Alicia Vikander
Vikander in 2014, photo by PrPhotos.com
Birth Name: Alicia Amanda Vikander
Place of Birth: Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Date of Birth: 3 October, 1988
Ethnicity: Swedish, small amount of Finnish, distant Baltic German
Alicia Vikander is a Swedish actress and dancer. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Danish Girl (2015). She has also starred in the films Pure, The Crown Jewels, A Royal Affair, Anna Karenina (2012), The Fifth Estate, Hotell, Seventh Son, Testament of Youth, Son of a Gun, Ex Machina, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Burnt, Jason Bourne (2016), The Light Between Oceans, Tulip Fever, Euphoria (2017), Submergence, Tomb Raider (2018), Earthquake Bird, The Glorias, Blue Bayou, The Green Knight, and Beckett, and on the series Andra Avenyn and Irma Vep.
She is the daughter of Maria Fahl Vikander, an actress, and Svante Vikander, a psychiatrist. Alicia is married to German-Irish actor and producer Michael Fassbender, with whom she has a son.
A picture of Alicia’s mother can be seen here.
Alicia has said that the filmmakers of her movie The Danish Girl were:
…obsessed with me not looking Scandinavian and I was like, ‘I’m the only Scandinavian in the whole film.’ They paled my skin, to make me lighter. People say that I’m tanned, but that’s my natural color.
In an interview on Conan O’Brien’s show on May 5, 2015, Conan told Alicia,
there’s a misconception… there’s this belief that everyone who’s Swedish has blonde [hair], blue eyes… clearly you’re proof that that’s not the case.
Alicia replied,
I always get that question… where are your parents really from?… Do you know where your dad’s from?… [My parents] are both from very small villages, from up north and south of Sweden… I’m a quarter Finnish, but that doesn’t really make me much darker.
Alicia’s paternal line can be traced back to her seventh great-grandfather, Clement Clementsson.
Alicia’s paternal grandfather was Erik Yngve Vikander (the son of Lars Erik Vikander and Hilda Kristina Eriksson). Alicia’s grandfather Erik was born in Smedjebacken, Norrbärke, Dalarna County,. Lars was the son of Olof Olsson and Brita Olsdotter. Hilda was the daughter of Johan Eriksson and Kristina/Christina Leontina Leonardsson.
Alicia’s paternal grandmother was Ingrid Maria Lundberg (the daughter of Johan Edvard Eriksson Lundberg and Maria Charlotta Nilsson). Ingrid was born in Smedjebacken, Norrbärke, Dalarna County. Johan Edvard was the son of Johan Ersson Lundberg and Anna Andersdotter Sjöblom. Maria Charlotta was the daughter of Nils Olsson and Johanna Svensdotter.
Alicia’s maternal grandfather was Anders Gustaf Edvard Fahl (the son of Gustaf Adolf Fahl and Anna Margareta Heideman/von Heideman). Alicia’s grandfather Anders was born in Annedal, Göteborg och Bohus, Sweden. Along with Swedish, Anders also had a small amount of Baltic German ancestry, and descent from Finland-Swedish nobility. Alicia’s great-grandfather Gustaf was the son of Erik Gustaf Georg Anders Henrik Fahl and Maria Andersdotter. Alicia’s great-grandmother Anna was the daughter of Georg Carl Fredrik Heideman/von Heideman and Gustafva Katarina Ulrika Raab.
Alicia’s maternal grandmother was Solveig/Solweig Waldemarsdotter/Valdemarsdotter (the daughter of Gustav Waldemar Timper, later Hasse, and of Elmi Irene Maria Sandholm). Solveig was Finnish. Gustav was the son of Karl Gustav Timper and Aina Wilhelmina Skoglund. Elmi was the daughter of Alfred Gabriel Sandholm and Anna Charlotta Asujamaa.
Vikander and her parents Maria Fahl and Svante Vikander, 2016, by kathclick/Bigstock
Sources: Genealogy of Alicia Vikander – https://www.geni.com
Birth record of Alicia’s father – https://sok.riksarkivet.se
Genealogy of Alicia’s paternal grandfather, Erik Yngve Vikander – https://www.myheritage.com
Genealogy of Alicia’s paternal grandmother, Ingrid Maria (Lundberg) Vikander – https://www.myheritage.com
Genealogy of Alicia’s maternal grandfather, Anders Gustaf Edvard Fahl – http://www.wikitree.com
you people should stop thinking in stereotypes, for all the most if you have never been to sweden. I’ve been to sweden and I can assure you guys, I’ve seen many swedish people with dark hair and dark eyes.
She doesn’t look swedish and Finnish at all,she looks english.
She’s incorrect, it’s more common to have dark features for people from Lapland.
Wrong.
cute
Her features and last name made me think she was part indian lol
LOL Indian features? I guess you’re a special kind of stupid. These are Nordic features you’re talking about. Also Vikander doesn’t look like an Indian surname you twat, haha.
J420, what is wrong with you? She does come off as indian, it’s the last name and her features make her look med or mixed race. Three people think so now, you lose.
Those features aren’t only nordic, they can be found in a lot of ethnicities. You can’t claim features to one group, the same features can be found in many groups.
Also it’s called an opinion and everyone has one. You’re extremely hateful and you seem mentally ill.
And you seem like a special kind of ignorant, low-class racist (but not surprising as research shows racists tend to have low IQs.) She absolutely looks to be half Indian or such- I know many full-blooded Northern Indian women with a skin tone and features very similar to hers.
Save your breath bakchoyhurl, you can’t argue with someone who is likely mentally slow and to top it off uncultured/bigoted.
You are the dumb and ignorant one. Have you been outside your television set? Vikander is an Indian last name as well and she does have Indian features. India has almost a billion people. They come on all colors and features. Blonde blue eyes to brown and gorgeous.
there have been a lot of very annoying little ——- like you ALWAYS coming across like they know everything!
Most native Swedes DO HAVE BLONDE HAIR AND BLUE EYES! that’s why most people make those assumptions. She does actually look like there may be some Indian (South Asian) in her background that came out in her. Genetics work in mysterious ways.
which parent is part South Asian?
The last name also struck me as Indian-ish at first for some reason.