Audi is examining existing and future plants as locations to build cars sold in the U.S Sweden's National Day and Swedish Flag Day were celebrated on Monday 6 June The King and Queen at the National Day celebrations in Holje Park in Olofström Photo: Sara Friberg/The Royal Court of Sweden The King and Queen began Sweden's National Day in Olofström which is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a municipality this year The King and Queen learnt about the car factory where around 2,500 people work to produce components which are then sent to Volvo's Torslanda factory and other car factories in Belgium The King and Queen met employees at Volvo Cars in Olofström and their children The King and Queen then took part in the National Day celebrations in Holje Park The King presented standards to local associations and organisations Sweden is a country with a rich history – and a promising future The King's speech on Sweden's National Day The Crown Princess Couple welcomed visitors to the Royal Palace which was open with free admission on Sweden's National Day the public also had the opportunity to visit Logården (the Royal Palace's garden) and the Bernadotte Library The Crown Princess Family welcomed the public to the Royal Palace Many people visited the Royal Palace on Sweden's National Day Prince Carl Philip attended the changing of the guard with the Mounted Guard from the Life Guards during which the Life Guards' Dragoon Music Corps performed a musical programme Prince Carl Philip with Supreme Commander Micael Bydén during the changing of the guard in the Outer Courtyard the Royal Family travelled by horse and carriage from the Royal Palace to Skansen The Crown Princess Family head to Skansen in a horse-drawn carriage The King and Queen and The Prince Couple leave the Royal Palace The public watched the cortège on Skeppsbron The cortège crossed Norrbro on its way to Skansen for the National Day celebrations Photo: Henrik Garlöv/The Royal Court of Sweden The King presented standards to associations and organisations You may feel that raising a flag is old-fashioned But what our flag stands for is more relevant today than ever: Our democracy The King gave a speech during the National Day celebrations at Skansen The Royal Family on the Solliden Stage at Skansen The King and Queen invited representatives from the Swedish Parliament and Government the public sector and the diplomatic corps to a reception at the Royal Palace The Royal Family welcomed the guests to the Bernadotte Apartments at the Royal Palace The Royal Family at the National Day reception at the Royal Palace Photo: Jonas Borg/The Royal Court of Sweden National Day ended with a tattoo by the Army Music Corps at Logården The Royal Family during the tattoo at Logården which brought the National Day celebrations to a close Skansen's founder Artur Hazelius initiated Sweden's National Day on 6 June 1893 but it was not until more than twenty years later that the tradition spread to the whole of the country Wholesaler Nils Ljunggren suggested holding a flag day in 1915 Swedish Flag Day was commemorated at Stockholm Olympic Stadium and at more than a hundred other locations throughout Sweden It was on this occasion at Stockholm Olympic Stadium that 'Sweden's Flag' The tradition of the monarch presenting standards to associations began in 1918 and has continued almost every year since then King Carl XVI Gustaf first took part in the celebrations at Stockholm Olympic Stadium in 1949 Swedish Flag Day officially became Sweden's National Day in 1983 and 6 June has been a public holiday since 2005 The date was chosen because Gustav Vasa was elected King of Sweden on this day in 1523 by a parliament in Strängnäs and the Instrument of Government was signed on this day in 1809 Find out more about how we use cookies A fire engine was handed over to the needs of the Pervomaisk settlement community of the Mykolaiv region the funds for which were collected by the Swedish benefactors Lions Club Olofström This is stated in the story of the RADA TV channel the Russians targeted the Pervomaisk fire station and destroyed it The rescuers were forced to temporarily move to a nearby village They traveled for ten days from the village of Mykhailo-Loryne «My guys repaired everything in 10 days,» says the head of the local fire department,» Olha Zhuk The rescuers of Pervomaisk received a fire truck from Sweden a few months ago and overalls and special shoes were delivered to the local utility workers We remind that in October of last year the Cabinet of Ministers issued an order on the transfer of fire engines to two territorial communities of the Mykolaiv region Cars were handed over to Kazankivka and Voskresenske settlement communities This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page View upcoming auction estimates and receive personalized email alerts for the artists you follow Volvo Cars is to stop all production at its three plants in Sweden to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus outbreak Volvo Cars CEO Håkan Samuelsson told Swedish Radio News that production at its facilities in Torslanda Skövde and Olofström will halt from March 26 while those in office jobs will cut working time to 40 percent of their normal working hours "Our primary concerns are the health of our employees and the future of our business," said Samuelsson who added that the move affects 25,000 employees in Sweden has also stopped production in Belgium and USA The company said it would re-open the plant in Ghent on April 5 and the other facilities in Sweden and the U.S Dave 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