Carina Axelsson

Carina Axelsson
Born August 5, 1968 (1968-08-05) (age 43)[1]
Santa Cruz, California

Carina Axelsson, born 5 August 1968, is a former fashion model[2] and author/illustrator of three children's books.[3]

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Career

Axelsson moved from California to Manhattan New York in order to pursue a modeling career.[4] This led to work with magazines such as Vogue and Marie Claire.[5] Later, she moved to Paris, where she studied sculpture and illustration.[4] Axelsson went on to create the fictional dragon character of Nigel, who featured in her children's books Nigel, Nigel in Hyde Park and Nigel Goes to France.

Personal life

Axelsson was born in Santa Cruz, California, to a Mexican-American mother and Swedish father.[4] She is the current partner of Gustav, Hereditary Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, nephew of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, and resides with him in Germany.[6]

Published works

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References

  1. ^ "Danmark/Tyskland: Carina Axelsson". svenskdam.se. http://svenskdam.se/danmarktyskland-carina-axelsson/. Retrieved June 21, 2009. 
  2. ^ Berg, Rona (March 21, 1993). "The Waif Farers". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/21/magazine/fashion-the-waif-farers.html. Retrieved August 23, 2009. 
  3. ^ http://books.google.com/books?q=Carina+Axelsson&btnG=Search+Books
  4. ^ a b c Berggren, Olle (June 17, 2007). "Svenska Carina på väg in i det danska hovet". Expressen. http://www.kvp.se/nyheter/1.724625. Retrieved June 21, 2009. 
  5. ^ Berggren, Olle (June 27, 2006). "Svenska Carina blir prinsessa". Expressen. http://www.expressen.se/1.377166. Retrieved June 21, 2009. 
  6. ^ Bönnelyche, Åsa (September 11, 2008). "Gustav lurade mig – det var så vi blev tillsammans". svenskdam.se. http://svenskdam.se/2008/09/gustav-lurade-mig-%E2%80%93-det-var-sa-vi-blev-tillsammans/. Retrieved August 27, 2009.