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Linda Thelenius
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Born | Västerås, Sweden
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21 January 1974
Occupation | Glamour model, singer |
Linda Maria Elisabeth Thelenius (born Linda Gedin on 21 January 1974 in Västerås, and also known as Linda Rosing) is a Swedish glamour model and singer. Thelenius (then Rosing) became known in Sweden when she was a housemate on Big Brother 2003; she has since released a book, been a party leader for the Unique Party and participated in several other reality shows. She has been married to Basic Element singer Peter Thelenius since 2010.
Career
Reality series
..... She also worked as a glamour model after her stint on Big Brother for men's magazines such as Slitz. ..... She took part in Michael Brinkenstjärna's television show Team Paparazzia along with Meral Tasbas. In 2009, she got her own dating show on Kanal5 called Den rätte för Rosing. In 2008, she was on the game show Sanningens Ögonblick and on Wipeout in 2009. Thelenius along with her daughter Melissa went on the paranormal show Det Okända on Sjuan in 2011 to get help with ghostly activity in their apartment.
Pop music
Thelenius released her first music single "Summer Love" in 2004, but the song did not chart. At the end of 2006, Thelenius revealed to the media that she would have another try at music under the new name Bionda. Her first music single under that name, "Forget Me, Forget Me Not", was released on 12 December that year. To avoid a court battle with the 1970s Italian band La Bionda, Thelenius decided to change her name legally to Linda Bionda.
Thelenius stated in April 2007 to Aftonbladet newspaper that she would not continue pursuing music. However, a few months later she revealed that she would participate in a yet unnamed country's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, a statement she later retracted as she claimed she did not want to perform and sing live.
Politician
On 3 August 2006, Thelenus declared she would dedicate herself to politics and become the party leader of the newly formed Swedish Unique Party. According to Aftonbladet, Thelenius brought in 203,000 ballots with 255,000 being the needed minimum to make it through the 4% barrier to the Riksdag, the Swedish national legislative assembly (Parliament).
At the 2006 election, the Unique Party got 222 votes. In an interview with Svenska Dagbladet, Thelenius stated that her party was satisfied with the result and that she would continue to be the party's leader. But on 9 April 2008, Thelenius wrote in her blog that she had never taken the project seriously and that there never were serious plans to make it to the Riksdagen. She claimed to have come up with the name for the party herself.
Film
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Personal life
In 2006, Thelenius made her debut as an author with the autobiography Den nakna sanningen which she co-wrote along with host and journalist Daniel Nyhlén.
On 20 December 2007, she was arrested at the Mera Bar in Norrlandsgatan, Stockholm. .....
Thelenius has one daughter and one son from two previous relationships. She had a relationship with Fadde Darwich. On 7 December 2009 Thelenius and her husband Peter Thelenius, the lead singer of the music group Basic Element gave birth to the couple first child a son. The couple got married on 24 July 2010 at that time Linda changed her last name from Rosing to Thelenius. She is also completed a course to become a flight attendant.
..... She has also said she has done surgery on her lips to make them bigger. But that she today regrets making the surgeries.
Discography
- 2004 – "Summer Love"
- 2006 – "Forget Me, Forget Me Not" (credited as Bionda)