As Annapolis and Anne Arundel County elected officials gear up for a trip to Sweden at the end of this month, a Swedish delegation visited Annapolis City Hall Monday.

The delegation, which included Urban Ahlin, the Swedish ambassador to the United States, and roughly 50 officials from the Swedish Embassy, came to Annapolis for a planning day. The group first met informally with Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley for about 45 minutes before heading over to the Naval Academy for meetings with Superintendent Vice Adm. Yvette Davids and other academy officials.

Foreign dignitaries’ meetings with Annapolis officials typically include an exchange of information, with visitors sharing about themselves and the mayor talking about the city’s history, functions and critical issues and projects, such as City Dock, sustainable transportation, equity and inclusiveness, said Cate Pettit, Buckley’s chief of staff.

City officials will sometimes take visiting groups on walking tours of Annapolis, too.

Later this month, Buckley and City Council members Rob Savidge, representing Ward 7, and DaJuan Gay, representing Ward 6 — all of whom are Democrats — will travel with Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman, also a Democrat, and other county, city, and state leaders to Sweden to study sustainable infrastructure, alternative transportation solutions and environmental research. The 17-person delegation will leave Sept. 28, making stops in Stockholm and Gothenburg, before returning Oct. 5.

However, the delegation’s visit to Annapolis is not connected to the upcoming Sweden trip, Pettit said.

But it’s not an unusual occurrence, either — Annapolis hosts informal meetings with foreign leaders like this throughout the year, Pettit said. This year alone, the city has met with delegations from Africa, the European Union, including the Netherlands where city officials travelled last year, Vietnam and Australia.

“We believe they come to [Annapolis] because it is a wonderful side trip from [Washington, D.C.] and it gives them the opportunity to meet with State officials as well,” she said in an email Tuesday.

Last year, Annapolis hosted European Union diplomats as part of their orientation to the United States.