Birth Name: Mikael Christoffer Kläfford Sjögren
Place of Birth: Ramsberg, Örebro County, Sweden
Date of Birth: 10 April, 1989
Ethnicity: Swedish, Finnish (maternal grandfather)
Chris Kläfford is a Swedish singer. He is the winner of Idol 2017.
He is the son of Marie (Meriläinen) Björn and Björn Mikael Sjögren.
Chris’ paternal grandparents are Björn Sten Kläfford Sjögren and Iris Viola.
Chris’ maternal grandfather is Unto Johannes “Jocke” Meriläinen, who is Finnish.
Chris’ maternal grandmother is Rut Inga-Britt Danielsson (the daughter of Ejnar Valdemar Danielsson and Rut Ingeborg Lindström). Ejnar was the son of Anders Danielsson and Hilda Sofia Hallberg. Ingeborg was the daughter of Carl Bernhard Linström and Hilma Carolina Persson.
Chris’ matrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his fourth great-grandmother, Maria Katrina Jonsdotter (16 July 1820, Nora, Örebro County – ?).
Sources: Birth record of Chris’ maternal grandmother, Rut Inga-Britt Danielsson – https://search.ancestry.com
Birth record of Chris’ maternal great-grandfather, Ejnar Valdemar Danielsson – https://search.ancestry.com
Birth record of Chris’ maternal great-great-grandmother, Hilda Sofia Hallberg – https://search.ancestry.com
Birth record of Chris’ maternal great-grandmother, Rut Ingeborg Lindström – https://search.ancestry.com
Birth record of Chris’ maternal great-great-grandfather, Carl Bernhard Lindström – https://search.ancestry.com
Birth record of Chris’ maternal great-great-grandmother, Hilma Carolina Persson – https://search.ancestry.com