Efva Attling
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Efva Attling | |
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 Attling when living in London during her early modelling career, here photographed on Kings Road, June 5, 1971. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Efva Katarina Attling |
| Also known as | Electra (as model) |
| Born | February 18, 1952 |
| Origin | Sweden |
| Occupation(s) | Designer, Singer |
| Website | www |
Efva Katarina Attling, (born in February 18, 1952 in Stockholm) is a Swedish 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]
Her interest in design had her working for Levi's and H&M and in the mid 1990s she started her own line of jewellery.[3]
She worked as a professional model for twelve years after being spotted by Eileen Ford.[4] She was also famous for being one of Sweden's best professional disco dancers, when she worked with her friend and dancing colleague Annabelle Rice.[5]
Personal life
Attling is one of five sisters. She was married to pop singer/writer Niklas Strömstedt and by him has two children. She entered a civil union with Swedish pop singer Eva Dahlgren in 1996. In 2009 they got married, 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.[citation needed] Her jewellry "Homo Sapiens" has been known to cause some commotion when being worn by Madonna in public.[according to whom?]
References
- ^ X Models discography at Discogs
- ^ X Models discography at Rate Your Music
- ^ "Efva Attling biography". moxtex.org.
- ^ efvaattling.com
- ^ sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efva_Attling
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