1992 - Celebrating the 11th annual Santa Lucia Festival of Light in Aberdeen were Queen of Light, Suzanne Wilson, centre, and Swedish Santa Lucia Girls, Sara Walske, left, and Maria Larsson, from Gothenburg. The festival reaffirmed the city’s friendship links with Scandinavia
Do you remember Aberdeen’s Northern Light Queens?
The contest was an adaptation of the Swedish tradition of Santa Lucia and a popular part of the city centre’s Christmas offerings.
The festival ran from the early 80s into the 90s and helped reaffirm the city’s links with Scandinavia.
Maybe you were the queen or an attendant, or maybe you were family, supporting them as they lit the city.
Can you spot anyone you know?
1986 – Debbie Rushforth, who was crowned Northern Light Queen at the Mitchell Hall, followed by her six attendants
1990 – Festival of Light Queen Clair Ellis as she prepares to travel down Union Street in a carriage
1992 – Queen of Light, 20-year-old Suzanne Wilson, front left, with two of her princesses, 17-year-old Sandra Gunn, centre, and Kirsten Edward, 20
1985 – Aberdeen Northern Lights Queen, Jarisa West, pictured at the crowning ceremony with Lord Provost Henry Rae and attendant Fay Angus
1991 – Pauline Grant, centre, holds a candle along with attendants Leigh Bjorkvoll, left, and Catherene O’Donnell
1989 – Aberdeen Queen of Light Laura Johnston, centre, is surrounded by her princesses, clockwise from top left, <br />Caireen Dalgarno, Kerry Duncan, Margaret Johnston, Norma Benton, Debbie Rushforth and Samantha Craigen
1987 – Aberdeen’s 17-year-old Queen of Light Andrea Scott, front, centre is joined by her attendants, from left: back – Kirsteen Morrison, Julie Paterson, Linda Hendry and Emma Brown; front – Ashley Cochrane and Nicola Youngson
1987 – Boy’s Brigade 66th Company member Moray Barber carries a torch during Aberdeen’s Santa Lucia Queen of Light ceremony
1988 – Tracie Littlejohn, 18, Aberdeen’s seventh Queen of Light, sheds a little of it on Westhill Primary School youngsters Sonia Meldrum, left, and Louise Duncan
1985 – The seven finalists of the Northern Lights Queen contest in 1985, back row, from left, Fiona Tong, Susan Lock, Sharon Weber, middle row, Fay Angus, Andrea Christie, Jarisa West, the Light Queen. Front, Samantha Craigen
1983 – Sonya Leitch impressed judges in the 1983 Queen of the Northern Lights competition
1988 – Santa Lucia Festival Queen of Light Tracie Littlejohn, 17, beside the city’s Christmas tree, presented by the Swedish city of Gothenburg
1984 – Santa Lucia Festival Queen of Light Tracie Littlejohn, 17, beside the city’s Christmas tree, presented by the Swedish city of Gothenburg
The Aberdonian: When Northern Light Queens reigned supreme in the Granite City
