Present there on invitation were Kung Sok Ung, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, O Ryong Chol, vice-minister of Foreign Trade, So Ho Won, vice-chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and chairman of the DPRK-Sweden Friendship Association, officials concerned, diplomatic envoys of different countries and representatives of international organizations here.

A staff member of the Swedish embassy attended.

Speeches were made there.

Prior to the reception, there took place a fine art exhibition of Sweden in Pyongyang on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the DPRK and Sweden.