Elizabeth Lejonhjärta and Victoria Lejonhjärta (; born 9 October 1990 in

Norrbotten Norrbotten (), sometimes called North Bothnia, is a Swedish province (''landskap'') in northernmost Sweden. It borders south to Västerbotten, west to Swedish Lapland, and east to Finland. Administration The traditional provinces of Swede ...

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) are

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twin models, bloggers, writers and social media personalities, best known for their collaborations with Canadian rapper

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Early and personal lives

The twins were born in the

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cultural region, in Northern

, of

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, Gambian, and

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heritage. They describe their childhood home as "semi-

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". Their mother is Swedish,

Tornedalian Tornedalians (; ; ) are an ethnic minority native to the Torne Valley (Meänmaa) region in northern Sweden and Finland. Tornedalians were officially recognized as a national minority in Sweden in 2000. Tornedalians divide themselves into three di ...

and Sami; their father has heritage from Gambia, Senegal and

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is . It has a tropical climate and envi ...

. Their younger half-brother Malcolmx's father is from

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. Growing up in the northern Sweden region

, they experienced

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and

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. They were raised in

Luleå Luleå ( , , locally ; ; ) is a Cities in Sweden, city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the County Administrative Boards of Sweden, capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban ...

. They are environmentalists who collect their own water in a Swedish forest for health purposes and reside in the mountains of

Överkalix Överkalix (; ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Överkalix Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 975 inhabitants in 2010. Climate Överkalix has a subarctic climate with significant temperature differences between the ...

. Drake has a tattoo dedicated to them.

Career

They appear in Drake's album artwork for his album Views and his music videos for Please Forgive Me and Nice for What; they also frequently model for his OVO merchandise. Together, they have also modeled for H&M,

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, Cheap Monday, Eytys,

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Åhléns Åhléns () is a chain of Swedish department stores. With locations in almost every city in the country, including 18 in Stockholm alone , it is the fourth largest group of fashion stores in Sweden. History Åhléns began as a mail order bu ...

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, and

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Videography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lejonhjarta, Elizabeth and Victoria Lejonhjarta 1990 births Living people Swedish people of Gambian descent Swedish people of Senegalese descent Swedish people of Sierra Leonean descent Swedish Sámi people Tornedalians People from Luleå Swedish female models Swedish Internet celebrities Swedish environmentalists Swedish women environmentalists Twin models Identical twin females