Elina Gollert: Simon Kjær's Wife, Age, Sons and Wedding
Who is Elina Gollert? Simon Kjær's Swedish wife: her age, their 2017 wedding in Rome, their two sons, her design work and family life after his retirement.
Elina Gollert, also known as Elina Gollert Kjær, is the Swedish wife of Simon Kjær, the former Denmark captain and AC Milan defender who retired from football in January 2025. She is from Stockholm, she married Simon in Rome in June 2017, and the couple have two sons.
Since February 2025, Kjær has sat on the board of FC Midtjylland, the club where his professional career began, and has spent far more time at home with Elina and the boys. In this guide, OhMyFootball sets out what is documented about Elina Gollert, from her design studies to the interview she gave about life as a footballer's wife, and brings the story up to date for November 2026.
Who is Simon Kjær's wife?
Simon Kjær's wife is Elina Gollert Kjær, a Swedish woman from Stockholm who studied design. Danish weekly Se og Hør reported in June 2017 that the Denmark captain had married his Swedish girlfriend at a big wedding in Rome, and that the couple already had two children together.
How did they meet? According to Se og Hør, Simon and Elina met at a nightclub, about eight years before the magazine wrote about them in 2018. Other websites claim the couple only got together in 2013, but we could not find a reliable source for that date, and it does not fit the Danish press reports.
As far as is publicly known, the couple are still together in 2026. We found no report of a separation in Danish or Swedish media, and Elina and the boys were by Simon's side when he was honoured at Parken in November 2024.
Who is Elina Gollert?
Elina Gollert is best known in Denmark as the wife of the national team's longtime captain, but she has also spoken for herself. In June 2019, TV 2 visited her at the family's villa in Seville for a long interview about the reality of life as a footballer's wife.
She told TV 2 that the family had lived in five countries in eight years: Italy, Germany, France, Turkey and Spain. Settling into a new city can take half a year, she explained, from finding a doctor and the shops to making friends, so she arranges play dates for the boys, knocks on the neighbours' doors and invites new acquaintances out to eat. She described herself as a very positive person who sees opportunities rather than limits.
The same interview gave a rare look at her home life. The family furnish every new home as similarly as possible, the boys' rooms included, and always have Danish and Swedish television, which Elina said makes a new house feel like home from day one. She admitted that her sons already spoke better Spanish than she did and sometimes had to translate for her, and that she missed her family and friends in Sweden.
Elina also appeared in Kærester med landsholdet, a TV 2 Zulu series from 2018 about the partners of Denmark players. Se og Hør reported that she joked in the programme about often wearing Simon's clothes.
Elina Gollert age and birthday
Elina Gollert's exact date of birth has not been confirmed by a reliable source. TV 2 gave her age as 30 in June 2019, which means she was born in 1988 or 1989 and is about 37 or 38 years old in 2026.
Simon Kjær was born on 26 March 1989 in Horsens, Denmark, so he turned 37 in March 2026.
Elina Gollert nationality and origin
Elina Gollert is Swedish. TV 2 described her as Swedish in 2018 and 2019, and Billedbladet reported in 2021 that she is from Stockholm. We found no coverage of her family background in reputable media. Claims on other websites about her parents' names and jobs, or about a younger brother, have no source, so we have left them out.
How Simon and Elina's life followed his career
By the time they met, Simon had already left FC Midtjylland for Palermo, in 2008. From then on, his career decided where the family lived. Elina followed him from country to country: by 2019, TV 2 listed Italy, Germany, France, Turkey and Spain. Later that year Kjær went back to Italy on loan at Atalanta, and in January 2020 he joined AC Milan.
At the 2018 World Cup, she flew to Moscow to watch him. TV 2 reported that after Denmark's draw with France at the Luzhniki Stadium, which sent Denmark to the last 16, Simon went up into the stands to find her, and the two held each other and cried. They only had about 20 seconds together before he was called away for a doping test.
The family stayed longest in Milan. In the farewell interview he gave AC Milan's channel in May 2024, Kjær described his wife's support as fundamental and said that Milan had become home for his children, who spoke better Italian than Danish, according to Sempre Milan's account of the interview.
The video above is AC Milan's official interview with Kjær, published on 21 May 2024 when the club announced he would leave that summer. It has English subtitles, and its chapters cover his arrival, the 2022 Scudetto, his family and video messages from his teammates.
Simon Kjær and Elina Gollert's wedding
Simon and Elina married in Rome in June 2017. Se og Hør reported on 25 June 2017 that the national team captain had said yes to his girlfriend at a big wedding in the Italian capital that weekend. The magazine added that Fenerbahçe, Kjær's club at the time, had posted several photos from the wedding on Twitter.
A few weeks later, on 16 July 2017, Elina shared a wedding photo of the couple on Instagram and thanked designer John Paul Ataker for creating her dress.
Weeks after the wedding, the newlyweds moved again: Kjær joined Sevilla from Fenerbahçe in the summer of 2017.
Simon Kjær and Elina Gollert's children
Simon Kjær and Elina Gollert have two sons, Milas and Viggo. Elina named both boys herself in her 2019 TV 2 interview, and Billedbladet named them again when they joined their father for his tribute at Parken in November 2024.
- Milas Kjær, the elder son, was almost six in June 2019 according to TV 2, so he was born in 2013 and is about 13 in 2026.
- Viggo Kjær, the younger son, was three in June 2019, so he was born in 2015 or 2016 and is about 10 or 11 in 2026.
