Stockholm Pride (styled as STHLM Pride) is an annual LGBT pride festival held in Stockholm , the capital of Sweden . Since the start in 1998, Stockholm Pride has grown. In 2014, some 60,000 participated and 600,000 followed the parade at the streets.
9-592: The celebrations normally starts with lectures and exhibitions all over the city on the Monday. Pride House is the festival's cultural centre. It is packed with seminars, debates, workshops, exhibitions, film, theatre and other performances. On the Wednesday it's the grand opening of the closed off Pride Park which is the festival arena for tens of thousands of people, and in the park organisation stalls, stages, restaurants, shops, and other attractions are built. Pride Park
18-497: A distribution of 40,000 copies. QX arranges the yearly award-ceremony Gaygalan Awards , handing out prizes for LGBT-achievements since 1999. In 2004, the gala was broadcast for the first time on Sveriges Television when it was held at Hamburger Börs with Annika Lantz as the host. QX also currently rules the franchise of Mr Gay Sweden and has a sponsorship with the Stockholm Pride Agency . QX runs
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36-529: Is chosen through a design competition, alternating internationally renowned names such as Jean Paul Gaultier , Efva Attling , Lars Wallin and young debutant designer. Mr Gay Sweden Gay male beauty contest Mr Gay Sweden was a beauty pageant for gay Swedes . The contest was held at Berns in Berzelii Park , in Stockholm , Sweden. It was created by
45-653: Is different from Wikidata Use dmy dates from January 2022 QX (magazine) QX started in 1995 with the aim to create communication platforms for the LGBT -community in Sweden and Scandinavia . It is published in Swedish monthly by QX Förlag AB and is the largest magazine of its kind in the region. QX GayMap Stockholm is a printed summer guide in English to the Stockholm gay scene. The printed map has
54-409: Is open Wednesday through Sunday and every afternoon and evening a wide variety of famous artists and shows appear on the main stage. Also outside the official Pride Park, there is a green and leafy area where people join up, drink, listen to the music and party into the warm summer night. Many people have been out on the streets of Stockholm, enjoying the parade that ends in the park. In addition to
63-544: The Internet community Qruiser , which has over 100,000 users. It is the largest community for LGBT people in Scandinavia. There are versions in Swedish , Danish , Norwegian , Finnish , German and English . The website also covers entertainment news, as well as political and cultural events. The magazine has online shops available, with pins, rainbow flags, clothes, books and jewellery. This article about
72-3062: The Swedish gay magazine and Internet community Qruiser in 1999. Since 2005, the winner represented the country at the Mr Gay Europe pageant. The winner was traditionally announced by SMS-voting after hot picks by a panel of celebrity judges. From 2018 it's cancelled. Past winners [ edit ] 2018 – cancelled 2017 – Samuel Bälter 2015 – 2016 (ingen tävling) 2014 – Anton Ljungberg 2013 – Jack Johansson 2012 – Fritiof Ingelhammar (plus QX readers' favourite: Jakob Prim) 2011 – Kristian Sääf 2010 – Simon Forsberg 2009 – Christo Willesen 2008 – Mirza "Mirre" 2007 – Joachim Brattfjord Corneliusson 2006 – Henrik Lindholm 2005 – Erik Berger 2004 – Jörgen Tenor 2003 – Nicklas Ottosson 2002 – Cato Helleren 2001 – Alexander Ervik 2000 – Jonas Hedqvist 1999 – Jesper Wallin External links [ edit ] Qruiser Sources [ edit ] ^ Facebooksidan för Mr Gay Sweden : "Hej alla goa och glada, vi har efter många turer bestämt att ställa in Mr Gay Sweden 2018. Tack till alla som har sökt i år! Vi återkommer stort under 2019." (2018-06-02) ^ QX : Succé för när nye Mr Gay utsågs (2017-08-05) ^ QX : Mr Gay-Anton: Killar kom fram och sa att jag inte borde ha vunnit (2014-10-10) ^ QX : Jack är nye Mr Gay (2013-08-03) ^ Expressen : Västkustkillar vann Mr Gay Sweden ^ QX : Kristian är nya Mr Gay (2011-08-06) ^ QX : QX coverboy Simon blev Mr Gay 2010 (2010-07-31) ^ QX : Mirre blev Mr Gay 2008 (2008-08-02) ^ Joachim blev Mr Gay inatt (2007-08-05) ^ QX : Bildextra! Henrik blev Mr Gay Sweden 2006 (2006-08-05) ^ QX : Erik blev Mr Gay 2005 i natt ( ^ QX : Nya Mr Gay Sweden utsedd (31 July 2004) ( ^ QX : Nicklas blev Mr Gay Sweden 2003 (2003-08-02) ^ QX : Cato hyllades på TipTop (2002-05-21) ^ QX : Alexander blev Mr Gay Sweden 2001 (2001-08-04) Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mr_Gay_Sweden&oldid=1247185458 " Categories : Culture in Stockholm LGBTQ events in Sweden Beauty pageants in Sweden Recurring events established in 1999 1999 establishments in Sweden LGBTQ beauty pageants Male beauty pageants Swedish awards Mr Gay World Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
81-561: The official Stockholm Pride events, the week is noticeable elsewhere in the city. Many of the gay clubs have their own events and themed nights, one of these is Mr Gay Sweden . The festival is held in the end of July or beginning of August each year. In 1998, 2008 and 2018, Stockholm Pride was the host of the EuroPride . Each year, a unique design accessory is created to accompany the Stockholm Pride festival event. The Dog-tag
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