Sweden Living World Business Sports Entertainment FAQ

Cover image for Rosalynn Carter

Rosalynn Carter

Carter laid to rest with all living presidents present

The state funeral of USA's former president Jimmy Carter is being held on Thursday in Washington DC – and all the country's former or current presidents who are alive are in attendance. Among others, USA's incoming president Donald Trump and Barack Obama, who was president between 2009-2017, are sitting next to each other.

Carter laid to rest with all living presidents present

Six Days of Honors for Carter Have Begun

Six days of honors preceding the state funeral of the USA's former president Jimmy Carter have begun with a coffin procession to Carter's birthplace Plains in the state of Georgia. Mourners with flags, banners, and handmade signs gathered along the procession route.

Six Days of Honors for Carter Have Begun

Carter – from peanut farmer to acclaimed peacemaker

Jimmy Carter's greatest political achievement as the President of the USA was that Israel and Egypt made peace. But he failed to free the Americans held as hostages at the US embassy in Tehran and was unpopular when he lost the election to Ronald Reagan in 1980.

Carter – from peanut farmer to acclaimed peacemaker