Portrait of the actress solveig hedengran, dressed as lucia. Allas veckotidning: "the lucia celebration as we know it took off in 1928. Margareta's mother solveig hedengran was then chosen as stockholm's lucia and inspired the whole country to follow suit. The soon-to-be antique and unique lucia linen she wore has followed many long migrations. [. . ] in stockholm's dagblad, solveig hedengran was named stockholm's lucia in competition with 200 other contestants. The newspaper stated: "the winner must be the best from stockholm incarnated her spiritually as well as bodily. ". Date: 1928.
