The new sessional year of the Danish Parliament began on Tuesday 2 October 2018. Here you can see pictures from the special day.
Queen Margrethe II and other members of the royal family arrived at Christiansborg and were welcomed by the Speaker of the Danish Parliament, Pia Kjærsgaard (DF). At precisely 12.00, the longest sitting member of the Danish Parliament, Bertel Haarder (V), began the opening meeting. After the election of the Presidium and the re-election of Pia Kjærsgaard as Speaker of the Danish Parliament, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen (V) gave his opening address.
Here you can see pictures from the opening.
Photos by Ty Stange.
Originally published at https://www.thedanishparliament.dk/en/news/2018/10/the-opening-in-pictures
