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Efva Attling
Efva Attling
	Efva Attling at Stockholm Pride 2014
Born	Efva Katarina Attling; 18 February 1952 (age 72)
Nationality	Swedish
Style	Designer, Singer
Spouses	; Thomas Wiklund (m. 1977; div. 1980) ; Niklas Strömstedt (m. 1985; div. 1995) ; Eva Dahlgren (m. 2009)
Children	2
Website	www.efvaattling.com

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").^[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

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

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.^[10]

References

^ 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
^ "Efva Attling biography". moxtex.org. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012.
^ Erlandson, Åsa (26 June 1999). "Madonna bär Efvas smycke" [Madonna wears Efva's jewellery]. www.aftonbladet.se. Aftonbladet. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b Grenninger, Anna-Karin (21 September 2011). "Efva gör smycken åt superstjärnorna" [Efva makes jewellery for superstars]. www.alltomstockholm.se. Allt Om Stockholm. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
^ "Kungliga Patriotiska Sällskapet Pressrelease" (PDF). www.kungligapatriotiskasallskapet.se. Kungliga Patriotiska Sällskapet. Retrieved 20 February 2016.