Carl XVI Gustaf

FILE - Sweden's King Carl Gustaf adjusts a pillow for Queen Silvia at the Nobel award ceremony at Stockholm Concert Hall, in Stockholm, on Tuesday Dec. 10, 2019. (Claudio Bresciani / TT Pool via AP, File)

Things to know about Sweden’s monarchy as King Carl XVI celebrates 50 years on the throne

Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf celebrates his golden jubilee on Friday, marking 50 years since he ascended the throne on Sept. 15, 1973.

FILE - King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia ride in a horse-drawn carriage from the Royal Palace to Skansen for the National Day celebrations in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday June 6, 2023. Sweden this week marks the 50th anniversary of King Carl XVI Gustaf’s accession to the throne with four days of celebrations that culminate with a military parade through the capital. (Jonas Ekstromer/TT via AP, File)

Sweden’s figurehead king celebrates 50 years on the throne

FILE - Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia sit during a visit to the King Hussein Cancer Center in Amman, Jordan, Nov 16, 2022. King Carl XVI Gustaf has undergone a planned a keyhole surgical procedure “in the heart area” and is doing well, the palace said Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, file)

Swedish king is doing well after surgery in ‘heart area’

Sweden’s king to undergo planned surgery in heart area

From left, Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Sweden's King Carl Gustaf at the inauguration of Esrange's new satellite launch ramp, Spaceport Esrange outside Kiruna Sweden, Friday Jan. 13, 2023. The European Commission and the Swedish government met in Sweden's northernmost city Kiruna and nearby Jukkasjarvi on Jan. 12-13, the first meeting since Swedish took over the EU presidency on Jan. 1, 2023. (Jonas Ekströme/TT News Agency via AP)

EU inaugurates first mainland satellite launch port

Members of ABBA, from left, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Faltskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson arrive for the ABBA Voyage concert at the ABBA Arena in London, Thursday May 26, 2022. ABBA is releasing its first new music in four decades, along with a concert performance that will see the "Dancing Queen" quartet going entirely digital. The virtual version of the band will begin a series of concerts on Thursday. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Stars and royalty watch ABBA’s return in digital stage show

Four decades after ABBA last performed live, audiences can once again see them onstage, in the innovative digital concert “ABBA Voyage.”

Blogger Dagny Carlsson photographed in Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden, on June 14, 2017. Dagny Carlsson, dubbed the world’s oldest blogger, who wrote about her life in Sweden based on the attitude that you should never think you are too old to do what you want to do, has died, Swedish media and her fan page reported Friday, March 25, 2022. She was 109. (Anders Wiklund/TT via AP)

Dagny Carlsson, centenarian blogger, dies at age 109

Dagny Carlsson, who started blogging after her 100th birthday and became a social media star in her native Sweden, has died. She was 109.

Heir to Sweden’s throne cancels Dutch trip due to lockdown

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria is canceling a trip to the Netherlands because of the three-week partial lockdown there amid surging COVID-19 cases in the country, the Swedish royal household said Monday.

Social Democrat Leader Stefan Lofven after being voted Prime Minister in the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm, Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Lofven has won support from lawmakers to form new government after leading the country in a caretaking capacity since late last month. Lofven received 117 votes in the 349-seat Riksdagen on Wednesday in favor of giving him the mandate, with 58 abstentions. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)

Sweden: New center-left govt presented without changes

Sweden’s caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has unveiled a two-party minority coalition government after getting the nod earlier this week to form a new government.

Prince Henrik, husband of Danish monarch, dies at age 83

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Prince Henrik, the French-born husband of Danish monarch Queen Margrethe who publicly vented his frustration at not being the social equal of his wife or their son in line to become Denmark’s king, died late Tuesday.