King Carl XVI Gustaf turned 80 years old a while back. The Royals from Denmark and Norway showed up for the party and moored their official boats at Skeppsbron, just across the street from the Royal Palace. The Danish ship is called Dannebrogen. The Norwegian, KS Norge. A lot of security present of course. We heard the Cannon salute from Skeppsholmen and saw the Swedish Air Force do a fly-over with the Gripen and some of the older aircraft as well. But the area was still open for anyone to visit so the place was packed with onlookers and people eating lunch at the restaurants down by the water. I tried walking up to the palace but it was too crowded, so I headed over to Strömgatan near the Opera House from where I could hear the choir singing for the birthday boy at Lejonbacken. I then walked out onto the Norrbro bridge which was also packed with people. Including the cyclist on his way home from Lidl. I am not really a royalist, but it was still fun to see everything. A little later I was stopped by police because they were closing a street near City Hall as the king and queen drove by in his 80-year-old Volvo. I took a quick photo, but it was out of focus, so I deleted it.































