The hotel has hosted many significant events in Swedish history since its founding. Since 1901, the
Nobel Prize laureates and their families have traditionally been guests at the hotel, as well as several celebrities and world leaders. The
National Association for Women's Suffrage held its final dinner at the hotel in 1921 prior to its dissolution after winning
women's suffrage in Sweden celebrating
Ann-Margret Holmgren,
Anna Whitlock,
Anna Wicksell, and other leaders in the movement. In 1938, the Swedish-German National Association, which supported
Nazi Germany in World War II, held a dinner at the hotel presided over by
Sven Hedin where
Franz von Papen stated: "When I come back to Sweden in ten years I hope to walk on German ground." In 1974, to celebrate the hotel's 100th anniversary, the hotel made its summer veranda permanent at an event inaugurated by
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland. The hotel also hosted the rehearsal dinner for
Princess Madeleine and
Christopher O'Neill prior to the wedding ceremony in
Stockholm Palace. The Grand Hôtel attracted controversy in 2016 after it hosted an
anti-EU gala organized by the
Sweden Democrats and the
UK Independence Party featuring populist leaders including
Nigel Farage and
Václav Klaus. The hotel later apologized stating that "so many had thought we ... had no moral compass whatsoever." In response, the Sweden Democrats called for a boycott of the hotel. It also hosted
Johnny Depp that year amid his divorce from
Amber Heard. ==References==