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 the following year.
Year | Lucia Bride | Presenter | |
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1973 | Princess Christina | ||
1974 | Nils Erik Baehrendtz | ||
1975 | Liv Ullmann | ||
1976 | Saul Bellow | ||
1977 | Bertil Ohlin | ||
1978 | Ola Ullsten | ||
1979 | Britt Mogård | ||
1980 | Jan-Erik Wikström | ||
1981 | Kai Siegbahn | ||
1982 | Kai Siegbahn | ||
1983 | William Golding | ||
1984 | Ingemund Bengtsson | ||
1985 | Sten Andersson | ||
1986 | Anders Wijkman | ||
1987 | Astrid Lindgren | ||
1988 | Cyndee Peters | ||
1989 | Alice Babs | ||
1990 | Princess Christina | ||
1991 | Eva Nordenson | ||
1992 | Linda Olofsson | Derek Walcott | |
1993 | Ulf Adelsohn | ||
1994 | Hans Alfredson | ||
1995 | Camilla Johansson | Börje Ahlstedt | |
1996 | Marita Ulvskog | ||
1997 | Ulf Adelsohn | ||
1998 | Peter Harrysson | ||
1999 | Herman Lindqvist | ||
2000 | Anna Maria Bildt | ||
2001 | Thomas Di Leva | ||
2002 | Bibi Andersson | ||
2003 | Lars Berghagen | ||
2004 | Leif Pagrotsky | ||
2005 | Michael Nyqvist | ||
2006 | Ernst Billgren | ||
2007 | Paolo Roberto | ||
2008 | Paolo Roberto |