Vasaorden (barge)

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The royal barge Vasaorden during the wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling

Vasaorden is a Swedish

royal weddings
.

It is 17.88 meters (58.7 ft) long and 3.1 meters (10 ft) wide.[1]

Vasaorden was first used to mark the arrival of Duchess Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte to Stockholm in July 1774

After the original barge was destroyed in a fire on 8 August 1921, an exact replica was constructed and launched in 1923.[2]

Vasaorden at the Golden Jubilee of Carl XVI Gustaf

References

  1. ^ "VASAORDEN (1774) [sv] - KulturNav".
  2. ^ "The Royal Barge 'Vasaorden'". Royal Court of Sweden. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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