Niklas Birger Thor (born 21 February 1986) is a

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who plays as a midfielder. He was commonly known as Niklas Thor or, during his marriage to a famous Swedish politician

Ebba Busch Ebba-Elisabeth Busch (, formerly Busch Thor while married; born 11 February 1987) is a Swedish politician serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden and Minister for Energy, Business and Industry since October 2022. She has served as Leade ...

, Niklas Busch Thor.

Career

Thor took a football high school program at Ebersteinska gymnasiet in

Norrköping Norrköping (; ) is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Linköp ...

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. During his time in high school, Thor played for IFK Norrköping and

IF Sylvia IF Sylvia is a Swedish football club based in Norrköping. The club, formed on 19 May 1922, is currently playing in the third tier of Swedish football, Division 1. The club is affiliated to the Östergötlands Fotbollförbund. In the early years ...

. After graduating high school, he moved to

Uppsala Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...

, Uppsala County where he played for his mother club Storvreta IK. Seven years later, in late 2013, he signed a two-year deal with IK Sirius in Sweden's second highest league,

Superettan Superettan (; meaning the super first (division)) is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Al ...

. On 25 May 2021, Thor joined Hammarby TFF.

Personal life

Thor married

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Ebba Busch Thor in 2013: they used the common name of Busch Thor. Thor and Busch filed for divorce in December 2019. They have a son, Birger, born in May 2015 and a daughter, Elise, born in February 2017. Ebba Busch Thor was elected Leader of the Christian Democrats in April 2015 and is now the youngest

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of all major parties. Besides football, Thor studies

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at the

Royal Institute of Technology The KTH Royal Institute of Technology ( sv, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, lit=Royal Institute of Technology), abbreviated KTH, is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH conducts research and education in engineering and technolo ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thor, Niklas 1986 births Living people Swedish footballers IK Frej players IK Sirius Fotboll players Hammarby Talang FF players Superettan players Allsvenskan players Association football midfielders