Efva Attling | |
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![]() Efva Attling at Stockholm Pride 2014 | |
Born | Efva Katarina Attling 18 February 1952 |
Nationality | Swedish |
Style | Designer, Singer |
Spouses | |
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"). [1] [2]
She worked as a professional model for twelve years after being spotted by Eileen Ford. [3] She was also noted for being one of Sweden's best professional disco dancers. [4] [5]
Attling designed for Levi's and H&M and in the mid-1990s she started her own line of jewellery. [6] Her pendant "Homo Sapiens" was worn by Madonna in 1999, [7] and Meryl Streep is also known to wear her jewellery. [8]
She has stores in Sweden, Norway, Finland and New York. The estimated turnover for her company was SEK 100 million in 2011. [8]
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. [9]
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