Gudrun Sjödén (born 5 June 1941) is a Swedish fashion designer. Sjödén grew up in the village of Julita in

Södermanland Södermanland ( or ), locally Sörmland, sometimes referred to under its Latin form ''Sudermannia'' or ''Sudermania'', is a historical province or ''landskap'' on the south eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Östergötland, Närke, Västman ...

, and studied textile and fashion at

Konstfack Konstfack, or University of Arts, Crafts and Design, is a university college for higher education in the area of art, crafts and design in Stockholm, Sweden. History Konstfack has had several different names since it was founded in 1844 by the ...

from 1958 to 1963. She married photographer Björn Sjödén (1940-2016) in 1961. Along with him she in 1976 opened the first Gudrun Sjödén clothing shop in Stockholm at Regeringsgatan. The company has about one hundred employees and earns a quarter of a billion (SEK) a year. In 2007, she received the

Litteris et Artibus Litteris et Artibus is a Swedish royal medal established in 1853 by Charles XV of Sweden, who was then crown prince. It is awarded to people who have made important contributions to culture, especially music, dramatic art and literature. The o ...

medal from King Carl Gustaf of Sweden.

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