Sand sculpture festival: participants 2023
This year's sand sculpture festival will be held on July 17–21 and has been named Champions of Sand. 2023 we're also celebrating the festival's 10th anniversary – and several of the previous years' winners will return.
Participating Teams
Team 1: Sweden
Leif Andersson & Lars Fager
Name of the sculpture: Antropocen
The team has participated all 10 years and has won once.
Sketch: "Antropocen"
Team 2: Sweden
Rebecca Petersen & Linda Granström
Name of the sculpture: Livets alla vägar
The team has participated three previous years and has won once.
Sketch: "Livets alla vägar"
Team 3: Ukraine I
Bogdan Kutsevych
Name of the sculpture: Gestalta
The team has participated three previous years.
Sketch: "Gestalta"
Team 3: Ukraine II
Oleksiy Poda
Name of the sculpture: Yoke
The team has participated three previous years.
Ukraine were supposed to participate with one team (but with two sculptures), but unfortunately Oleksiy Poda did not get permission to travel out of the country, so the work Yoke was removed from the sculpture list.
Sketch: "Yoke"
Team 4: Latvia
Agnese Rudzite & Anatoly Kirillov
Name of the sculpture: Center of Galaxy
The team has participated four previous years and has won twice.
Sketch: "Center of Galaxy"
Team 5: Mongolia
Murkh-Edene Tsagaan & Dorjnamjil Baatar
Name of the sculpture: Friends
The team has participated one time and has won once.
Sketch: "Friends"
Team 6: The Netherlands/UK
Paul & Remy Hoggard
Name of the sculpture: Friends Forever
The team has participated two previous years and has won twice.
Sketch: "The Bulldog"
Team 7: UK/Sweden
Lisa Lindquist & Tjåsa Gusfors
Name of the sculpture: Flying Fika
The team is participating for the first time.
Sketch: "Flying Fika"
Team 8: Norway/Sweden
Elisabeth Kristensen & Peter Jakobsson
Name of the sculpture: Thinking Outside the Box
The team has participated four previous years.
Sketch: "Thinking Outside the Box"
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