Royal Guests and Relatives joined the Swedish Royal Family for world premiere of ABBA’s ‘Dancing Queen’ at the Wedding Gala of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Silvia Sommerlath at the Royal Opera in Stockholm on this day in 1976, 50 years ago, followed by a Ball at Drottningholm Palace on the eve of the Wedding.
The Wedding of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Silvia Sommerlath was celebrated with a Gala of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Silvia Sommerlath at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, which featured the world premiere of ABBA’s iconic ‘Dancing Queen’.
The evening before the nuptials were due to take place, a gala concert was held in the couple’s honour, with a performance by ABBA of Dancing Queen dedicated to the bride-to-be. Silvia wore her first her tiara to the event, the Connaught Diamond Tiara, which had been a beloved diadem of the groom’s late mother, Princess Sibylla, at the insistence of the king’s sisters.
Afterwards, the Royal Guests and Relatives joined King Carl XVI Gustaf and Silvia Sommerlath at a Dinner for 200 Guests at Drottningholm Palace, which ended with a Ball.
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Silvia Sommerlath (wearing the Connaught Diamond Tiara, Karl Johan Earrings and Diamond Chain with the Royal Order of the Seraphim)
King Olav V of Norway with Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte of Luxembourg (in the Sapphire Bracelet Tiara and her Sapphire Necklace)
Tsar Simeon II and Tsaritsa Margarita of Bulgaria (wearing Queen Marie-Amélie’s Diamond Parure)
Crown Prince Harald and Crown Princess Sonja of Norway (in the Norwegian Emerald Parure)
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester (wearing the Diamond Necklace Tiara)
Princess Margaretha (in the Queen Sofia’s Nine Prong Tiara and Napoleonic Amethyst Parure) and Princess Birgitta (wearing the Leuchtenberg Sapphire Parure)
Princess Désirée (in the Baden Fringe Tiara and Pink Topaz Parure)
Princess Christina (wearing the Four-Button Tiara and Processional Necklace) with Prince Andreas and Princess Karin of Saxe-Coburg und Gotha (in the Duchess of Albany’s Diamond Necklace)
Lilian Craig (wearing the Laurel Wreath Tiara)
Count Sigvard and Countess Marianne Bernadotte of Wisborg (in her Pearl and Diamond Tiara)
Count Carl Johan and Countess Kerstin Bernadotte (wearing her Diamond Necklace Tiara)
Countess Madeleine Bernadotte (wearing her Von Rosen Tiara)
Countess Estelle Bernadotte (in her Diamond Tiara)
Earlier this week, Royal Guests and Relatives joined the Swedish Royal Family to celebrate the Golden Wedding Anniversary of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden at the Royal Opera in Stockholm
Swedish Aquamarine Kokoshnik Tiara
Princess Lilian’s Laurel Wreath Tiara
Princess Sofia’s Wedding Tiara
King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Portrait Brooch