Lulu Carter

Louise Lulu Mushama Carter Arfwedson, best known as Lulu Carter, (born Ann Louise Arfwedsson, 5 April 1961) is a Swedish author best known for her work in the television home improvement show Äntligen hemma, broadcast on TV4. Carter has also participated in the travel show När & Fjärran on the same channel. In 2008 Carter was a contestants in Stjärnor på is on TV4, however she was eliminated in the second episode. She has also competed in the show Wipeout on Kanal5. And the celebrity diving show Kändishoppet on TV3. She runs her own decorating company lulu Carter Inredning & Design.

Lulu Carter was born in Vänersborg and was the youngest of four siblings, and at the age of three she and her family moved to Gällivare were Lulu attended a sami private school. She was one of two non-sami children at the school. In her book Sinnliga rum describes her childhood in Gällivare as a precious gift, a period of her life has given her much inspiration as a decorator.

After a few years in Gällivare her family moved to Dalarna, There they lived in a house that had belonged to Emma Zorn, the wife of artist Anders Zorn. At the age of sixteen Carter moved to Stockholm to be an intern at the paper Damernas värld.

When Carter was 23 years old she met her first husband, Peter Lennig who is a doctor. Their relationship lasted for ten years and the couple had two children. In 2000 she married Australian Darren Carter who is a model. In October 2007 she married Rainer Bolm at the Swedish embassy in Marrakech. The couple separated in 2010.