Nordic royal guests and leaders arrive at start of celebrations marking King Carl XVI's 50 years on

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Stockholm - 15 September 2023
1. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson arriving with wife Birgitta Ed
2. Wide of guests arriving
3. Arrivals of the President of Iceland Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson and his wife, Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö and his wife, Denmark's Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, Denmark's Queen Margrethe, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Sweden's Princess Madeleine and her husband, Christopher O'Neill, Sweden's Princess Sofia and Prince Carl Philip, Crown Princess Victoria and her husband Prince Daniel, and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia walking behind them
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The Swedish Royal Family and other heads of state arrived on Friday at the Royal Palace Church in Stockholm to mark King Carl XVI Gustaf's golden jubilee.

He arrived alongside his wife Queen Silvia of Sweden and their children Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Madeleine.

He is the longest-reigning king in the history of the Swedish monarchy, which stretches back more than 1,000 years.

King Carl Gustaf uses the Roman numeral XVI to show that he is the 16th king named Carl to reign in Sweden. Except he isn’t.

Centuries ago, Swedish kings based their regnal numbers on a list of sovereigns that was partly made up. To make the kingdom's history seem longer and more interesting, mythical kings were added to the list, including six named Karl or Carl.

Gustaf has no say in how the country is run, due to the monarch’s powers having been stripped away gradually over the years.

A constitutional change that took effect in 1975 reduced the king to a figurehead with ceremonial duties.

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