Birth Name: Jonas Petter Berggren
Place of Birth: Gothenburg, Sweden
Date of Birth: 21 March 1967
Ethnicity: Swedish
Jonas Berggren is a Swedish musician. He is best known as the member of the Swedish pop group Ace of Base. He is the son of Birgitta Cecilia (Wennerberg) and Rolf Göran Berggren. He is the brother of musicians Linn Berggren and Jenny Petrén. He is married to Norwegian hairdresser Birthe Haugland.
Jonas’ 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.
Jonas’ paternal grandmother was Signe Katarina Magnusson (the daughter of August Magnusson and Ida Sofia Andersdotter). Jonas’ great-grandfather August was the son of Magnus Andersson and Katarina Johansdotter. Ida was the daughter of Anders Peter Johansson and Lovisa Hermansdotter.
Jonas’ 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.
Jonas’ 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 Jonas Berggren (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.myheritage.com/person-1000101_177569081_177569081/private-berggren
Birth record of Jonas’ 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 Jonas’ 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 Jonas’ 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 Jonas’ 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 Jonas’ 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 Jonas’ 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 Jonas’ 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 Jonas’ 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 Jonas’ 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 Jonas’ 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 Jonas’ 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 Jonas’ 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 Jonas’ 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
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