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# Princess Victoria to open Stockholm Pride Digital Parade
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/princess-victoria-to-open-stockholm-pride-digital-parade/
- Published: 2020-06-28T11:12:06.000Z
- Updated: 2020-06-27T10:12:14.000Z
- Description: HRH Crown Princess Victoria has been announced as keynote speaker for this year’s Stockholm Digital Pride Parade on Saturday, August 1.
- Author: Contributor
- Tags: News, Pride, Travel, LGBT, LGBTQ, Stockholm, Stockholm Pride, Sweden

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HRH **Crown Princess Victoria** has been announced as keynote speaker for this year’s **Stockholm Digital Pride Parade**, the first time anyone from the **Swedish Royal Family** has participated in a **Stockholm Pride** event, on **Saturday, August 1.**

**Vix Herjeryd**, President of the Stockholm Pride, said: *‘It feels wonderful that the Crown Princess wants to open our Digital Pride Parade with a keynote speech and make a statement to stand up for LGBTQ+ people’s rights, in a time when we believe we need it more than ever.*

*‘We are very thrilled to receive this support, which means so much to us in Sweden but also sends important signals to the LGBTQ+ community internationally.’*

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Stockholm Digital Pride will be live-streamed between **Friday, July 31** to **Sunday, August 2**. The parade, which normally is one of the biggest events in Stockholm with around 50.000 participants and 500.000 people in the audience, will take place on **Saturday, August 1** and goes by the name of **Stockholm Digital Pride Parade**. The broadcast will be live between **noon-2pm** (GMT+2) and will be hosted by the actor and pride veteran **Robert Fux** and the award-winning comedian **Petrina Solange**. The Crown Princess Victoria will start off the digital manifestation with a keynote speech and the broadcast will consist of Pride greetings from both well known LGBTQ+ profiles, artists and contributions from the Swedish LGBTQ-community.

**Gunn Lundemo**, project manager for Stockholm Pride Summer Stream, said: *‘We have an amazing itinerary and it will be both a colorful celebration and an important demonstration for human rights. We hope that people all over Sweden participates and shows their support and pride, even at a safe distance.’*

The broadcast can be viewed by visiting [their website here](http://www.stockholmpride.org/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) and the audience is encouraged to check into the [Parade event on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/events/700859170485447/) and share their own Pride celebration under the hashtags **#taggaochflagga** and **#tagandflag**.