Gunilla Pontén

Gunilla Pontén
Gunilla Pontén in June 1955
Born(1929-06-14)14 June 1929
Died29 June 2019(2019-06-29) (aged 90)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Occupation(s)fashion designer, model

Ellen Gunilla Margareta Pontén (14 June 1929 in Stockholm – 29 June 2019) was a Swedish fashion designer.

Pontén designed clothes with the base colours of grey, white or black. In 1983, she was awarded the Damernas Värld design award Guldknappen (lit. "The gold button") and in 2003 the Litteris et Artibus royal medal. She also worked alongside Emilio Pucci in Italy. In 2008, she was awarded the KTH Great Prize.