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[logo] LUTHERAN
BROTHERHOOD
May 2, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
Branch of Document Control
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
RE: LB Variable Annuity Account I - File Nos. 33-67012 and 811-7934
("the Registrant"); Prospectus dated May 1, 1997 and the
Statement of Additional Information dated May 1, 1997
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant hereby certifies that the form of the captioned prospectus and
statement of additional information that would have been filed by the
Registrant pursuant to 497(c) upon the effectiveness of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 6 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form N-4 would
not have differed from that contained in said Amendment, which is the most
recent amendment to such registration statement and was filed electronically
on April 29, 1997.
Please direct any comments or questions concerning this certificate to the
undersigned at (612) 340-5727.
Sincerely,
LB VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT I
(Registrant)
By LUTHERAN BROTHERHOOD
(Depositor)
By: /s/ James M. Odland
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James M. Odland
Assistant Vice President
and Assistant Secretary
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