Lucia Bride of Sweden

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National Lucia Bride of Sweden (in Swedish: Sveriges Lucia) is a competition for Swedish females. The contest is usually held in churches or in the Swedish open air museum Skansen.

The first competition took part in 1948, but no information is available until 1973.

The competition takes place December 13th (St. Lucia's Day) and the contestants, two runner ups and the winner sing Christmas carols during Christmas Day.

The competition is based on personal interviews and voice capacity of singing gospels and carols.

Yvonne Ryding, titleholder of the 1983 contest, also took part in the Miss Sweden pageant the following year and went to win Miss Universe.

In December 13 2008, the current titleholder, Madeleine Gustafsson, will crown the new winner.

[edit] Past winners

Year Lucia Bride Presenter
1973 May Gret Andersson Princess Christina
1974 Anne Olofsdotter Nils Erik Baehrendtz
1975 Birgitta Lindvall Liv Ullmann
1976 Liselotte Cargain Saul Bellow
1977 Maria Sandahl Bertil Ohlin
1978 Elisabeth Bernhoff Ola Ullsten
1979 Gunilla Nilsson Britt Mogård
1980 Monica Rydell Jan Erik Wikström
1981 Laura Wessberg Kai Siegbahn
1982 Carina Vogestedt Kai Siegbahn
1983 Yvonne Ryding William Golding
1984 Cecilia Gullin Ingemund Bengtsson
1985 Cecilia Ericsson Sten Andersson
1986 Martina Jansson Anders Wijkman
1987 Annelie Ericsson Astrid Lindgren
1988 Sophie Andersson Cyndee Peters
1989 Anna Kohlström Alice Babs
1990 Anna Jansson Princess Christina
1991 Monica Andreasson Eva Nordenson
1992 Linda Olofsson Derek Walcott
1993 Victoria Reichel Ulf Adelsohn
1994 Lisa Almgren Hans Alfredson
1995 Camilla Johansson Börje Ahlstedt
1996 Therése Nilsson Marita Ulvskog
1997 Linda Harritz Ulf Adelsohn
1998 Jenny Åkerström Peter Harrysson
1999 Linda Pettersson Herman Lindqvist
2000 Amanda Gustafsson Anna Maria Bildt
2001 Linda Cahling Thomas Di Leva
2002 Emma Johannesson Bibi Andersson
2003 Therése Andersson Lars Berghagen
2004 Karin Westerberg Leif Pagrotsky
2005 Isolde Palombo Michael Nyqvist
2006 Jennie Samuelsson Ernst Billgren
2007 Madeleine Gustafsson Paolo Roberto

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