Lucia Bride of Sweden
National Lucia Bride of Sweden (in Swedish: Sveriges Lucia) was a competition for Swedish females. The winner of the competition would be the "Lucia Bride" heading traditional Lucia processions on December 13, Saint Lucy's Day. The contest was usually held in churches or at the open-air museum Skansen in Stockholm. It was held between 1973 and 2012, and it was sponsored by the publications Året Runt and Stockholm City. Between 2001 and 2007, the competition was called either "Årets Lucia" (Lucia of the year) or "Stockholms Lucia" (Lucia of Stockholm).
Prior to 2008 the event was mainly a beauty contest, but from that year the sponsors wished to judge the contestants primarily by their responses during an interview with the competition's judges, and on their singing ability. Every contestant represented a Swedish charity organization.[1]
Winners include Yvonne Ryding, titleholder of the 1983 contest, who became Miss Sweden and Miss Universe in following year.
Winners edit
| Year | Lucia Bride | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | May Gret Andersson | Princess Christina |
| 1974 | Anne Olofsdotter | Nils Erik Baehrendtz |
| 1975 | Birgitta Lindvall | Liv Ullmann |
| 1976 | Liselotte Cargain | Saul Bellow |
| 1977 | Maria Sandahl | Bertil Ohlin |
| 1978 | Elisabeth Bernhoff | Ola Ullsten |
| 1979 | Gunilla Nilsson | Britt Mogård |
| 1980 | Monica Rydell | Jan-Erik Wikström |
| 1981 | Laura Wessberg | Kai Siegbahn |
| 1982 | Carina Vogestedt | Kai Siegbahn |
| 1983 | Yvonne Ryding | William Golding |
| 1984 | Cecilia Gullin | Ingemund Bengtsson |
| 1985 | Cecilia Ericsson | Sten Andersson |
| 1986 | Martina Jansson | Anders Wijkman |
| 1987 | Annelie Ericsson | Astrid Lindgren |
| 1988 | Sophie Andersson | Cyndee Peters |
| 1989 | Anna Kohlström | Alice Babs |
| 1990 | Anna Jansson | Princess Christina |
| 1991 | Monica Andreasson | Eva Nordenson |
| 1992 | Linda Olofsson | Derek Walcott |
| 1993 | Victoria Reichel | Ulf Adelsohn |
| 1994 | Lisa Almgren | Hans Alfredson |
| 1995 | Camilla Johansson | Börje Ahlstedt |
| 1996 | Therése Nilsson | Marita Ulvskog |
| 1997 | Linda Harritz | Ulf Adelsohn |
| 1998 | Jenny Åkerström | Peter Harrysson |
| 1999 | Linda Pettersson | Herman Lindqvist |
| 2000 | Amanda Gustafsson | Anna Maria Bildt |
| 2001 | Linda Cahling | Thomas Di Leva |
| 2002 | Emma Johannesson | Bibi Andersson |
| 2003 | Therése Andersson | Lars Berghagen |
| 2004 | Karin Westerberg | Leif Pagrotsky |
| 2005 | Isolde Palombo | Michael Nyqvist |
| 2006 | Jennie Samuelsson | Ernst Billgren |
| 2007 | Madeleine Gustafsson | Paolo Roberto |
| 2008 | Emma Johansson | Paolo Roberto |
References edit
- ^ "Sveriges Lucia får liv på nytt". Dagens Nyheter. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
External links edit
- Sveriges Lucia official website
- Lucia Bride of Sweden 2000
- Lucia Bride
- History of Santa Lucia, article by Christian historian Bill Petro exploring how missionaries introduced the Santa Lucia celebration to Sweden