Birth Name: Jenny Cecilia Berggren
Place of Birth: Gothenburg, Sweden
Date of Birth: 19 May 1972
Ethnicity: Swedish
Jenny Petrén 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 Linn Berggren. She is married to pianist Per Jakob Johannes Petrén.
Jenny’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.
Jenny’s paternal grandmother was Signe Katarina Magnusson (the daughter of August Magnusson and Ida Sofia Andersdotter). Jenny’s great-grandfather August was the son of Magnus Andersson and Katarina Johansdotter. Ida was the daughter of Anders Peter Johansson and Lovisa Hermansdotter.
Jenny’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.
Jenny’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 Jenny Petrén – https://www.myheritage.com/person-1000103_177569081_177569081/private-petren-berggren
Birth record of Jenny’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 Jenny’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 Jenny’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 Jenny’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 Jenny’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 Jenny’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 Jenny’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 Jenny’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 Jenny’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 Jenny’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 Jenny’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 Jenny’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 Jenny’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