gallery 'cannot be found'.

For me it still works, maybe it helps to refresh the link in your browser.


Here's an additional ppe gallery!

[Lumutqueen]

Originally Posted by iceflower

For me it still works, maybe it helps to refresh the link in your browser.


Here's an additional ppe gallery!

Works now, must have been my laptop. Lovely pictures.

[LadyFinn]

Video of the kings speech:
Riksmötets öppnande: Kungens tal - SVT Forum | SVT Play
Photos
http://www.svd.se/multimedia/dynamic...13_784390c.jpg
http://www.svd.se/multimedia/dynamic...14_784400c.jpg
http://www.svd.se/multimedia/dynamic...16_784402c.jpg
http://www.svd.se/multimedia/dynamic...18_784414c.jpg

[Boris]

Originally Posted by Lumutqueen

Is there a reason for the black clothes tradition? Just wanted some background info for the blog.

The black-and-white tradition was re-introduced by Queen Silvia in 1983, when the Opening of Parliament (a very dull and casual affair from 1975 to 1982 without any ceremonial aspect) was upgraded a bit again to its current form with carriage ride, big entrance of the royal family and more formal dress code.
Black-and-white was indeed chosen to pay homage to the historic full-lengh Swedish Court Dress in black velvet with black-and-white sleeves, which was previously worn with ermine trains and tiara to the Opening of Paliament ceremony at its former location in the Hall of State at Stockholm Palace.

[Lumutqueen]

Originally Posted by Boris

The black-and-white tradition was re-introduced by Queen Silvia in 1983, when the Opening of Parliament (a very dull and casual affair from 1975 to 1982 without any ceremonial aspect) was upgraded a bit again to its current form with carriage ride, big entrance of the royal family and more formal dress code.
Black-and-white was indeed chosen to pay homage to the historic full-lengh Swedish Court Dress in black velvet with black-and-white sleeves, which was previously worn with ermine trains and tiara to the Opening of Paliament ceremony at its former location in the Hall of State at Stockholm Palace.

Thank you very much,

It is a lovely tradition then.

[Meraude]

Originally Posted by Lumutqueen

And what are they?

Here's a link to the Swedish court dress for ladies: Hovdräkt - Wikipedia

Here you can see pictures of queens Desirée and Josefina in the court dress: Kungligt klädd – med nationell karaktär | Nationalencyklopedin

The court dress for the Swedish court was an "invention" by Gustav III.

[Boris]

Actually, the Court Dress still exists, as it was also re-introduced by Queen Silvia in the mid-1980s to be worn optionally by the ladies of the Swedish Court at the grand occasions like state banquets.
It's a variation of the old Court Dress in design, in midnight blue velvet with the characteristic white criss-cross bands on the sleeves.
Here the Queen's senior lady-in-waiting Countess Alice Trolle-Wachtmeister is wearing the new Court Dress:

IBL Bildbyrå - Royaltyfria bilder, historiska bilder, illustrationsbilder med mera.

[Josefine]

has the concert started

[LadyFinn]

Victoria at the Opera tonight:
Kronprinsessan Victoria på operan med familjen | Svensk Damtidning
Sexy Madeleine and the queen
Tjusigt Madeleine! | kungligamodebloggen
Photos from today:
Opening Parliamental Year, Stockholm 15-09-2011 - royalportraits.nl

http://blogg.svt.se/ebba/2011/09/sva...nglig-elegans/

[Josefine]

what is victoria vearing? this did not work well

[Marika86]

The Swedish Royal family attend the performance at the Royal Swedish Opera, following the Swedish Parliament opening.

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[LadyFinn]

HQ photos:
http://bloggar.expressen.se/emmasmode/files/2011/09/KUNGLIGAOPERAN15.jpg
http://bloggar.expressen.se/emmasmode/files/2011/09/KUNGLIGAOPERAN18.jpg
http://bloggar.expressen.se/emmasmode/files/2011/09/KUNGLIGAOPERAN23.jpg

Victoria´s dress is from Filippa K.

[rop81]

The silver dress that Victoria wears tonight is absolutely horrible!! and that necklace

[suztav]

Not my favorite dress but I have seen worse. She probably favors a trapeeze style dress for comfort.