In Sweden the king was anointed and crowned at Upsala by the archbishop. The ceremony is now performed in the Storkyrka, at Stockholm, where the archbishop of Upsala anoints the king on the breast, temples, forehead and palms of both hands. The crown is placed on the king's head by the archbishop and the minister of justice jointly, whereupon the state marshal proclaims: "Now is crowned king of the Swedes, Goths and Wends, he and no other." When there is a queen consort, she is then anointed, crowned and proclaimed, in the same manner.
In Norway, according to the law of 1814, the coronation is performed in the cathedral at Trondhjem, when the Lutheran superintendent, or bishop, anoints the king. The crown is placed on the king's head jointly by the bishop and the prime minister.
In Russia the coronation is celebrated at Moscow, and is full of religious significance. The tsar is anointed by the metropolitan, but places the crown on his head himself. He receives the sacrament among the clergy, the priestly theory of his office being recognized. In some other European countries the coronation ceremony, as in Austria and Hungary, is also performed with much significant ritual. In other countries, as Prussia, it is retained in a modified form; but in the remaining states such as Denmark, Belgium, Italy, &c., it has been abandoned, or never introduced.
AUTHORITIES.--L. G. Wickham Legg, _English Coronation Records_; Roxburgh Club--_Liber Regalis_; Anon., _A Complete Account of the Ceremonies observed in the Coronations of the Kings and Queens of England_ (London, 1727); F. Sandford, _Description of the Coronation of James II._ (1687); Menin, _The Form, Order and Ceremonies of Coronations_, trans. from the French (1727); Martène, _De Antiquis Ecclesiae Ritibus_, lib. ii. (T. M. F.)