The Swedish Royal Family has concluded their trips to each of Sweden’s counties to show their support after the global health crisis.
The last journey took King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silva to Jämtland County, where they travelled to Östersund.
Their Majesties met with Governor Marita Ljung at her residence to discuss how the global health crisis impacted the county with various government representatives. They then moved on to Östersund Hospital to talk to those in the healthcare system, where they learned how the hospital worked during the crisis and visited an intensive care unit.
By the afternoon, the King and Queen were at Mid Sweden University to speak to those in the Department of Nursing and visit the clinical training facility with a patient simulator. Afterwards, they visited Park School, which educates those in grades 4-9. The school has welcomed refugee students from Ukraine, and Their Majesties learned how the educators are working to help the new students in their new environment. The King and Queen even had a chance to chat with some of the Ukrainian children in the school.
Their last public engagement was at Jamtli Museum to learn more about how the global health crisis impacted its work and the solutions they have come up with to face the challenges in a post-pandemic world. They also received a tour of the Överhogdals-bonaden and Nordic Myths exhibitions.
King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia concluded their day with a dinner at the residence of the governor.
In 2020, the Royal Court announced the Royal Family’s plans to visit all of Sweden’s 21 counties to show their support during the pandemic. Four visits took place in the autumn of 2020, but the rest of the tours had to be postponed due to the second wave of the crisis. Visits resumed in the autumn of 2021. The initiative to visit each county came from the King, and the Royal Court said he and the Royal Family were keen to “show participation with the affected and draw attention to local initiatives in various sectors of society.”
