This should be posted in the thread about the State visit from Finland, but it's closed. I post it here, and hope that it coult be moved.
From the royal court website:
Statsbesök från Finland - program och ackrediteringsinformation - Sveriges Kungahus [NS4 version]
The (preliminary) prgramme for the visit of President Niinistö an Mrs Haukio to Sweden in April 17-18th.
Tuesday April 17th:
In the morning President Niinistö and Mrs Haukio arrive to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport and are greeted by Swedish Foreign Minister Mr Carl Bildt.
President Niinistö and Mrs Haukio are greeted by the King and Queen at the Royal Mews. They will travel in to the Royal Palace by horse and carriage.
At the Royal Palace there will be an official welcome-ceremony, and President Niinistö will inspect the Royal Guard.
The King and Queen host a private lunch in Princess Sibylla´s Apartment at the Royal Palace. (In the same time Mr Bildt hosts a lunch at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.)
In the afternoon President Niinistö vists the speaker of the swedish parliament (sv, riksdagens talman) Mr Per Westerberg in the House of the Riksdag.
President Niinistö will visit Prime minister Mr Fredrik Reinfeldt at the government offices Rosenbad. President Niinistö and Prime minister Reinfeldt will have negotitations and host a press conference.
President Niinistö will give a lecture at Stockholm School of Economics (Handelshögskolan) at the subject "Northern European Perspectives".
In the afternoon Mrs Haukio and Queen Silvia visit The Modern Museum.
Mrs Haukio and Queen Silvia visit the educational company Hyper Island.
In the evening the King and Queen host a Gala Dinner at the Royal Palace in honour of President Niinistö and Mrs Haukio.
Wednesday April 18th:
In the morning President Niinistö and Mrs Haukio visit the finnish-swedish school in Upplands-Väsby.
The programme continues with a visit to "Science for Life Laboratory" at the Karolinska Insitute in Solna.
City of Stockholm host a lunch on board of one Stockholm archipelago ferry.
In the afternoon President Niinisö and Mrs Haukio visit the Finland Institute (Finlandsinstitutet).
The state visit ends with areception hosted by President Niinistö at the residence of the Finnish Ambassador in Stockholm.
Hopefully later they might mention it somewhere briefly.
Mrs Haukio is looking stylish. I read somewhere that the flight to Stockholm was not exactly pleasant and the couple was freezing (army planes aren't very comfy) so Mrs Haukio had to change to her outfit (or "get refreshed") in the VIP room at the airport. If so, I'm wondering were these pics taken after she returned? It would be a bit strange to welcome the presidential couple and then the whole entourage would wait at the runway until the first lady has changed her clothes and returned to take pictures. 
Oh well...
Only Finnish newspapers etc., the official sites and photo agencies are mentioning this. I think it is downright weird, maybe even a bit scandalous. Yes, I do know that there are lot of other things to report right now (and the Breivik trial in Norway is all over the news) but to leave an official state visit without any notice is rude IMO. 
Unfortunately I'm not surprised. Of course the Royal family have been kind and welcoming but otherwise I'm starting to think the first state visit should be done to Estonia instead... 
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