Friday, 7 June 2024, Berlin, German Federal Parliament (Bundestag), Germany: The Federal Speaker Bärbel Bas, in office since 26 October 2021, welcomed the Swedish top envoy to Germany, Veronika Wand-Danielsson for a bilateral conversation. This is not the first time Ambassador Wand-Danielsson is welcomed by Speaker Bas, for the latter hosted the Lucia Chorus of the Scandinavian Musical School in Stockhom at the premises of the Federal Parliament in the presence of Ambassador Wand-Danielsson on 15 December 2023.
The bilateral meeting took place just a day after Ambassador Wand-Danielsson hosted a reception in honour of Sweden’s National Day on 6 June, marking the coronation on the aforementioned date in 1523 of King Gustav I Vasa; thereby ending Sweden’s membership in the Kalmar Union. The kingdom has remained independent ever since. The Chair of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee Michael Roth held an allocution to the guests that attended the reception celebrated at the Swedish Residence to Germany.
