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Birth Name: Sanna Viktoria Nielsen
Place of Birth: Edenryd, Skåne, Sweden
Date of Birth: 27 November, 1984
Ethnicity: Swedish, one quarter Danish
Sanna Nielsen is a Swedish singer and television presenter. She placed third in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.
Sanna’s partner is musician Edmund Joakim Ramsell.
Sanna’s paternal grandfather was Niels Frandsen Nielsen (the son of Knud Ditlev Nielsen and Anne Margrethe Jensen). Niels was a Danish emigrant, from Snejbjerg, Ringkøbing. Knud was born in Stokholm-Sahl, Ginding, Ringkøbing, the son of Christian Nielsen and Mariane Sørensen. Anne was born in Sahl Sogn, Ginding Herred, the daughter of Jens Dystrup and Ane Marie Nielsen.
Sanna’s paternal grandmother was Margit Alfrida Johansson (the daughter of Edving Hedving Johansson and Alma Larsson). Margit was born in Bromölla, Skåne County. Edving was born in Gammalstorp, Blekinge County, the son of Johan Nilsson Juhlin and Johanna Kristina Gustafsdotter. Alma was born in Sölvesborg, Blekinge County, the daughter of Bengta Larsdotter.
Sanna’s maternal grandfather was Karl Gustaf Hägerstrand (the son of Karl August Ragnar Hägerstrand and Marta Vilhelmina Karlsson). Sanna’s grandfather Karl was born in Almundsryd, Kronoberg County. Sanna’s great-grandfather Karl was the son of Carl Vilhelm Hägerstrand and Maria Carlsdotter. Marta was born in Ringamåla, Blekinge County, the daughter of Karl Johan Svensson and Elin Svensdotter.
Sanna’s maternal grandmother was Anna Lisa Palmkvist (the daughter of Saul Manfred Palmqvist, later Palmkvist, and of Astrid Anna Viktoria Frejd). Anna was born in Tånga, Långaryd, Halland County, Sweden. Manfred was born in Lilla Rya, Långaryd, Halland, the son of Saul Leander Palmqvist and Sara Maria Johansdotter. Astrid was born in Åkerslätt, Värnamo, Småland, the daughter of Johan Paulinus Frejd and Anna Kristina Svensson.
Sanna’s matrilineal ancestry can be traced to her fourth great-grandmother, Lisa Petersdotter (c. 1818 – died in Värnamo, Jönköping).
Source: Genealogy of Sanna Nielsen – https://www.geni.com