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Niklas Thor
Niklas Thor during playing an October 2020 Fotbollsallsvenskan away game for IK Sirius against Djurgårdens IF
Personal information
Full name Niklas Thor
Date of birth (1986-02-21) 21 February 1986 (age 38)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Storvreta IK
IK Sirius
IFK Norrköping
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Gamla Upsala 61 (5)
2011–2013 Frej 67 (11)
2014–2020 Sirius 139 (7)
2021 Hammarby TFF 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2021

Niklas Birger Thor (born 21 February 1986) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder. He was commonly known as Niklas Thor or, during his marriage to a famous Swedish politician Ebba Busch, Niklas Busch Thor.[1]

Career

Thor took a football high school program at Ebersteinska gymnasiet in Norrköping, Östergötland County. During his time in high school, Thor played for IFK Norrköping and IF Sylvia. After graduating high school, he moved to Uppsala, Uppsala County where he played for his mother club Storvreta IK. Seven years later, in late 2013, he signed a two-year deal with IK Sirius in Sweden's second highest league, Superettan.[2] On 25 May 2021, Thor joined Hammarby TFF.[3]

Personal life

Thor married Swedish politician Ebba Busch Thor in 2013: they used the common name of Busch Thor. Thor and Busch filed for divorce in December 2019.[4] They have a son, Birger, born in May 2015[5] and a daughter, Elise, born in February 2017.[6] Ebba Busch Thor was elected Leader of the Christian Democrats in April 2015 and is now the youngest party leader of all major parties.

Besides football, Thor studies engineering at the Royal Institute of Technology.[7]

References

  1. ^ Sirius vann kaptenen Niklas Busch Thors sista match‚ aftonbladet.se, 5 November 2017
  2. ^ Uppsalanyheter. "Sirius värvar stjärna från konkurrent". uppsalanyheter.se.
  3. ^ Hammarby TFF. "Varmt välkommen Niklas Thor". htff.se.
  4. ^ "Ebba Busch Thor skiljer sig från maken: "Sorg"". Expressen.
  5. ^ "Ebba Busch Thor och hennes man om första tiden som föräldrar". Aftonbladet.
  6. ^ "Ebba Busch Thor har blivit mamma". Expressen.
  7. ^ "Ebba Busch Thors man kan ta unik fotbollsledighet". DN.SE.