Just before 12 o’clock on Sunday morning the Carnival opened up its doors to AF-borgen. Those who were first in the almost kilometre long line had been queuing all night, and it was a bunch of tired but happy students who finally got to run inside for the roll.
The first person of all queuing people was Jacob Alssamaray, 25 years old who studies molecular biology. He was one of the natural science students who were first in line when he started queuing at 8 o’clock on Saturday evening.
“I hope to have a lot of fun at the Carnival and get to know a lot of people, you only live once! I work extra as a sound technician and I’m a musician, so I’m mostly interested in the music or technology section,” says Jacob Alssamaray.
To be the first in line has its advantages, the Carnival sweat shirt printed with number one , and which he got right before the inlet. On the other hand he had to move through the first parts of AF-borgen quickly.
“Everybody seized me and brought me directly to the final room, so I missed a few things in the beginning,” he says.
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Adrian Petersen is 23 years old and studies industrial design, and he is rather tired after standing in line since just before 10 p.m. on Saturday.
“I hope to get a spot in the A-section of the parade and to build a carriage from scratch.”
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Ellen Berglund and Sandra Svensson both 19 years old and studying industrial design and have been standing in line for twelve hours.
“We’re not completely sure what the Carnival is all about, it’s kind of a shock that it’s such a big thing! But it seems like a lot of fun,” says Sandra Svensson.
“We hope to get a spot in the parade and to build a carriage, probably a velo-powered,” says Ellen Berglund.
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Måns Holmberg 20 years old and Lukas Ingvarsson 19 years old study mechanical engineering. They have been standing in line since 12 o’clock last night.
“This is completely new to us, we have never been to the Carnival before. It seems incredibly fun, there’s a lot of fuss around it, so we’ve just followed the crowd,” says Lukas Ingvarsson.
He hopes to get a spot in the spex and Måns in Vieriet (a committee which works to create affinity among the the spexers). The expectations are high and the fun has already started during the night in the line.
“We spent the queuing in a party tent with a sofa and everything. It was fun,” Måns Holmberg tells us.
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Pernilla Olsson 19 years old studies runology and Josefin Olsson 20 years old studies to become a nurse, are standing with the section lists in their hands pondering what to choose.
“We’re going to look around a bit to see what there is. But I think the Carnival will be a lot of fun no matter what we choose. We hope to experience student life properly during spring,” says Josefin Olsson.
The girls arrived about 1 o’clock last night and were surprised to end up as one of the first ones in line.
“It was actually not that long a line at that time, and it hasn’t been that bad standing outside all night. It has been cold standing still especially about three or four o’clock in the morning, but otherwise it has mostly been an experience to be queuing,” says Pernilla Olsson.
Text: Saga Sandin
Translation: Mia Söllwander
