Stockholm Pride

Stockholm Pride
2009 Stockholm Pride Parade
Status	active
Genre	festivals
Frequency	Annually in late-July and early-August
Location(s)	Stockholm
Country	Sweden
Inaugurated	1998;27 years ago (1998)
Website	http://www.stockholmpride.org/en/

Body art at Stockholm Pride 2009

Stockholm Pride 2018

Stockholm Pride (styled as STHLM Pride) is an annual LGBT pride festival, put on by the non-profit Stockholm Pride Association, ^[1] held in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. ^[2] Since 1998, Stockholm Pride has grown and is now the largest pride event in Scandinavia. ^[3] The event now involves approximately 60,000 parade participants and 600,000 attendees. ^[2] It takes place in late July or early August. ^[3]

The event involves multiple offerings including Pride House (workshops, author talks, debates), ^[4] Pride Kinky (an exploration of BDSM), ^[5] Pride Park (artists, exhibitors, restaurants and bars), ^{[3] [6]} Pride Youth (an event for people age 13-20), ^[7] and the Pride Parade. ^[8]

In 1998, 2008 and 2018, Stockholm Pride was the host of the EuroPride.

History

Various historical moments involving Stockholm Pride include:

• 1998 – Stockholm Pride hosts EuroPride. ^[9]
• 2008 – Stockholm Pride is the host of EuroPride for the second time. ^[9]
• 2014 – Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt becomes the first Swedish Prime Minster to march in Stockholm Pride. ^[10]
• 2015 – Prime Minister Stefan Löfven chooses not to march in the Stockholm Pride Parade, ^[11] citing other commitments. ^[12]
• 2017 – Stockholm Pride featured a 3-mile parade with 45,000 participants and 500,000 spectators, including same-sex weddings conducted by Mayor Karin Wanngård. ^[13]
• 2018 – Stockholm Pride cohosts EuroPride with West Pride, ^[14] with a performance by Markus Krunegård and the Stockholm Gay Choir, ^[15] and Banarama. ^[16]
• 2019 – The event commemorated the 40th anniversary of homosexuality being declassified as a mental illness in Sweden. Performers include the Village People, Pussy Riot and Icona Pop. ^[17]
• 2022 – Opera singer Rickard Söderberg leads a opera singalong in the Pride Park with 25 of Sweeden's most well-known opera stars. ^[18]
• 2023 – The event is opened with a speech from Helena Westin, one of the founders of Stockholm Pride. ^[19]

Dog tag

Each year, a unique design accessory is created to accompany the Stockholm Pride festival event. The Dog tag is chosen through a design competition, alternating internationally renowned names such as Jean Paul Gaultier, Efva Attling, Lars Wallin and young debutant designer. ^{[20] [21]}

Dog tag designers

• 1998 – Efva Attling (silver plate pendant) ^[22]
• 1999 – Camilla Wessman (white plastic plate) ^[22]
• 2000 – Tom Hedqvist (rubberband spelling "faith", "hope" and "love") ^[22]
• 2001 – Lars Wallin (leather strap with rhinestones) ^[22]
• 2002 – Christer Lindarw (silver keychain with silver plate) ^[22]
• 2003 – Andy Gunnarsson (wrist-sweatband) ^[22]
• 2004 – Louise Häggberg (puzzle piece that could be fitted with other pieces) ^[22]
• 2005 – Lars Eriksson (flower) ^[22]
• 2006 – Magnus Skogsberg (bag) ^[22]
• 2007 – Margaretha Julle (tie) ^[23]
• 2008 – Jake Rydqvist (pendant that could be lit up) ^[24]
• 2009 – Alessandro Falca (silver plate with braille text spelling "Hetero") ^[25]
• 2010 – Sofia Priftis (scarf) ^[26]
• 2011 – Karolina Tullberg (tin bracelet, with the message "Alltid Öppen" – "Always Open") ^[27]
• 2012 – Bea Szenfeld (metal container with unscrewable lid, containing confetti and a message) ^[28]
• 2013 – Jean Paul Gaultier (silver-coloured berlock with the message "It is beautiful to be what you are") ^[29]
• 2014 – Jessy Heuvelink (unisex leather bracelet engraved with the message "Celebrate Diversity") ^[21]
• 2015 – Gunn Lundemo and Kristin Ampar (antique metal chain with a shiny plated ring called "aringtofreedom") ^[30]
• 2016 – Designed in collaboration with the Swedish company Molind. ^[31]
• 2017 – Amanda Oscarsson (gold necklace with triangle pendant) ^[32]
• 2018 – There was no dog tag in 2018.
• 2019 – Mariette Hansson and Jenny Hansson (necklace with plexiglass rod) ^[33]
• 2020 – Cancelled due to the pandemic.
• 2021 – Peter Englund (brass charm) ^[34]
• 2022 – Tone Sekelius (XXX inspired by the theme "Time to confess your color") ^[20]
• 2023 – Efva Attling (graphic necklace with the number 25 to celebrate Stockholm Pride's 25th anniversary) ^[35]

2023 was the last year Stockholm Pride made the dog tag. ^[36]

See also

• LGBTQ portal
• Sweden portal

• LGBT rights in Sweden

References

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