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Stockholm Pride is a festival for LGBT individuals held yearly in Stockholm. Since the start in 1998, Stockholm Pride has grown to be one of Stockholm’s largest annual festivals, as well as the largest Pride celebration in Scandinavia. The festival for homosexuals, bisexuals and trans gender, Stockholm Pride, has already attained the status of concept and unshakable tradition.
The festival, the largest of its kind in the North, is not in the least a private occasion restricted to Stockholm’s gay circles. Increasingly each year, it has come to be one of the summer’s most popular events, attracting people from near and far. The colorful parade, in particular, has brought Stockholm’s and visitors out onto the streets. The marchers in the annual Stockholm Pride parade, including Center Party leader Maud Olofsson, started in the Swedish capital’s expensive Ostermalm area and ended in the Tantolunden park in Stockholm’s southern district.

Some 71 floats were signed up for the parade and organizers had anticipated up to 15,000 participants. Even that would have been a record, but with more than double that number turning out the parade stretched for two kilometers – from Humlegrden, past Sergelstorg, Slussen and up through to the Pride area at Tantolunden. Pride is also celebrated on other places in and around the city. Art exhibitions, debates, films, seminars, parties and other activities are some of the things made available outside Pride House and Pride Park. All activities are included in the programme.

THE PARADE – 2006 was a record year for the gay parade true Stockholm’s streets. A never ending stream of participating guests to Pride. All gave their tribute to HBT love and Peace. When the first parade guests arrived to Pride Park the last was still at the Royal palace. We estimate that 350.000 was included in the parade one way or another. Even if only 35.000 was consistent and stayed on the PARADE route from start to finish.