Miss Sweden

Miss Sweden (in Swedish: Fröken Sverige), is a Swedish beauty pageant, qualifying the winner for the global contest Miss Universe. It has been sponsored from 1949 until 1999 by the magazine Vecko-Revyn, from 2000 to 2004 by the television channel TV3 and from 2005 to the present by the swimwear producer Panos Emporio.

Pageant history

The pageant has a long tradition of sending the national delegates to vacation abroad, for photos in swimsuits and evening gowns to viewers, such as Dubai (1996), Canary Islands (1997) and Barbados (2002).

In 2004 Fröken Sverige lost the Miss World franchise to Miss Sweden World Inc., conducted by Miss Norway Models Agency.

In 2005, the pageant supervisor failed to send Swedish contestants to international beauty pageants due to protests and threats from several feminist groups. This was similar to the threats in 2002, when two feminists walked on the stage and caused chaos during a telecast of the Miss Sweden selection. That year the pageant became also historical, when an interracial winner was picked for the first time in pageant history. There was no jury, just a "suggestion panel" and the telephone company claimed the next day that the broadcaster had cheated and the real winner was actually someone else.

The pageant has split into four independent contests; the most criticised competition is Miss Sweden Universe. The franichise was bought in 2005 by Moore Magazine but was re-built by Greek swimsuit designer Panos Papadoupolous in partnership with the television network TV8. In the new concept, oral presentations by the delegates was used both in Swedish and English. in 2007, the competition was broadcasted in eight countries, due the English presentations.

This pageant has introduced models such as Lena Olin and Jessica Folcker.

The television networks through the years have been Swedish TV4 (1992-2000), TV3 (2001-2005) and TV8 (2006-). STAR TV is broadcasting the Miss Universe pageant for Swedish viewers.

Hillevi Rombin, remains as the only Miss Universe winner to date to have died.

Miss Sweden

Delegates to the Miss Universe Pageant

Year	Winner	Origin	Placement
2008	Lina Hahne	Kalix
2007	Isabel Lestapier Winqvist	Helsingborg
2006	Josephine Alhanko	Stockholm	Semi-finalist
2004	Katarina Wigander	Lerum
2003	Helena Stenbäck	Piteå
2002	Malou Hansson	Stockholm
2001	Malin Olsson	Falun
2000	Valerie Aflalo	Malmö
1999	Emma Helena Nilsson	Östersund
1998	Jessica Olérs	Stockholm
1997	Victoria Lagerström	Stockholm	Semi-finalist
1996	Annika Duckmark	Borås	Semi-finalist
1995	Petra Cecilia Hultgren	Stockholm
1994	Dominique Forsberg	Kiruna	Semi-finalist
1993	Johanna Karin Lind	Linköping
1992	Monica Brodd	Täby	Semi-finalist
1991	Susanna Gustafsson	Grums
1990	Linda Isacsson	Vilhelmina
1989	Louise Drevenstam	Örebro	1st Runner Up
1988	Annika Davidsson	Umeå
1987	Susanne Karin Thörngren	Handen	Semi-finalist
1986	Anna Lena Rahmberg	Göteborg
1985	Carina Marklund	Eskilstuna
1984	Yvonne Agneta Ryding	Eskilstuna	Miss Universe 1984
1983	Viveca Miriam Jung	Göteborg
1982	Anna Kari Bergström	Piteå
1981	Eva Lena Lundgren	Piteå	2nd Runner Up
1980	Eva Birgitta Andersson	Uddevalla	4th Runner Up
1979	Annette Marie Ekström	Eskilstuna	4th Runner Up
1978	Cécilia Björnsdotter Rhode	Göteborg	4th Runner Up
1977	Birgitta Lindvall	Luleå
1976	Caroline Westerberg	Göteborg
1975	Catharina Sjödahl	Stockholm	3rd Runner Up
1974	Eva Christine Römpke	Stockholm
1973	Monica Sundin	Stockholm
1972	Britt Marie Johansson	Trångsund
1971	Vivienne Öihanen	Vaxholm
1970	Kristina Wayborn	Nybro	Semi-finalist
1969	Birgitta Lindloff	Göteborg	Semi-finalist
1968	Anne Marie Hellqvist	Hallsberg	Semi-finalist
1967	Eva Lisa Svensson	Göteborg	Semi-finalist
1966	Margareta Arvidsson	Vänersborg	Miss Universe 1966
1965	Ingrid Norman	Tranås	3rd Runner Up
1964	Siv Märta Åqvist	Gävle	3rd Runner Up
1963	Kerstin Margareta Jonsson	Stockholm
1962	Karin Hyldegaard Jensen	Göteborg
1961	Gunilla Knutsson	Ystad	Semi-finalist
1960	Birgitta Öfling	Uppsala
1959	Marie Louise Ekström	Sundsvall	Semi-finalist
1958	Birgitta Elisabeth Gårdman	Stockholm	Semi-finalist
1957	Ingrid Jonsson	Göteborg	4th Runner Up
1956	Ingrid Goude	Sandviken	2nd Runner Up
1955	Hillevi Rombin	Uppsala	Miss Universe 1955
1954	Ragnhild Olausson	Alingsås	3rd Runner Up
1953	Ulla Sandklef	Göteborg
1952	Anne Marie Thistler	Stockholm	Semi-finalist
1951	Anita Marianne Ekberg	Malmö

Hostings

Year	Presenter	Venue	Broadcaster	Voting	Promoter
1992	Yvonne Ryding, Adam Alsing	Grand Hôtel	TV4	Jury	Vecko-Revyn
1993	Yvonne Ryding, Adam Alsing	Grand Hôtel	TV4	Jury	Vecko-Revyn
1994	Yvonne Ryding, Adam Alsing	Grand Hôtel	TV4	Jury	Vecko-Revyn
1995	Agneta Sjödin, Martin Timell	TV4 Television Centre	TV4	Jury	Vecko-Revyn
1996	Agneta Sjödin, Martin Timell	TV4 Television Centre	TV4	Jury	Vecko-Revyn
1997	Agneta Sjödin	TV4 Television Centre	TV4	Jury	Vecko-Revyn
1998	Agneta Sjödin	TV4 Television Centre	TV4	Jury	Vecko-Revyn
1999	Sofia Eriksson	TV4 Television Centre	TV4	Jury	Vecko-Revyn
2000	Sofia Eriksson	TV4 Television Centre	TV4	Jury & Televoting	Vecko-Revyn
2001	Lydia Cappolicchio	Grand Hôtel	TV3	SMS & Televoting	Strix
2002	Ulrika Jonsson, Jean-Pierre Barda	Grand Hôtel	TV3	SMS & Televoting	Strix
2003	Fredrik Birging	Cafe Opera	TV3	SMS & Televoting	Strix
2004	Bingo Rimér	Berns Salonger	None	SMS & Jury	Moore Magazine
2006	Gunvor Engström	Grand Hôtel	TV8	Jury	Panos Emporio
2007	Ann Wilson, Stefan Odelberg	Mollberg Conference Centre	TV8	Jury	Panos Emporio

External links

• Template:Sv icon Miss Sweden Universe
• Template:Sv icon TV8 Broadcasting Corporation