This year’s Pride Parade in Stockholm. Photo: William Stokstad / TT
Start at a wandering the colorful train from Maria Square and further on Stockholm’s streets.
Thousands of rainbow flags, soap bubbles, placards and balloons danced together with the participants to the music boomed out of the speakers.
This year’s Pride Parade was the eighteenth since the start -98. As usual represents the end point of the Stockholm Pride that has lasted since Monday.
Some who had even come from Alingsås to watch the parade were Anna and Emmy Karlsson, 49 and 12 year.
– It is the first time I see the train, says Emmy Karlsson who painted their nails in the colors of the rainbow to honor the day.
– We missed when it was in Gothenburg, so took the opportunity we come here, fill mom Anna Karlsson.
Lennart Andersson, 80, who made sure to get a good spot at the Sergel Square, usually check every year.
– I think it’s a fun break in life, I live in Stockholm, and then I think you might as well come here and look, it’s only once a year, he said.
Photo: William Stokstad / TT
This year was expected more than 40 000 people participate in the parade and tenfold, 400000, watching as it passed.
– We are so very pleased to so many want to manifest for all people are equal. It is so impressive and inspiring to see the streets of Stockholm filled with love and support, says Sandra Ehne, president of Stockholm Pride.
A total of nearly 200 different organizations, companies, trade unions, the right actors and political parties in this year’s Pride Parade , which is an increase of around 40 since last year.
– There’s a giant wide spread and that is how we want it to be. The mixture is incredibly important, says Sandra Ehne.
This year’s parade also hit a record in the number of registered vehicles, with 175 pieces, of which 71 vehicles. Several heavy politicians were in the procession, including the Green Party Gustav Fridiolin and Åsa Romson, Labour Minister Ylva Johansson (S) and the Conservative Party Anna Kinberg Batra.
In a group of friends who attended the train was Linn Walfridson, 16, and Chris Aikio, 19. Chris Aikio was the first time.
– I’m going to show support for all the things Pride stands for, he said.
Also for Linn Walfridson was the premiere .
– For me it’s about showing that all people are equal regardless of how or who you love. Show support for love in general.
Photo: William Stokstad / TT
Scandinavia’s largest Pride Parade involves one of the most challenging days of the Stockholm police. Several other events that took place during the day around the county increased the burden further.
But on Saturday afternoon when the parade had started to subside only had a few minor incidents reported.
A group adolescents, according to a ingringare burned a rainbow flag at Karlaplan earlier in the day. But when the notifier called in was all over played, which meant that the police could never confirm this.
The second concerned a smaller counter-demonstration at Skeppsholmsbron.
– They were 10-15 pieces demonstrated just after half past one. They had black flags, megaphones and a sign that read “Protect the nuclear family” and a crossed rainbow flag, says Eva Nilsson at Stockholm police.
As the demonstrators did not have any permission to demonstrate they were assigned to a location outside the Grand Hotel.
– But it went quiet about it. Eventually there will be a notification of unlawful demonstration, says Eva Nilsson.
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