Photo: Olivier Strecker / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Emma Wiklund is a reinvention story I find genuinely cool. The Swedish model graced multiple Elle covers and appeared in George Michael's 1992 Too Funky video before pivoting to acting, most memorably as police officer Petra across four Taxi films. Sliding from modeling into screen work sounds simple but uses completely different muscles, and most don't make the leap stick. I like that she refused to stay in one lane and kept moving into acting and presenting. There's a cool, composed Scandinavian steel about her path, and the willingness to keep changing shape is the part I respect.
Overview
Emma Wiklund (née Sjöberg; 13 September 1968) is a Swedish fashion model and actress. She appeared on several covers of Elle magazine and in the 1992 George Michael music video for "Too Funky". Her acting roles include playing police officer Petra in four of the Taxi films (1998–2007).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Emma Wiklund
- Name (Japanese)
- エマ・シェーベルイ
- Reading
- えま・しぇーべるい
- Born
- September 13, 1968 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Monkey
- Origin
- Danderyd, Stockholm County, Sweden
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 175 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / model / television presenter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Model — see all → · More people from Sweden →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.