Before the assembled Riksdag, he urged action on issues that require immediate action and to look beyond the next debate, budget or term of office.
- My wish is therefore that this parliamentary year is characterized by sensitivity, honesty and a long-term perspective. That you listen to each other even when you do not share an opinion, and seek common solutions, said the King.
And that you demonstrate the leadership that people have the right to expect from their elected representatives.
However, the King did not specifically mention the deadlock over the government issue.
Stayed at home
For several of the top politicians, the solemn ceremony was a break from the work of forming a new government.
However, one of the main figures, Left Party deputy leader Ida Gabrielsson, who has been the Left Party's public face recently, stayed home.
"I'm simply too tired, and my daughter also needs to see me at home and not just on TV," she writes on X.
Those who chose to attend the service in Storkyrkan heard priest Camilla Lif preach a message of love and deplore the politicians' harsh words towards each other during the election campaign.
In Storkyrkan, the two party leaders, between whom the fiercest disagreements in the government drama prevail, sat almost side by side. Only one chair separated V leader Nooshi Dadgostar from Centre leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist.
“Very strange”
On her way to the opening ceremony in the Riksdag, the Centre leader was asked by the media whether she could be given the assignment by the Speaker of the Riksdag to explore the possibilities of forming a government.
It seems very strange in this situation, says Thand Ringqvist.
Inside the Riksdag chamber, the King's opening speech, musical performance and the national anthem awaited. Afterwards, a mingle in the Riksdag building and a performance in the concert hall.
New meetings are expected on Wednesday between the party leaders and the Speaker regarding the deadlocked situation over the government issue.
