Sweden celebrates 500 years as independent nation with ceremony
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Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia took part in a ceremony to celebrate 500 years as an independent country on June 6, 2023.
His election ended the so-called Kalmar Union with Norway and Denmark, which had endured since the 14th century. Sweden was eventually transformed from an elective monarchy into a hereditary monarchy, where the crown would be passed on from father to son.
On Tuesday morning, the royal couple, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Andreas Norlen, speaker of Sweden's parliament, arrived at the Gothic-style cathedral, built between 1291 and 1340, which is in the heart of Strangnas, a quiet town with a population of about 13,000.
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