Sweden’s Next Top Model Might Be All of Them: Meet the Faces to Know Now Inline
Photo: Getty Images1/17Elsa Hosk, Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2015
Blessed with a bubbly personality to match her vivacious good looks, Elsa Hosk makes for not just a great model but also an enthusiastic brand representative. Working with Victoria’s Secret since the start of her career, Hosk recently was upgraded to Angel status. 2015 looks to be a big year for the beauty, who also has a denim collaboration with Re/Done in the works.
Photo: Getty Images2/17Emma Wiklund, Claude Montana Spring 1992
As a quintessential model of the early nineties, the former Emma Sjöberg vamped it up on the catwalk for designers like Thierry Mugler and Claude Montana. Sjöberg’s larger-than-life beauty made her the perfect choice for **George Michael’**s over-the-top video for “Too Funky,” where she posed and preened in Mugler’s most outlandish creations alongside fellow superstars Linda Evangelistaand Tyra Banks.
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Gorunway.com3/17Frida Gustavsson, Louis Vuitton Spring 2012
Frida Gustavsson’s doll-like prettiness has won her admirers in and out of the fashion community. Working regularly with photographers like Patrick Demarchelier and Tim Walker—both of whom have shot her for Vogue—Gustavsson has amassed an impressive body of work. Beauty’s power players have been just as captivated by Gustavsson’s allure, with both Maybelline and Anna Sui tapping her for cosmetics contracts.
Photo: Style.com4/17Mona Johannesson, Chanel Spring 2006
Mona Johannesson began her career with a strut for Miu Miu back in 2005, and she’s been on a roll ever since. Johannesson’s effortless appeal soon found a fan in J.Crew creative director Jenna Lyons, and she’s been the face of the brand’s catalogs and campaigns for nearly a decade.
Photo: Monica Feudi / Feudiguaineri.com5/17Mini Anden, Proenza Schouler Fall 2014
Mini Anden’s auburn locks, distinctive freckles, and bright blue eyes have made her an industry standout since the early 2000s, when she dominated the modeling scene, appearing in ads for Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and Hugo Boss. Since then, Anden has branched out into acting, appearing in hits like Entourage and Ocean’s Twelve.
Photo: Marcio Madeira6/17Caroline Winberg, Versace Fall 2006
Caroline Winberg’s wintry platinum hair and sculpted cheekbones epitomize the Nordic look, but in fashion she’s proved herself a versatile commodity, working with everyone from Victoria’s Secret to Chloé and Stella McCartney. When she isn’t ushering in the next generation of beauties as host of Sweden’s Next Top Model, Winberg is busy acting opposite A-listers like Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper, with whom she appeared in Limitless.
Photo: Marcio Madeira7/17Adina Fohlin, Yves Saint Laurent Fall 2004
In the early aughts, Adina Fohlin’s elegant and intense look struck a chord with designers and photographers. With her piercing deep-set eyes and strong jaw, Fohlin found a niche working with photographers like Steven Meisel, who shot her for Italian Vogue, and Craig McDean, who captured Fohlin for a memorable series of ads for Yves Saint Laurent.
Photo: Filippo Fior / GoRunway.com8/17Dorothea Barth-Jörgensen, J.W.Anderson Fall 2012
Beginning her career with a bang, winning Sweden’s Elite Model Look in 2007, Dorothea Barth-Jörgensen soon found herself on the runway for Marc Jacobs, Proenza Schouler, and Prada. A runway staple for several years, Barth-Jörgensen now splits her time between print work, studying acting, and working behind the camera on her own photography projects.
Photo: Monica Feudi / Feudiguaineri.com9/17Elsa Sylvan, Balenciaga Fall 2012
Making her runway debut at **Riccardo Tisci’**s Spring 2007 collectsion for Givenchy, Elsa Sylvan quickly became an in-demand commodity. With her bold eyebrows and icy stare, Sylvan struck a chord with photographers including Craig McDean and Steven Meisel, who shot her for a Calvin Klein Jeans campaign.
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / GoRunway.com10/17Hedvig Palm, Alexander Wang Spring 12
Off-duty, Hedvig Palm’s refined beauty makes her seem more like a university student than a top model, but on the runway, she’s capable of transforming into anything a designer can imagine. Whether she’s playing an urchin for **John Galliano’**s Fall 2015 couture collectsion for Maison Margiela Artisanal or becoming one of **Raf Simons’**s serene Dior sylphs, Palm pulls off each look with ease.
Photo: Courtesy of Gucci11/17Julia Hafstrom, Gucci Resort 2016
Though she first arrived on the modeling scene back in 2007, flame-haired beauty Julia Hafstrom has experienced a career high in the past year. As the face of **Alessandro Michele’**s first campaign for Gucci and a regular on the runway for Louis Vuitton, Lanvin, Céline, and Valentino, Hafstrom is one of the most in-demand faces of the moment.
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com12/17Johanna Jonsson, Marni Fall 14
Johanna Jonsson’s austere beauty made her the perfect choice for labels like Prada and Jil Sander, the latter selecting her as the face for a Willy Vanderperre–helmed campaign back in 2007. Since then, Jonsson has distinguished herself on the runway with work for Christopher Kane and Marni.
Photo: Getty Images13/17Vendela Kirsebom, 1994
As one of Victoria’s Secret’s early models, Vendela Kirsebom helped to define the megabrand’s nineties look. Blonde and buxom, Kirsebom was also a regular in the pages of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.
Photo: Filippo Fior / GoRunway.com14/17Kelly Gale, Rag & Bone Spring 2013
With a mother born in India, Gale represents Sweden’s new, multicultural generation of models. Her sweetly sexy look fits perfectly with clients like Victoria’s Secret and Ralph Lauren.
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / GoRunway.com15/17Sara Blomqvist, Valentino Fall 2011
From the start, Sara Blomqvist’s modeling career has been exceptional—Prada exclusives; work with Willy Vanderperre and Craig McDean; and a recurring place on the runway at Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and Valentino. Marrying fellow model Jeremy Young last year, Blomqvist is one half of a new generation of modeling power couples.
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com16/17Tilda Lindstam, Dries Van Noten Fall 15
A popular face on the runway and online—where she boasts hundreds of thousands of Instagram followers—Tilda Lindstam has come to represent effortless cool. Possessing the right mix of elegance and insouciance has landed Lindstam in ads for Chloé, Bottega Veneta, 3.1 Phillip Lim, and more.
Photo: Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com17/17Emmy Rappe, Dior Fall 15
A relative newcomer to modeling, Emmy Rappe has made quite the impression in little more than a year. Winsome and pouty with a curtain of dark blonde hair, Rappe possesses a striking beauty—and given that she’s walked more than 80 runways since her debut at Fall 2014’s Burberry Prorsum show, it’s safe to say that designers have taken note.
