Magdalena Graaf

Engla Maria Magdalena Graaf (born 2 September 1975) is a Swedish model, singer, and author.

[1] Graaf was born in Gothenburg, but she grew up in Kungsängen in Stockholm County, to Swedish Pentecostal parents.

Instead of burdening or embarrassing her religious parents, she married her Finnish gangster boyfriend Jorma whom she was already living with.

[5] Her husband was eventually released from prison and he put a 50 000 SEK bounty on her and a reward for hurting her sister model, Hannah.

Her plight eventually was heard by former MC gang leader who felt bad for her and decided to protect Graaf.

[5] Due to all the stress following the aftermath her ex-husband's indictment, Graaf lost a great deal of weight and suffered from lack of confidence.

That same year, she formed a musical duo The Graaf Sisters with Hannah and was quickly signed to Sony BMG.

[9] In March 2006, Graaf released her biography Det ska bli ett sant nöje att döda dig ("It is going to be a true pleasure to kill you"), where she tells about her childhood and her first, problematic marriage.

During their early marriage, the couple lived in the outskirts of Northampton, England,UK, where Hedman was playing football with Celtic.

In 2006, Graaf separated from Hedman after news papers reported an alleged affair with singer Linda Bengtzing.

Magdalena along with Hannah have donated earnings from their modeling to aid orphanages in Nagpur in central India.

The sisters maintain that they never have strayed too far from their Pentecostal upbringing and that their commitment for charity was inherited from their mother Linda Bergling who worked as a missionary in Asia and Africa.