It's Walpurgis Night and King Carl XVI Gustav turns 77. During the day, the King will be celebrated in accordance with tradition with hall committees and flowers from children in the courtyard of the Royal Palace.
At 13 p.m., a salute of 21 shots is fired from the cannons on Skeppsholmen. Just 21 hall committees are fired only for the head of state, the nation and other royals. After the salute, the king comes out into the outer courtyard, and then children are given the opportunity to celebrate the king by giving him flowers.