Elliphant

Birth Name: Ellinor Miranda Salome Olovsdotter

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Date of Birth: 8 October, 1985

Ethnicity: Swedish, Icelandic

Elliphant is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and rapper.

Her mother is named Marianne Thérese (Gustavsson, later Olovsdotter) Rye. It is not publicly known who her father is. She has said that she has Icelandic ancestry.

Elliphant’s maternal grandfather was Karl Olof Gustavsson (the son of Karl Alfred Gustavsson and Helga Alfhild Kristina Nyberg). Karl Olof was born in Stockholm. Karl Alfred was the son of an unknown father and Edla Andersson. Helga was the daughter of Karl Alfred Julius Nyberg and Emma Eskelina Nilsson.

Elliphant’s maternal grandmother was Vivian Margareta Engström (the daughter of Anders Harry Engström and Cissy Maria Fredrika Ohlsson). Vivian was born in Stockholm. Anders was the son of Nils Andersson Engström and Hulda Serafia Hallberg, who was born in Newport, Rhode Island, United States, to Swedish parents. Cissy was a foundling.

Sources: Baptismal record of Elliphant’s maternal grandfather, Karl Olof Gustavsson – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal records of Elliphant’s maternal great-grandfather, Karl Alfred Gustavsson – https://sok.riksarkivet.se
https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Elliphant’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Edla Andersson – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal records of Elliphant’s maternal great-grandmother, Helga Alfhild Kristina Nyberg – https://sok.riksarkivet.se
https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Elliphant’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Karl Alfred Julius Nyberg – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Elliphant’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Emma Eskelina Nilsson – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Birth records of Elliphant’s maternal grandmother, Vivian Margareta Engström – https://sok.riksarkivet.se
https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Baptismal record of Elliphant’s maternal great-grandfather, Anders Harry Engström – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

Birth record of Elliphant’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Hulda Serafia Hallberg – https://www.familysearch.org

Baptismal record of Elliphant’s maternal great-grandmother, Cissy Maria Fredrika Ohlsson – https://sok.riksarkivet.se

2 Responses

  1. sajmonn says:

    In this article it is stated that she has Icelandic heritage. Could someone check if this is true?
    https://themusic.com.au/features/elliphant-cyclone/deFmaWhram0/09-12-15

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