On the third day of the state visit to Poland, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia arrived in Gdańsk. They were welcomed by the Mayor of Gdańsk, Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, and the director of the European Solidarity Centre, Magdalena Mistat. After a wreath-laying ceremony at the monument to the fallen shipyard workers of 1970, the King and Queen and the ministers took part in a meeting with former president Lech Wałęsa.
At the city gate of Gdańsk’s Old Town, the King and Queen and ministers Maria Malmer Stenergard and Parisa Liljestrand were welcomed by Mayor Aleksandra Dulkiewicz. The King and Queen then walked to the historic Town Hall for a visit.
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, accompanied by President Karol Nawrocki and First Lady Marta Nawrocka, visited the Museum of the Second World War. The museum’s director, Professor Rafał Wnuk, welcomed the guests, who were then given a guided tour focusing on the Second World War in Poland.
Queen Silvia and First Lady Marta Nawrocka then visited the Gdańsk Barnahus together with Minister Parisa Liljestrand. They were welcomed by Beata Wojtkowska, Vice Chair of the Empowering Children Foundation (ECF), a partner organization of the World Childhood Foundation. The King and Queen later visited Dom Zdrojowy on the beach in Gdańsk.
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