Born: October 27, 1930 in Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden. Died: June 18, 2020 in Kirkland, Washington
Eva Fredin
Eva Fredin, longtime friend and resident of Kirkland, Washington passed away peacefully in her sleep on June 18, 2020. She was preceded in death by her parents, Karl Gustaf Ernst Fredin and Thilda Amalia Fredin, as well as her brother, Sture (Stuey) Carl-Gustaf Fredin. Eva is survived by her neighborhood friends, who became her extended family, and her best friend, Bobbi, and her godchildren, Greg and Julie.
Eva at Olympics
Eva was born on October 27, 1930 in Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden. She was a retired Swedish freestyle swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1950 European Aquatics Championships. She competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics (where she also carried the Olympic torch) in the 100 m, 400 m and 4 × 100 m events with the best result of fifth place in the 100 m in 1948.
Eva immigrated to the United States in 1953 and became a United States citizen in 1963. Eva worked as a stewardess for Pan American Airlines from 1955 and was on many celebrated and inaugural flights for air travel, including the first flight from New York to London. She retired 
from Pan Am in 1980. In her retirement, she gave generously of her time as a volunteer for different charities (Ski for Light, Meals on Wheels, etc.), and later worked locally at the Sur La Table in Kirkland.
Eva will best be remembered as a very sweet and strong-willed Swede. She loved her dachshund dogs — Pandi, Marlene, Justus, Wilbur, Stuey, Linus and Scooter (to name a few) — and for years walked her dogs daily at Marymoor Park. Eva shared her life openly with the neighborhood community she loved, sharing her home and hospitality with her neighbors. There are countless children who grew up shaped by Eva’s kindness and shared adventures of Easter egg hunts, strawberry picking in fields, skiing in the Cascades, dog walking at Marymoor or just talking around her dining room table for hours. Eva lived life on her terms and her legacy will live on in the many lives she touched by the light of her life.
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