West Pride

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Liseberg, West Pride
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Pride Park, West Pride 2014

West Pride is a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender cultural festival in Gothenburg, Sweden. [1] It is Sweeden's second-largest Pride festival, after Stockholm Pride, drawing more than 125,000 participants each year. [2] [3] [4]

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The annual event, now held every June, [5] was original hosted by the Gothenburg Municipality and Västra Götaland region, in cooperation with RFSL and other LGBTQ+ and cultural organisations. [6] West Pride is now put on by an independent non-profit organization [1] that was created in 2008. [6]

The event takes place at the city's foremost cultural institutions such as Gothenburg City Theatre, the Röhsska Museum and the Museum of World Culture. Gothenburg Film Festival shows queer films during the festival.

West Pride also works year-round to address issues of LGBTQ+ discrimination by offering educational programs in schools and workplaces across the Västra Götaland region. [7]

History

West Pride was held for the first time in 2007 with the vision of "creating an equal world free from prejudice and discrimination," according to the organization's website. [1] The original name of the event was LGBT-GBG. [6] The event was established through a partnership between the Gothenburg City Theatre, the Blue House, Pustervik and the World Cultural Museum. [6] The festival was held every year from 2007 to 2020. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Om oss". West Pride (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "West Pride 2025, Gothenburg | Strawberry". www.strawberryhotels.com. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  3. 1 2 Newsdesk (2017-04-20). "Sweden Welcomes LGBTQ Travelers With Two Pride Festivals | Travel Agent Central". www.travelagentcentral.com. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  4. Thompson, Mark A. (2017-06-14). "Gothenburg, Sweden Takes Back the Streets With West Pride". HuffPost. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  5. "LGBTQI Gothenburg". www.goteborg.com. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Vår Historia". West Pride (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  7. "West Pride". Sharing Sweden. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  8. 1 2 photographer, Andre Landeros Michel. "West Pride 2017 Does Sweden Proud". Archived from the original on 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  9. "Kaj Heino-priset". www.westpride.se. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  10. "Robert Fux leder avslutningen av EuroPride 2018 på Götaplatsen i Göteborg". Mynewsdesk (in Swedish). 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  11. "West Pride: Different reality • Ads of the World™ | Part of The Clio Network". Ads of the World™. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  12. "Göteborgs Stad medverkar i West Pride 2021". Mynewsdesk (in Swedish). 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  13. "How to prove a secret life? LGBTQ+ refugees' plight highlighted". euronews. 2022-06-09. Retrieved 2025-08-23.