Date | 19 June 1976 |
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Venue | Storkyrkan |
Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
Participants | Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden Miss Silvia Sommerlath |
The wedding of Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, and Silvia Sommerlath took place on Friday, 19 June 1976 at Storkyrkan. Carl XVI Gustaf had been king of Sweden since 1973 and Sommerlath was a German-born translator. The couple had met at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich and became engaged in 1976.
Olof Sundby, Archbishop of Uppsala, presided over the Church of Sweden ceremony in Storkyrkan. The ceremony was attended by the bride's and groom's families, as well as members of foreign royal families, diplomats, and various Swedish and German officials.
It was the first marriage of a reigning Swedish monarch since King Gustav IV Adolf married Princess Frederica of Baden in 1797.[1] Sommerlath became Sweden's first queen consort since 1965.