Niklas Birger Thor (born 21 February 1986) is a Swedish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a midfielder. He was commonly known as Niklas Thor or, during his marriage to a famous Swedish politician

Ebba Busch Ebba-Elisabeth Busch (, formerly Busch Thor; born 11 February 1987) is a Swedish politician, serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden, Minister for Energy (Sweden), Minister for Energy and the Minister for Business and Industry (Sweden), M ...

, Niklas Busch Thor.

Career

Thor took a football high school program at Ebersteinska gymnasiet in

Norrköping Norrköping ( , ) is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Lin ...

Östergötland County Östergötland County () is a county or '' län'' in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to the northeast. It also has a ...

. During his time in high school, Thor played for

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollför ...

and IF Sylvia. After graduating high school, he moved to

Uppsala Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Loc ...

Uppsala County Uppsala County () is a county or '' län'' on the eastern coast of Sweden, whose capital is the city of Uppsala. It borders the counties of Dalarna, Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland, Gävleborg, and the Baltic Sea. Province The nor ...

where he played for his mother club Storvreta IK. Seven years later, in late 2013, he signed a two-year deal with

IK Sirius Idrottsklubben Sirius, commonly known as IK Sirius or Sirius, is a Swedish Sport, sports club located in Uppsala. Today IK Sirius is active in bandy, floorball, and association football, football as an . History The sports club that became IK Sir ...

in Sweden's second highest league,

Superettan Superettan (; ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the Swedish football league system, league system of Swedish football, Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and rel ...

. On 25 May 2021, Thor joined Hammarby TFF.

Personal life

Thor married Swedish

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

Ebba Busch Thor Ebba-Elisabeth Busch (, formerly Busch Thor; born 11 February 1987) is a Swedish politician, serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden, Minister for Energy and the Minister for Business and Industry since October 2022. She has served as ...

in 2013: they used the common name of Busch Thor. Thor and Busch filed for divorce in December 2019. They have a son, Birger, born in May 2015 and a daughter, Elise, born in February 2017.

was elected Leader of the Christian Democrats in April 2015 and is now the youngest

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of all major parties. Besides football, Thor studies

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at the

Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology (), abbreviated KTH, is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH conducts research and education in engineering and technology and is Sweden's largest technical university. Since 2018, KTH consist ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thor, Niklas 1986 births Living people Swedish men's footballers IK Frej players IK Sirius Fotboll players Hammarby Talang FF players Superettan players Allsvenskan players Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Swedish sportsmen