SSHL awarded the King’s flag

On June 6, we will be honored to receive the King’s flag at the official celebration of the Swedish National Day at Skansen in Stockholm.

The celebration starts with a “March of Celebration”, departing from central Stockholm and continuing all the way to Skansen, Djurgården.

Students and staff from SSHL will participate both in the march and on stage at Solliden, Skansen, where we will receive the flag from His Majesty the King himself.

The National Day celebration at Skansen can be followed on site or through the television broadcast on SVT1 and SVT Play.

We hope that as many as possible of the school’s friends will put on their school uniform or SSHL sweater and join the audience at Skansen! 

Swedish associations and organizations can be rewarded this special award “for important efforts, and draws attention to the important contribution of civil service, and for the country, in terms of both the breadth of activities and the contribution to our country’s democracy”.

We are so happy and grateful for this award, which is extra festive as we celebrate 100 years this year!

The Swedish National Day Foundation gives out a number of flags every year since 1916. A limited number of those, about 10, are handed over by His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf himself at the traditional celebration of National Day at Skansen in Stockholm.

The National Day Foundation and the Swedish Parliament administration work together to spread the knowledge about the flag as a symbol of Sweden and the values ​​our country is associated with such as democracy, peace and freedom.