Efva Attling

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Attling modelling in London in 1971

Efva Katarina Attling, (born 18 February 1952) is a Swedish silversmith and jewellery designer.

Early career

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]

Silversmith and jewellery designer

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]

Personal life

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.

Awards

Attling has received a medal from the Royal Swedish Patriotic Society in April 2011 for distinguishing herself as an internationally known jewellery designer.[9]

References

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  1. ^ X Models discography at Discogs
  2. ^ X Models discography at Rate Your Music
  3. ^ efvaattling.com
  4. ^ sv:Efva Attling
  5. ^ Article by Anders Öhrman in QX 2022-12-12
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Efva Attling biography". moxtex.org. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Erlandson, Åsa (26 June 1999). "Madonna bär Efvas smycke" [Madonna wears Efva's jewellery]. aftonbladet.se. Aftonbladet. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  8. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Grenninger, Anna-Karin (21 September 2011). "Efva gör smycken åt superstjärnorna" [Efva makes jewellery for superstars]. alltomstockholm.se. Allt Om Stockholm. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kungliga Patriotiska Sällskapet Pressrelease" (PDF). kungligapatriotiskasallskapet.se. Kungliga Patriotiska Sällskapet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

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