The traditional opening of the new working year of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdag) took place on September 8, 2020, Tuesday. A traditional church service was held at Stockholm Cathedral before the opening which marks the start of the 2020/21 parliamentary year. King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia attended that church service. Afterwards, the King and Queen attended the opening of 2020 working year of the Parliament at Riksdag building in Stockholm.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the opening of the Riksdag session became different than in the past years, and fewer Riksdag members and a small number of invited guests attended the opening session. Only 190 of 348 members of the Riksdag and half of the government ministers attended, because of the safety measures. Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia did not attend.
