Enthronement - State Ceremonies

State Ceremonies

Previously, most monarchial investiture ceremonies were not enthronements, but coronations, where the ruler was physically crowned and invested with other items of regalia, since in most cases the monarch already had already been seated on their throne upon accession. Now that coronations have fallen out of favor in most countries, enthronement is often used instead since the throne of the monarch remains. While no Norwegian monarch has been crowned in nearly a century, the modern ceremony used to inaugurate their reign is often referred to as an enthronement, as is the formal inauguration ceremony of monarchs of Japan, Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands. However, the term "coronation" is still sometimes used to describe these ceremonies, even though they are not coronations in the truest sense of the word.