Gudrun Sjödén in 2013

Gudrun Sjödén (born 5 June 1941) is a Swedish fashion designer.

Sjödén grew up in the village of Julita in Södermanland, and studied textile and fashion at Konstfack from 1958 to 1963. She married photographer Björn Sjödén (1940-2016) in 1961.[1] Along with him she in 1976 opened the first Gudrun Sjödén clothing shop in Stockholm at Regeringsgatan.[2] The company has about one hundred employees and earns a quarter of a billion (SEK) a year.[3]

In 2007, she received the Litteris et Artibus medal from King Carl Gustaf of Sweden.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Obituary Björn Sjödén
  2. ↑ Wärn, Karina Ericsson (2012), Modebibeln. Den svenska. Bonnier Fakta, ISBN 978-91-7424-149-5
  3. ↑ "Gudrun Sjödén Design Aktiebolag". Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Gudrun Sjödén fick medalj". Habit. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Gudrun Sjödén - 40 år i färg och mönster". Bizstories (in Swedish). 2016-03-29. Retrieved 2022-05-16.

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