Lucia festival in Stockholm: glamorous tradition against the long winter

The long darkness of Swedish winters makes people in Stockholm and in the archipelago, the island world off the Swedish capital, inventive. They decorate streets and windows with lights, artists create light sculptures and traditionally many schools celebrate the festival of lights of Lucia with concerts.

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The Adolf Fredriks Music School choir prepares for its Lucia concert at Hedwig Eleonora church. This time, 14-year-old Elsa was chosen from the 120 choir students to portray Lucia. She may solemnly wear the crown of lights with burning candles on her head - a great honor. Light artist Johan Ferner Ström is also preparing for the cold, dark season - together with his colleague Tor Svae, he will open a radiant children's playground that they have designed together. And they already have an order waiting for new light sculptures in the form of giant acorns. Even if snow and ice have become rarer - the cold season and its short days with little light are definitely celebrated creatively and atmospherically by the Swedes.

Excerpt from "Lichterglanz im Norden: Winter in Stockholm und den Schären" (360° - GEO Reportage).
Click here to watch the documentary (in German):    • Lichterglanz im Norden - Winter in Stockho...  

A film by Heiko De Groot
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