Birth Name: Gun-Marie Fredriksson
Place of Birth: Össjö, Sweden
Date: 30 May 1958
Ethnicity:
*87.5% Swedish
*6.25% Danish
*6.25% German
Marie Fredriksson is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter and pianist. She is known for forming one half of the pop rock duo Roxette, alongside Per Gessle. She is the daughter of Inez (Hoffert) and Charles Gösta Fredriksson. She is married to Mikael Bolyos.
Marie’s paternal grandfather was Oskar Fredriksson (the son of Fredrik Jönsson and Botilla Svensdotter). Fredrik was the son of Jöns Olsson and Ingrid Nilsdotter. Botilla was the daughter of Sven Persson and Christina Henriksdotter.
Marie’s paternal grandmother was Albertina Nilsson (later Svensson, the daughter of an unknown father and Elsa Nilsson).
Marie’s maternal grandfather was Fritz Ferdinand Leopold Hoffert (the son of Frans Fredrik Hoffert and Christina Jönsson). Frans was the son of Ferdinand Carl Fredrik Hoffert and Helene Kathinka Saabye. Marie’s great-great-grandfather Ferdinand’s parents, Fredrik Kristian Franz Hoffert and Kristina Vilhelmina Louise Schönefeldt, were German immigrants, from Dewitz and Neustadt, respectively. Helene was a Danish immigrant, from Smørum (now part of Egedal).
Marie’s maternal grandmother was Anna Gunilda Hansson (the daughter of Per Hansson and Maria Persdotter). Maria was the daughter of Per Andersson and Elna Åkesdotter.
Sources: Genealogy of Marie Fredriksson – http://aforum.genealogi.se
Birth record of Marie’s father – http://search.ancestry.com
Birth record of Marie’s paternal grandmother, Albertina Nilsson – http://search.ancestry.com
Birth record of Marie’s maternal grandfather, Fritz Ferdinand Leopold Hoffert – http://search.ancestry.com
Birth record of Marie’s maternal great-grandfather, Frans Fredrik Hoffert – http://search.ancestry.com
Birth record of Marie’s maternal grandmother, Anna Gunilda Hansson – http://search.ancestry.com
Birth record of Marie’s maternal great-grandmother, Maria Persdotter – http://search.ancestry.com
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