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Elisabet Kling was born 28th of March 1967 in Jönköping, Sweden. With maiden name Pehrsson her full name was Karin Elisabet Pehrsson. At age of 1 year she moved to Vetlanda as her father was setting up a small accounting business there. As a teenager she met 2 years older Thomas Kling from Ekenässjön. They got married in 1990 and moved to Göteborg. Elisabet graduated as a pre-school teacher and worked at a local day nursery to finance Thomas' MBA studies. In 1991 Elisabet had her first doughter Sara. Due the the crisis in Swedish real estate and finance industry Thomas had a hard time to find a suitable employment when he had finished his studies in 1992.

The young family made the difficult decision to move to a small town named Markaryd where Thomas was offered a job as a financial advisor with the high-status accounting group Earnst & Young.In Markaryd Elisabet had some of the best years in her life. Quickly she became a well-known personality in the small sociaty, with a membership in Lady Circle. She had her second doughter Stina in 1994 quickly followed by Selma in 1996. This was the time when she decided to further develop her musical talents. In the local choire she met Carina and together with some other ladies they set up numerous song performances. The Swedish song writers Evert Taube and Cornelius Wresvijk were among the favorites.

As her children grew older Elisabet took up her career in teaching and after some years she was responsible for the Childrens' Activities at the local Swedish Church. At the same time she stared her career as a solo singer. Ten years after having moved to Markaryd Thomas got an attractive offer at Handelsbanken in Halmstad. The family moved there and quickly the three girls established new friendships at school. At this time Elisabet reached an important turning point in her life. In Halmstad she continueud working in the Church, but realized she wanted to make a stronger committment. After one year of studies the Bishop of Gothenburg declared her a Diaconist of the Swedish Church. She is now supporting people in crisis in her role as the Social Worker of the Church. In March 2007 she will celebrate her 40th birthday.