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From serving ice cream to serving looks: Pernille Teisbaek on becoming Scandinavia's It-girl and a mother of four

By Allyson Shiffman

Teisbaek’s style has been more or less the same as it was when she was a teen, though back then she often sewed her own clothes. See below for all credit details. Photo: Petra Kleis

To say Pernille Teisbaek does it all would be an understatement. The 39-year-old Dane is a Nordic institution, single-handedly encapsulating the early Scandi street style craze and deftly pivoting from blog to Instagram, where she now has 1.4 million followers. At her (impossibly well-curated) home, she’s a hands-on soccer mom to three boys under seven. And just when she thought her life couldn’t get any fuller, she discovered she’s having a girl. As she prepares to give birth for what will (probably) be the last time, Teisbaek takes us back to where it all began: her childhood home