Stockholm Pride
Stockholm Pride is an annual LGBT pride festival, put on by the non-profit Stockholm Pride Association, held in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. Since 1998, Stockholm Pride has grown and is now the largest pride event in Scandinavia. The event now involves approximately 60,000 parade participants and 600,000 attendees. It takes place in late July or early August.
The event involves multiple offerings including Pride House, Pride Kinky, Pride Park, Pride Youth, and the Pride Parade.
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.
- 2008 – Stockholm Pride is the host of EuroPride for the second time.
- 2014 – Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt becomes the first Swedish Prime Minister to march in Stockholm Pride.
- 2015 – Prime Minister Stefan Löfven chooses not to march in the Stockholm Pride Parade, citing other commitments.
- 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.
- 2018 – Stockholm Pride cohosts EuroPride with West Pride, with a performance by Markus Krunegård and the Stockholm Gay Choir, and Banarama.
- 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.
- 2022 – Opera singer Rickard Söderberg leads a opera singalong in the Pride Park with 25 of Sweeden's most well-known opera stars.
- 2023 – The event is opened with a speech from Helena Westin, one of the founders of Stockholm Pride.
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.Dog tag designers
- 1998 – Efva Attling
- 1999 – Camilla Wessman
- 2000 – Tom Hedqvist
- 2001 – Lars Wallin
- 2002 – Christer Lindarw
- 2003 – Andy Gunnarsson
- 2004 – Louise Häggberg
- 2005 – Lars Eriksson
- 2006 – Magnus Skogsberg
- 2007 – Margaretha Julle
- 2008 – Jake Rydqvist
- 2009 – Alessandro Falca
- 2010 – Sofia Priftis
- 2011 – Karolina Tullberg
- 2012 – Bea Szenfeld
- 2013 – Jean Paul Gaultier
- 2014 – Jessy Heuvelink
- 2015 – Gunn Lundemo and Kristin Ampar
- 2016 – Designed in collaboration with the Swedish company Molind.
- 2017 – Amanda Oscarsson
- 2018 – There was no dog tag in 2018.
- 2019 – Mariette Hansson and Jenny Hansson
- 2020 – Cancelled due to the pandemic.
- 2021 – Peter Englund
- 2022 – Tone Sekelius
- 2023 – Efva Attling