Alexandra Charles (born November 12, 1946 in Mariestad, Sweden, née Thyra Margareta Inga-Lill Gefvert)[1] is the nightclub queen of Sweden.[2] She ran a membership restaurant-discothèque called Alexandra's in central Stockholm from 1968 to 1988.
Charles today also goes by her late husband's surname of Gustrin but is usually referred to by the surname of her first husband Noel Charles of Barbados. She chairs a charitable foundation, is noticeably involved in women's health issues and is still a central figure in the public life of her country.
The clientele of her club was all of what Sweden had at the time of social elite, business powers, celebrities and royalty, with regulars such as the ABBA quartet, tennis legend Björn Borg and King Carl XVI Gustaf. She is of interest to international readers mainly because, for twenty years, she hosted every world famous name that visited Stockholm, in entertainment or other public endeavors, and provided them with at least one night of first class ambiance at her nightclub.
Charles split up with her American business partner Tom Macksey in 1976, after which her place was moved and called Alexandra (without the s). A number of Swedish show business profiles have had their debuts at Alexandra's, and she had the first Swedish version of Wild Side Story there.