Elin Zetterstrand is a talented Swedish computer programmer and artist who came to the limelight as the celebrity wife of Markus Alexej Persson, a billionaire Swedish Programmer and video game designer.

The marriage between Elin and Markus ended several years ago, but Elin Zeterstrand’s place has been cemented forever due to her relationship with Markus Persson. Despite having sold his video game company, Mojang, to Microsoft, Markus Persson is the creator of the sandbox game known as Minecraft.

He is regarded as one of the most brilliant minds in the world of video game programming. His marriage to Elin was short-lived, and here’s the truth about the celebrity ex-wife.

Who is Elin Zetterstrand?

Elin Zetterstrand was born on November 9, 1981, under the birth sign of Scorpio in Stockholm, Sweden. Elin has spent pretty much the entirety of her life in Sweden and is a recognized citizen of the country. She belongs to the Caucasian ethnic group, and not much is known about the identity of the computer programmer’s family background.

For instance, there is no knowledge of who her birth parents were, including their names or what they did for a living. Her only identified family member is an older brother named Kristoffer Zetterstrand. There are also unverified sources claiming that Elin has a younger sister.

However, her most prevalent sibling or familial relationship existed with her brother, Kristoffer. Elin spent the majority of her time in Sweden with Kristoffer. It seems that Elin drew inspiration to become a programmer from her older brother, a computer programmer and video game programmer who worked on developing Minecraft alongside her ex-husband.

Details of Elin Zetterstrand’s formal educational background are thin and one of the things she rarely spoke about. However, several sources say that her older brother attended and graduated from Royal University College of Fine Arts, located in Stockholm, Sweden.

Those same sources equally assume that Elin Zetterstrand attended and graduated from the same institution with a degree in Computer Programming and Arts. One would be inclined to agree with these assumptions because Zetterstrand rarely leaves her home country of Sweden.

Elin Zetterstrand Became Famous After She Became Markus Persson’s Wife

Elin Zetterstrand’s career path led her to become a staff of Markus Persson’s computer programming and video programming company, Mojang. While she was going about her duties at the company, she caught her boss’ attention but not in an official capacity. He wanted a more intimate relationship with Elin and set out to make it happen.

They began dating soon after, and it was a relationship that continued over the next four years. The timeline of the beginning of the relationship would most likely be in 2007 because the couple got married in 2011. Before the wedding, Elin’s ex-husband set up an engagement plan that was executed during a vacation they were both on in Indonesia.

The wedding, however, was a closed affair that had just close friends and family members in attendance. As a matter of fact, the public only became aware that such an event had taken place after Markus Persson alerted everyone to the fact on August 13, 2011.