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 two children.
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
http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Vikander-Family-Tree-2
Her paternal grandparents are listed as “uncertain”. And it already links to her maternal grandfather’s genealogy on that website.
yeah, I knew. Also the maternal grandparents are listed as “uncertain”, and they’re the same from Geni profile.
I already verified Vikander’s maternal grandparents. And geni.com got their names from ethnicelebs.
Maria Fahl Vikander’s first name is Britta based on public records.
I tried using the census records from 1970, and Svante Vikander, who was born on 23 October 1948 in Sundsvall, lived alone at that time. So, no luck. We will have to wait until the end of this year when the BMDs for 1948 will be opened to the general public at Riksarkivet because of 70-year-rule.
1948-10-23
Vikander, Svante
Erik Dahlbergsg 20/Kempe/
411 26 Göteborg
Kyrkobokförd i Vasa Göteborgs (Göteborgs kn, Göteborgs och Bohus län, Västergötland), distrikt 03, fastighet 81804. Mantalsskriven på samma ort.
Född 23/10 1948 i Sundsvall (Västernorrlands län, Medelpad).
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Källa: Mtl Göteborgs och Bohus län 1971
“There are NO blonde people in Sweden. All Swedish women look like me.”
-Alica Vikander
She never said such a thing or even implied that. She only speaks about the way she specifically looks … because people keep asking and do not believe she is Scandinavian.
She doesn’t look Scandinavian or Swedish at all to me. Plus the surname isn’t helping either. I’m thinking Russian. But she’s definitely mixed with something.
She isn’t Russian but her surname is german so maybe she has German anscestry that isn’t so distant? I think she is a little less Finnish too.
Russians have about the same pigmentation as Finns and Scandinavians. She looks more French or Iberian.
Vikander is a Swedish surname.
Here is a genealogy of Alicia’s great-great-grandfather, Georg Carl Fredrik Heideman, that fills in some blanks: http://www.geni.com/people/Georg-Carl-Fredrik-von-Heideman/6000000028939506466
Alicia’s great-great-great-great-grandfather, Georg Henrik von Heideman, was born in Finland. His ancestry appears to be mostly Baltic German nobility, some Finland-Swedish nobility, and distant French and Russian.
The Youtube link is down