Per Holknekt | |
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 Holknekt in 2014 | |
| Born | 27 April 1960 Falun, Sweden |
| Occupation | Fashion designer |
| Known for | Odd Molly, Svea |
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| Children | 1 |
Per Olof Holknekt, (born 27 April 1960) is a Swedish fashion designer and entrepreneur. [1] He is also the founder of several magazines and companies, the most successful of which is the clothing company Odd Molly. [2]
Holknekt grew up in Falun, Dalarna. His father was a police officer and his mother was a school principal. He moved to Hermosa Beach, California, in 1980, and for several years was a professional skateboarder, winning several international competitions. [3] [4] In 1984, while in California, he founded the skateboarding magazine Transworld Skateboarding . He returned to Sweden in 1984 and studied economics at IHM Business School, after which he started the skateboard company Street Style with his brother Thomas. [5] Later, he founded another skateboard company, Svea, which launched a skateboard brand and a clothing label. [6] [7]
Holknekt developed alcoholism, and went through a life crisis in 2000, during which he lost everything, became homeless, and supported himself by selling the Stockholm street newspaper Situation Sthlm . [8] He sought treatment for his addiction and regained sobriety. [9] After four months of being sober he successfully applied to become a housemate on the first season of the Swedish Big Brother series, in which he finished in second place after being voted off in the final on Day 74. [10] The show was broadcast on Kanal 5. [11]
In 2002, Holknekt started working with fashion designer Karin Jimfelt-Ghatan, and together they started the international clothing company Odd Molly. [6] [12] In 2010 the two were named "Founders of the Year" at Sweden's annual entrepreneurial gala Entreprenörsgalan. [13] [14] In 2013 Holknekt revealed that he would leave Odd Molly after twelve years to start working as a branding consultant for different brands. [15]
On 19 June 2012, the first edition of Holknekt's magazine Miss World was published. [16] He was the chief editor, but only two issues were published before it was discontinued. [17]
Holknekt was one of the hosts of the Sveriges Radio show Sommar in 2010. [18] In 2014 Holknekt published his autobiography, Per Holknekt 1960–2014, co-written by Markus Lutteman. [19] [20]
Holknekt is also a successful pinball player, and has participated in national, European, and world championships hosted by the Professional Amateur Pinball Association. [21] [22] [23]
In 2016, Holknekt was arrested and fined for drunk driving and speeding on his motorboat by the Coast Guard. He was fined 30,000 SEK [24]
Holknekt was married to an American woman for three years during his time in California. [25] After returning to Sweden he became involved with a woman with whom he had a daughter in the 1990s. In 2000, during his participation in Big Brother, he met singer Viktoria Tolstoy, and the couple were married in 2001. They divorced in March 2008. [26] He later married singer Lena Philipsson in 2010, but they were divorced in July 2013. [25] [27] In June 2015, Holknekt announced he had once again fallen in love, this time with 36-year-old fashion photographer Anna Lundell. [28]
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