Louise ''Lulu'' Mushama Carter Arfwedson, known as Lulu Carter, (born Ann Louise Arfwedsson, 5 April 1961) is a
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author and presenter on the television home improvement show
Äntligen hemma
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, broadcast on
TV4. Carter has also participated in the travel show
När & Fjärran
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on the same channel.
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Retrieved 20 February 2015 In 2008, Carter was a contestants in
Stjärnor på is
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on TV4, however she was eliminated in the second episode. She has also competed in the show
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on
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. And the celebrity diving show
Kändishoppet
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on
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.
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
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to be an intern at the women's magazine ''
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.
Carter received attention in 2017 when she accused her Äntligen hemma co-star
Martin Timell
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He started his career as a television host on SVT in the 1980s, hosting several entertainment and children's programs. In 1996, he moved to TV4 where he ...
of sexual abuse. These accusations and those of other women made Timell being fired from his job as host of the show. And Äntligen hemma was temporarily cancelled.
Bibliography
*''Sinnliga rum: konsten att inreda med hjärtat '' (2013)
References
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Living people
1961 births
Swedish television personalities
Swedish women television presenters
Swedish non-fiction writers
Swedish women non-fiction writers
20th-century Swedish women writers
21st-century Swedish women writers