Efva Attling
Efva Attling | |
|---|---|
| File:Efva Attling 2014-9614.jpg Efva Attling at Stockholm Pride 2014 | |
| Born | Efva Katarina Attling 18 February 1952 |
| Style | Designer, Singer |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
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Efva Katarina Attling, (born 18 February 1952) is a Swedish silversmith and jewellery designer.
Early career
[edit | edit source]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]
Silversmith and jewellery designer
[edit | edit source]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]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Attling has received a medal from the Royal Swedish Patriotic Society in April 2011 for distinguishing herself as an internationally known jewellery designer.[10]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet on 18 September 1977.
- ^ X Models discography at Discogs
- ^ X Models discography at Rate Your Music
- ^ efvaattling.com
- ^ sv:Efva Attling
- ^ Article by Anders Öhrman in QX 2022-12-12
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External links
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- 1952 births
- Lesbian singers
- LGBTQ fashion designers
- Lesbian models
- Swedish lesbian musicians
- Swedish lesbian artists
- Swedish LGBTQ singers
- Swedish LGBTQ models
- Living people
- Swedish fashion designers
- Swedish jewelry designers
- Swedish female models
- Swedish pop singers
- Swedish women pop singers
- 20th-century Swedish women singers
- 21st-century Swedish women singers
- Swedish silversmiths
- Women metalsmiths
- Swedish women artisans
- Swedish women fashion designers
- 20th-century Swedish LGBTQ people
- 21st-century Swedish LGBTQ people
- 20th-century Swedish artisans
- 21st-century Swedish artisans
- 20th-century jewellers
- 21st-century jewellers