Place of Birth: Mosfellsbær, Capital Region, Iceland
Date of Birth: 11 November 1986
Ethnicity: Icelandic, 1/8 Norwegian
Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir is an Icelandic singer and violinist. She will represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, having been previously represented in 2012. She is the daughter of Stefán Jóhann Pálsson and Kristín Lilliendahl. Her father’s last name is patronymic while her mother’s last name is a family name.
Greta Salóme’s paternal grandfather is Pál Friðriksson (the son of Friðrik Ólafur Pálsson and Petrína Regína Einarsdóttir Rist). Friðrik was the son of Páll Friðriksson and Margrét Árnadóttir. Regína was the daughter of Einar Ásgeirsson Möller and Geirlaug Kristjánsdóttir.
Greta Salóme’s paternal grandmother was Susie Bachmann (the daughter of Stefán Ólafur Bachmann Grímsson and Johanna Hammerbeck). Stefán was the son of Grímur Ólafsson and Þorgerður Stefanía Olafía Bachmann. Johanna was born in Tromsø, Norway, to Karl Gustav Hammerbeck and Calla Johanne Lund.
Greta Salóme’s maternal grandfather was Karl Lilliendahl (the son of Theódór Lilliendahl and Guðný Hulda Káradóttir). Theódór was the son of Carl Jóhann Lilliendahl and Kristín Ágústa Jónasdóttir. Guðný was the daughter of Kári Sigurjónsson, who a the member of the Althing, and of Sigrún Árnadóttir.
Greta Salóme’s maternal grandmother is Hermina Jónasdóttir (the daughter of Jónas Guðmundur Halldórsson and Kristín Steingrímsdóttir). Jónas was the son of Halldór Benediktsson and Jónína Ingibjörg Hermannsdóttir. Greta Salóme’s great-grandmother Kristín was the daughter of Steingrímur Benediktsson and Kristjana Jóhanna Katarínusdóttir.
Sources: Greta Salóme’s paternal great-grandfather, Friðrik Pálsson, on the 1920 Icelandic census – http://manntal.is
Greta Salóme’s paternal great-grandmother, Petrína Regína Einarsdóttir Rist, on the 1910 Icelandic census – http://manntal.is
Obituary of Greta Salóme’s paternal grandmother, Susie Bachmann – http://www.mbl.is
Greta Salóme’s paternal great-grandfather, Stefán Ólafur Bachmann Grímsson, on the 1910 Icelandic census – http://www.manntal.is
Obituary of Greta Salóme’s paternal great-grandmother, Johanne (Hammerbeck) Bachmann – http://timarit.is
Obituary of Greta Salóme’s maternal grandfather, Karl Lillendahl – http://www.mbl.is
Greta Salóme’s maternal great-grandfather, Theódór Lilliendahl, on the 1910 Icelandic census – http://manntal.is
Greta Salóme’s maternal great-grandmother, Guðný Hulda Káradóttir, on the 1910 Icelandic census – http://manntal.is
Greta Salóme’s maternal great-grandfather, Jónas Guðmundur Halldórsson, on the 1920 Icelandic census – http://manntal.is
Obituary of Greta Salóme’s maternal great-grandfather, Jónas Guðmundur Halldórsson – http://www.mbl.is
Greta Salóme’s maternal great-grandmother, Kristín Steingrímsdóttir, on the 1910 Icelandic census – http://manntal.is