Birth Name: Malin Sofia Katarina Berggren
Place of Birth: Gothenburg, Sweden
Date of Birth: 31 October 1970
Ethnicity: Swedish
Linn Berggren is a Swedish musician. She is best known as the former member of the Swedish pop group Ace of Base. She is the daughter of Birgitta Cecilia (Wennerberg) and Rolf Göran Berggren. She is the sister of musicians Jonas Berggren and Jenny Petrén.
Linn’s paternal grandfather was Gunnar Roland Berggren (the son of August Berggren and Bernhardina Karlsson). August was the son of Jonas Berggren and Johanna Johansdotter. Bernhardina was the daughter of Karl August Karlsson and Karolina Andersdotter.
Linn’s paternal grandmother was Signe Katarina Magnusson (the daughter of August Magnusson and Ida Sofia Andersdotter). Linn’s great-grandfather August was the son of Magnus Andersson and Katarina Johansdotter. Ida was the daughter of Anders Peter Johansson and Lovisa Hermansdotter.
Linn’s maternal grandfather was Karl Allen Wennerberg (the son of Carl Hjalmar Lindgren and Hildur Cecilia Andersson). Carl was the son of Johan Aron Andersson and Anna Sofia Johansdotter Arp. Hildur was the daughter of Johan Andersson and Augusta Carolina Vennerberg.
Linn’s maternal grandmother was Margareta Alice Sofia Andersson (the daughter of Nils August Andersson and Alma Mathilda Andersson). Nils was the son of Anders Andersson and Anna Nilsdotter. Alma was the daughter of August Herman Andersson and Eva Svensdotter.
Sources: Genealogy of Linn Berggren – https://www.myheritage.com/person-1000102_177569081_177569081/private-wennerberg-fodd-berggren
Birth record of Linn’s father – http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=SwedenParishBirths&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=G%c3%b6ran&gsfn_x=0&msbdd=22&msbdd_x=1&msbdm=2&msbdm_x=1&msfns=Berggren&MSAV=1&uidh=69f&pcat=34&fh=0&h=36820329&recoff=9+22+35+75&ml_rpos=1
Birth records of Linn’s mother – http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=SwedenParishBirths&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=birgitta&gsfn_x=0&msbdd=5&msbdm=12&msbdy=1939&MSAV=1&uidh=69f&pcat=34&fh=0&h=36866771&recoff=10+23+36&ml_rpos=1 & http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=SwedenParishBirths&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=birgitta&gsfn_x=0&msbdd=5&msbdm=12&msbdy=1939&MSAV=1&uidh=69f&pcat=34&fh=2&h=37037635&recoff=9+22+35&ml_rpos=3
Birth record of Linn’s paternal grandfather, Gunnar Roland Berggren – http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=SwedenParishBirths&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=Gunnar+Roland&gsfn_x=0&msbdd=29&msbdm=6&msbdy=1907&msfns=Berggren&MSAV=1&uidh=69f&pcat=34&fh=0&h=1269369&recoff=11+12+24+25+66&ml_rpos=1
Birth record of Linn’s paternal grandmother, Signe Katarina Magnusson – http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=SwedenParishBirths&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=%09Signe+Katarina&gsfn_x=0&msbdd=7&msbdd_x=1&msbdm=8&msbdm_x=1&msbdy=1908&msbdy_x=1&MSAV=1&uidh=69f&pcat=34&fh=0&h=1751354&recoff=7+8+20+21+33+34&ml_rpos=1
Birth record of Linn’s maternal grandfather, Karl Allen Wennerberg – http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=SwedenParishBirths&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msbdd=19&msbdm=12&msbdy=1901&msmng=hildur+cecilia&msmns=andersson&MSAV=1&uidh=69f&pcat=34&fh=0&h=31678056&recoff=30+31+32&ml_rpos=1
Birth record of Linn’s maternal grandmother, Margareta Alice Sofia Andersson – http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=SwedenParishBirths&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msbdd=2&msbdm=10&msbdy=1902&msfng=nils&msfns=andersson&msmng=alma&MSAV=1&uidh=69f&pcat=34&fh=0&h=1263317&recoff=63+81+83&ml_rpos=1
Birth record of Linn’s paternal great-grandfather, August Berggren – http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=SwedenParishBirths&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msbpn__ftp=Stora+Lundby%2c+V%c3%a4stra+G%c3%b6taland%2c+Sweden&msbpn=1656645&msbpn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c1652381%7c0%7c5216%7c0%7c31255%7c0%7c0%7c1656645%7c0%7c&msfng=johan&msfns=berggren&msmng=johanna&msmns=johansdotter&MSAV=1&uidh=69f&pcat=34&fh=2&h=41692094&recoff=75+76+90&ml_rpos=3
Birth record of Linn’s paternal great-grandmother, Bernhardina Karlsson – http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=SwedenParishBirths&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=Bernhardina&gsfn_x=0&msbdd=8&msbdd_x=1&msbdm=8&msbdm_x=1&msbdy=1874&msbdy_x=1&MSAV=1&uidh=69f&pcat=34&fh=0&h=39559565&recoff=7+19+31&ml_rpos=1
Birth record of Linn’s paternal great-grandfather, August Magnusson – http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=SwedenParishBirths&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msbpn__ftp=Vastra+Gotaland%2c+Sweden&msbpn=31255&msbpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652381%7c0%7c5216%7c0%7c31255%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&msbpn_x=1&msbpn__ftp_x=1&msfng=magnus&msfns=andersson&msmng=katarina&msmns=johansdotter&MSAV=1&uidh=69f&pcat=34&fh=1&h=40077729&recoff=49+50+64+65&ml_rpos=2
Birth record of Linn’s paternal great-grandmother, Ida Sofia Andersdotter – http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=SwedenParishBirths&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=Ida+Sofia&gsfn_x=0&msbdd=1&msbdm=3&msbdy=1879&msbpn__ftp=Vastra+Gotaland%2c+Sweden&msbpn=31255&msbpn_PInfo=5-%7c0%7c1652381%7c0%7c5216%7c0%7c31255%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c&msbpn_x=1&msbpn__ftp_x=1&MSAV=1&uidh=69f&pcat=34&fh=0&h=39211696&recoff=7+8+20+21+33+34&ml_rpos=1
Birth record of Linn’s maternal great-grandmother, Hildur Cecilia Andersson – http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=SwedenParishBirths&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msbdd=4&msbdm=1&msbdy=1879&msfng=Johan&msfns=Andersson&msmng=Augusta+Carolina&MSAV=1&uidh=69f&pcat=34&fh=0&h=39927979&recoff=72+73+88+89&ml_rpos=1
Birth record of Linn’s maternal great-grandfather, Nils August Andersson – http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=SwedenParishBirths&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=nils+august&gsfn_x=0&msbdd=4&msbdm=8&msbdy=1862&MSAV=1&uidh=69f&pcat=34&fh=0&h=42271623&recoff=7+8+19+20+32+33&ml_rpos=1
Birth record of Linn’s maternal great-grandmother, Alma Matilda Andersson – http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=SwedenParishBirths&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msbdp=2&msfng=august+herman&msfns=andersson&msmng=eva&msmns=svensdotter&MSAV=1&uidh=69f&pcat=34&fh=20&h=42022887&recoff=53+54+68+69&ml_rpos=21