Tove Lo

Lo in 2015, photo by Prphotos

Birth Name: Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson

Place of Birth: Viken, Skåne, Sweden

Date of Birth: 29 October, 1987

Ethnicity: Swedish, as well as distant Norwegian, German, Dutch, Finnish, Scottish, Belgian [Flemish]

Tove Lo is a Swedish singer and songwriter.

Nilsson is the fourth most common last name in Sweden. Tove’s father, Carl Magnus Walter Nilsson, is a businessperson. Tove’s mother, Gunilla Margareta Edholm, is a psychologist. Tove is married to Charlie Twaddle.

Tove’s paternal grandfather was Carl-Uno Nilsson (the son of Carl Philip Nilsson and Amelie Sylvia Augusta Petersson). Carl-Uno was born in Lund, Skåne. Carl Philip was the son of Petter Nilsson and Anna Olsdotter. Amelie was the daughter of Carl Peter Petersson, who was of part German descent, and of Maria Kristina Wilhelmina Gadd.

Tove’s paternal grandmother was Ebba Gunilla Henrietta Martina Trägårdh (the daughter of Arne Hagbard Trägårdh and Ebba Margareta Rosenlew). Gunilla was born in Vasa, Gothenburg. Arne was the son of John Trägårdh and Carolina Ida Henrietta Schmidt, whose own father, Carl Julius Henrik Schmidt, was German, from Lübz, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Ebba’s father, Fredrik Walter Rosenlew, was from Pori, Finland, and was of part Finnish, German, as well as distant Dutch and Scottish, descent. Ebba’s mother, Martina Isabella Gibson, was of part Scottish, as well as distant Belgian [Flemish], Dutch, and German, ancestry.

Tove’s maternal grandfather was Nils Fredrik Edholm (the son of Fredrik Edholm and Elise Johansson). Nils was born in Vasa, Gothenburg. Fredrik was the son of Carl Fredrik Cyrillus Edholm and Agnes Josefina Björklund. Elise was the daughter of Nils Johnsson and Nilla Persdotter.

Tove’s maternal grandmother was Gunver Bills (the daughter of Edvard Alexander Bille and Elsa Maria Jansson). Gunver was born in Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm. Edvard was the son of Carl Fredrik Bille and Emma Mathilda Evensen, whose own father, Hellich Evensen, was Norwegian. Elsa was the daughter of Carl Fredrik Jansson and Anna Elisabeth Holmblom.

Sources: Genealogy of Tove’s paternal grandfather, Carl-Uno Philip Nilsson – https://www.myheritage.com

Genealogy of Tove’s paternal grandmother, Ebba Gunilla Henrietta Martina (Trägårdh) Zätterström – https://www.geni.com

Baptismal record of Tove’s maternal grandfather, Nils Fredrik Edholm – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Tove’s maternal great-grandfather, Fredrik Edholm – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Tove’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Carl Fredrik Cyrillus Edholm – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Tove’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Agnes Josefina Björkljund – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Tove’s maternal great-grandmother, Elise Johansson – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Tove’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Nils Johnsson – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Tove’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Nilla Persdotter – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Birth record of Tove’s maternal grandmother, Gunver Bille – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Tove’s maternal great-grandfather, Edvard Alexander Bille – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Tove’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Carl Fredrik Bille – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Tove’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Emma Mathilda Evensen – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Tove’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Emma Mathilda Evensen, on the 1860 Swedish Census – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Tove’s maternal great-grandmother, Elsa Maria Jansson – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Marriage record of Tove’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Carl Fredrik Jansson and Anna Elisabeth Holmblom – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Tove’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Carl Fredrik Jansson – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Tove’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Anna Elisabeth Holmblom – https://sok.riksarkivet.se