There is an appointment in the Swedish royal agenda in which Queen Silvia e Victoria of Sweden They vast strictly of black and white. It is theOpening of Parliamenta ceremony scheduled in September, in which King Carlo Gustavo, accompanied by his family, formally begins the session of the works. The Dress code It starts from an ancient tradition completely reinvented by the sovereign. The colors of the court’s clothes remained by the royal and ladies until the second half of the last century but the outfits are contemporary and above all have a strongly democratic value compared to the past.
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In 1778 King Gustavo III introduced a sort of uniform for women inspired by a Swedish national costume called Hovdräkt Translated into “court dress”. It was a black ceremony dress with puff sleeves characterized by a lattice, a train and some pizzo details.
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Despite its simplicity, the dress placed those who wore it in a higher rank despite having been designed equal for all in an attempt to stem the trends that came from abroad and the import of garments and fabrics considered too expensive. The custom also survived at the beginning of the kingdom of the son, Gustavo IV Adolfo, and then falling into disuse and leaving a free -fashioned free field. Only at court the tradition was carried out for the official appointments in the presence of His Majesty until 1950.

Two ladies wear the “court dress”. Source Wikimedia Commons.
However, the “court dress” resisted until 1974 in a limited context, that of the opening of Parliament. Until that year the inauguration took place in the throne room of the Royal Palace with a ceremony still very sumptuous. The royalists adopted the black velvet order dress with white silk snort sleeves to which they added Hermellian cloaks and Tiare. Same outfit Also for the wives of the ministers, however purified of the most opulent elements.

Opening of the 1956 Parliament: from the left Princess Sibylla, Princess Margaretha and Princess Birgitta. Source Wikimedia Commons.
Nationeal ArchiefWith the constitutional reform that left the king, stripped of political powers, only a representative function the works moved permanently to the Palazzo del Riksdag and also the costumes changed so much that Queen Silvia in September 1976, married to King Carlo Gustavo a couple of months earlier, he presented himself dressed in red.
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It was Marc Bohan who drew the dress that would transform one commoner in queen as wife of King Carlo Gustavo. Simple only apparently, the creation was designed not to steal the scene from the protagonist of the day and the precious family memorabilia
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Silvia of Sweden had the intuition of resuming tradition in the early 1980s meaning it as a bridge between old and new. The sovereign sent the “court dress” to the attic (except to dust it in 1988 in blue night velvet for the company ladies in a merely ceremonial version), he held the colors but effectively invented a Dress code That it was no longer exclusive, that is, reserved for a small number of people, but contemporary and suitable for everyday life.

Queen Silvia with King Carlo Gustavo at the opening of the 1983 Parliament.
Sjöberg BildbyrÃ¥/Getty Images“In Sweden all public power comes from the people and Riksdag is the main representative of the people»We read on the Swedish Constitution. A less pompous, and therefore democratic look because a dress, a jacket or a skirt are within everyone’s reach, becomes a sign of humility for the royal family that leaves the palace and, with the elegance of black and white, goes from those who hold the real power.
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The outfits unleashed by Queen Silvia, by the daughters Victoria and Madeleine, and by the daughter -in -law Sofia are undoubtedly formal and far from being excessively austere. There is no shortage of the so -called “white jewels”, it would be to say pearls and diamonds of the family memorabilia that illuminate the looks.

Queen Silvia at the opening of the 2010 Parliament.
Jonathan Nackstrand/Getty ImagesVictoria of Sweden, like his mother, are very respectful of the Dress code And every year they show us their combinations of black and white. Curiously the heir to the throne seems to have a favorite garment for the occasion. He first wore the black jacket with white bow in contrast in 2011, to repeat it in 2015, 2019 and 2022.
Victoria of Sweden with her husband Daniel at the opening of Parliament in 2011.
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Victoria of Sweden with her husband Daniel at the opening of Parliament in 2019.
Michael Campanella/Getty ImagesIn the princess’s wardrobe there is another ensemble reserved for the appointment, a white blouse with a lateral black bow and one Pencil Skirt black.
Princess Victoria at the opening of the 2014 Parliament,
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Princess Victoria at the opening of Parliament in 2016.
Michael Campanella/Getty ImagesIn 2024 Victoria of Sweden instead changed genre by opting for a dress midi With white fantasy on a black background signed & other stories worn in a couple of other events.

Princess Victoria at the opening of Parliament in 2024.
Michael Campanella/Getty ImagesWho can afford some freedoms in the label is the Princess Sofia Which in 2018 combined with the strictly black dress a bow in the head and a pair of Bordeaux shoes, obviously making people discuss at home for the choice considered bold. In 2021 she and her sister -in -law Madeleine found themselves dressed practically the same: From that moment on the offices of all the reals will put a phone call on the agenda to agree on the looks, avoiding clumsy accidents in black and white style.

Princess Sofia at the opening of Parliament in 2019.
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