Birth name Efva Katarina Attling Associated acts X Models Movies Sven Uslings Trio Occupation(s) Designer, Singer Role Jewellery designer | Origin Sweden Name Efva Attling Also known as Electra (as model) Website www.efvaattling.com | |
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Born February 18, 1952 ( 1952-02-18 ) Albums Nerver, Sanningen ligger pa min sang, Stormvarning Children Simon Stromstedt, Adam Stromstedt Similar People Eva Dahlgren, Niklas Stromstedt, Jenny Stromstedt, Agneta Sjodin, Rikard Wolff | ||
Angelina jolin meets designer efva attling in new york
Efva Katarina Attling, (born in 18 February 1952 in Stockholm) is a Swedish silversmith and jewellery designer.
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- Angelina jolin meets designer efva attling in new york
- Efva attling and the polar music prize 2014 english captions
- Early career
- Silversmith and jewellery designer
- Personal life
- Awards
- References
Efva attling and the polar music prize 2014 english captions
Early career
In the early 1980s she played in the band "X Models" and released the hit single Två av oss ("Two of us").
She worked as a professional model for twelve years after being spotted by Eileen Ford. She was also noted for being one of Sweden's best professional disco dancers.
Silversmith and jewellery designer
Attling designed for Levi's and H&M and in the mid 1990s she started her own line of jewellery. Her pendant "Homo Sapiens" was worn by Madonna in 1999, and Meryl Streep is also known to wear her jewellery.
She has stores in Sweden, Norway, Finland and New York. The estimated turnover for her company was SEK 100 million in 2011.
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.