Both boys were born before their parents married in 2017. Exact birth dates have not been published. In 2024, Se og Hør reported that the boys' main language is English and that they speak only basic Danish. In April 2026, Simon told TV 2 that one of the joys of retirement is having time to drive the boys to football training.
Elina Gollert career: design and her brand Gollert
Elina studied design, as both TV 2 and Billedbladet have reported. In June 2019 she told TV 2 that she was preparing the first collection of her own clothing brand, Gollert, expected in March 2020. She stressed that the brand had nothing to do with Simon's connections or her married name, and that it mattered to her to stand on her own next to her husband. Billedbladet reported in 2021 that she had worked on finishing a clothing collection.
We could not find evidence that the Gollert collection was launched commercially, so we cannot say whether the brand is still active in 2026.
Her Instagram also shows her eye for fashion, with street-style photos like this one from August 2019.
Simon Kjær and the night Christian Eriksen collapsed
The moment that made Kjær famous far beyond football came on 12 June 2021, in Denmark's first game of Euro 2020 against Finland at Parken in Copenhagen. Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch with a cardiac arrest just before half time. Kjær was the first to reach him, made sure his airway was clear and called for the medical team. He then organised his teammates into a ring around Eriksen while doctors resuscitated him, and with goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel comforted Eriksen's partner, Sabrina Kvist Jensen, when she came onto the pitch.
Eriksen survived. On 26 August 2021, UEFA gave its President's Award to the medical staff who saved him and to the Danish team doctors and Kjær, who sent a video message to the ceremony in Istanbul. Some websites describe Elina as part of the rescue that evening; we found no reliable report of that, and the credit belongs to Kjær, his teammates and the medical staff.
Who is Simon Kjær? Career and life after football
Simon Thorup Kjær is a former Danish centre-back who came through the FC Midtjylland academy and played club football in six countries. He won 132 caps and scored 5 goals for Denmark between 2009 and 2024, captained the team from 2016, and played at the 2010, 2018 and 2022 World Cups and at Euro 2012, Euro 2020 and Euro 2024. Under his captaincy, Denmark reached the semi-finals of Euro 2020.
His career timeline:
- 2007 to 2008: FC Midtjylland, his first senior club
- 2008 to 2010: Palermo
- 2010 to 2013: Wolfsburg, with a loan to Roma in 2011/12
- 2013 to 2015: Lille
- 2015 to 2017: Fenerbahçe
- 2017 to 2020: Sevilla, with a loan to Atalanta in 2019/20
- January 2020: joined AC Milan, on loan at first and permanently from July 2020
- 2021/22: Serie A champion with Milan, although a knee injury in December 2021 kept him out for months
- May 2024: farewell at San Siro as his Milan contract ran out
- 22 August 2024: retired from the national team
- 13 January 2025: announced his retirement from football in an interview with TV 2
- February 2025: returned to FC Midtjylland as a board member
As of November 2026, Kjær is listed on FC Midtjylland's board, and TV 2 reported in April 2026 that he has invested in LUMÉ, a fitness concept built around different treatments. He was also named Danish Player of the Year in 2009 and 2021, and The Guardian's Footballer of the Year for 2021.
Danish fans who follow the national team's partners may also like our article on Josephine Siw Nielsen, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg's wife.
Simon Kjær net worth and salary
Elina Gollert's net worth is not publicly known. Neither is Simon Kjær's: the figures published on celebrity websites have no reliable basis.
What has been reported is his salary at AC Milan. According to Calcio e Finanza, the contract extension Kjær signed in October 2021 raised his pay from about €1.2 million to about €1.5 million net per season, until his deal ended in June 2024. Milan never confirmed the figures.
Elina Gollert Instagram
Elina Gollert is on Instagram as @gollert.kjaer. When we checked in November 2026, the account showed about 23,000 followers and 160 posts, among them portraits, fashion photos and the couple's wedding picture.
Quick facts about Elina Gollert
- Full name: Elina Gollert Kjær
- Husband: Simon Kjær, former Denmark captain and AC Milan defender, retired in January 2025
- Nationality: Swedish, from Stockholm
- Age: about 37 or 38 in 2026, going by the age TV 2 gave in 2019
- Married: June 2017, in Rome
- Children: two sons, born in 2013 and in 2015 or 2016
- Work: studied design, prepared her own clothing brand, Gollert
- Instagram: @gollert.kjaer
Frequently asked questions about Elina Gollert
Who is Elina Gollert?
Elina Gollert is the Swedish wife of former Denmark captain Simon Kjær. She is from Stockholm, studied design and has worked on her own clothing brand, Gollert.
How old is Elina Gollert?
Her exact birthday has not been confirmed by a reliable source. TV 2 said she was 30 in June 2019, which makes her about 37 or 38 in 2026.
When did Simon Kjær and Elina Gollert get married?
They married at a big wedding in Rome in June 2017, while Kjær was playing for Fenerbahçe.
Do Simon Kjær and Elina Gollert have children?
Yes, two sons, born in 2013 and in 2015 or 2016, both before the wedding.
Are Simon Kjær and Elina Gollert divorced?
No. We found no report of a divorce or separation, and Elina and their sons were at Simon's side for his tribute at Parken in November 2024.
What does Simon Kjær do now?
Kjær retired in January 2025. Since February 2025 he has been a board member of FC Midtjylland, and in 2026 TV 2 reported that he has invested in the fitness concept LUMÉ.
