Efva Katarina Attling, (born on 18 February 1952) is a Swedish

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and

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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

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. She was also noted for being one of Sweden's best professional disco dancers.

Silversmith and jewellery designer

Attling designed for

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and H&M and in the mid-1990s she started her own line of jewellery. Her pendant "Homo Sapiens" was worn by

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in 1999, and

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is also known to wear her jewellery. She has stores in Sweden,

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and

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. The estimated turnover for her company was SEK 100 million in 2011.

Personal life

Attling was married to pop singer/writer

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, with whom she has two children, from 1985 to 1995. She entered a

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with Swedish pop singer

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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.

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