To editorial staff: Advance application is required for a photo location at the opening of the Riksdag session
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The opening of the Riksdag session will take place on Tuesday 9 September. In connection with the ceremony, there will be a limited number of photo locations available for the media. In order to be allocated a photo location, you need to apply in advance to cover the opening, and you also require media accreditation to the Riksdag.
At 12.45 p.m. on Tuesday 9 September the guests will start to arrive at the Riksdag via Riksplan. At 2 p.m. the ceremony for the opening of the Riksdag session will start in the Chamber. In connection with the ceremony, photo locations will be available for media at Riksplan and in the Chamber.
How to apply
The application period starts at 8 a.m. on 28 August and ends at 5 p.m. on 4 September.
Applications should be sent by email only to press250909@riksdagen.se. State your name, editorial office and which photo location you would like.
- At Riksplan there are places partly on a press stand next to the steps to the East Wing of the Riksdag, and partly on the ground just in front of the steps. The locations are outdoors and there is no roof.
- In the Chamber there are photo locations in front of the press gallery (position 1), on the balconies (positions 7 and 10) and in the photo openings (positions 8 and 9). See map: Photo locations in the Chamber (pdf 111kB)
How photo locations are allocated
Please note that application in advance will not guarantee you a place. The Riksdag Administration will inform everyone who has applied whether they have received a location by 8 September at the latest.
The photo locations are allocated among everyone with media accreditation to the Riksdag who has applied in advance to cover the opening. If we receive more applications than the number of available places, the locations will be allocated according to the following principles:
- first, we will prioritise photographers working for photo agencies/news agencies who regularly sell images to the media which are available to the public in Sweden or for national newspapers or national television companies;
- if there are still more people who have applied than available locations, the time of application will be used, on a first-come, first-served basis.
Photo opportunity in the evening at Konserthuset/Hötorget
In the evening of 9 September, there will be a concert at Konserthuset for members of the Riksdag and guests. A photo location at Hötorget outside Konserthuset will open for photographers when the members of the Riksdag and guests arrive. Photographers are required to have media accreditation to the Riksdag and to go through a security check. No notice of attendance is required. The concert will start at 7 p.m. and is not open to the media.
Further information
Information about the schedule, restrictions, etc:
Information to the media about the opening of the 2025 Riksdag session
Information about the Riksdag’s rules for media accreditation and photography:
Contact
The Riksdag Administration Press Service + 46(0)8 786 62 00.