Efva Attling | |
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 Efva Attling at Stockholm Pride 2014 | |
| Born | Efva Katarina Attling 18 February 1952 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Style | Designer, Singer |
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| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Efva Katarina Attling, (born 18 February 1952) is a Swedish silversmith and jewellery designer.
In the early 1980s, she played in the band "X Models" and released the hit single Två av oss ("Two of us"). [2] [3]
She worked as a professional model for twelve years after being spotted by Eileen Ford. [4] She was also noted for being one of Sweden's best professional disco dancers. [5] [6]
Attling designed for Levi's and H&M and in the mid-1990s she started her own line of jewellery. [7] Her pendant "Homo Sapiens" was worn by Madonna in 1999, [8] and Meryl Streep is also known to wear her jewellery. [9]
She has stores in Sweden, Norway, Finland and New York. The estimated turnover for her company was SEK 100 million in 2011. [9]
Attling was married to pop singer/writer Niklas Strömstedt, with whom she has two children, from 1985 to 1995. She entered a civil union with Swedish pop singer Eva Dahlgren in 1996. They were married in 2009 after Sweden passed its gender neutral marriage law.
Attling has received a medal from the Royal Swedish Patriotic Society in April 2011 for distinguishing herself as an internationally known jewellery designer. [10]
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