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
YearLucia BridePresenter
1973 May Gret AnderssonPrincess Christina
1974 Anne OlofsdotterNils Erik Baehrendtz
1975 Birgitta LindvallLiv Ullmann
1976 Liselotte CargainSaul Bellow
1977 Maria SandahlBertil Ohlin
1978 Elisabeth BernhoffOla Ullsten
1979 Gunilla NilssonBritt Mogård
1980 Monica RydellJan-Erik Wikström
1981 Laura WessbergKai Siegbahn
1982 Carina VogestedtKai Siegbahn
1983 Yvonne RydingWilliam Golding
1984 Cecilia GullinIngemund Bengtsson
1985 Cecilia EricssonSten Andersson
1986 Martina JanssonAnders Wijkman
1987 Annelie EricssonAstrid Lindgren
1988 Sophie AnderssonCyndee Peters
1989 Anna KohlströmAlice Babs
1990 Anna JanssonPrincess Christina
1991 Monica AndreassonEva Nordenson
1992 Linda OlofssonDerek Walcott
1993 Victoria ReichelUlf Adelsohn
1994 Lisa AlmgrenHans Alfredson
1995 Camilla JohanssonBörje Ahlstedt
1996 Therése NilssonMarita Ulvskog
1997 Linda HarritzUlf Adelsohn
1998 Jenny ÅkerströmPeter Harrysson
1999 Linda PetterssonHerman Lindqvist
2000 Amanda GustafssonAnna Maria Bildt
2001 Linda CahlingThomas Di Leva
2002 Emma JohannessonBibi Andersson
2003 Therése AnderssonLars Berghagen
2004 Karin WesterbergLeif Pagrotsky
2005 Isolde PalomboMichael Nyqvist
2006 Jennie SamuelssonErnst Billgren
2007 Madeleine GustafssonPaolo Roberto
2008 Emma JohanssonPaolo Roberto

References
  1. "Sveriges Lucia får liv på nytt". Dagens Nyheter. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2018.


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