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Alexa Davalos
Actor
Father: Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: Spanish, Finnish, Dutch-Indonesian, distant Swedish
Paris, France
Alicia Vikander
Actor
Swedish, small amount of Finnish and Baltic German, remote French
Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Alma Pöysti
Actor
Finnish, Swedish/Finland-Swedish, some German/Baltic German, remote Polish, Latvian, and Belgian Walloon
Helsinki, Finland
Bobby Vee
Actor · Musician
Father: Norwegian · Mother: Finnish, some Finland-Swedish
Fargo, North Dakota, U.S.
Casper Van Dien
Actor
Dutch, English, Swiss-French, Swiss-German, Irish, Scottish, Swedish/Finland-Swedish/Finnish, remote French, Polish, and Danish
Milton, Florida, U.S.
Catherine Oxenberg
Actor
Father: Ashkenazi Jewish · Mother: Serbian, Russian, Swedish/Finland-Swedish, European Royal, distant German and Finnish
New York City, New York, U.S.
Christy Carlson Romano
Actor · Musician
Father: Italian [including Sicilian] · Mother: Swedish/Finland-Swedish (one half), German, one eighth Polish
Milford, Connecticut, U.S.
Deborah Ann Woll
Actor · Model
German, English, some Irish, 1/16th Finland-Swedish, small amounts of Scottish and French-Canadian
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Eric Nelsen
Actor
Swedish, German, Danish, French-Canadian, Slovenian, Croatian, Swiss-French, Swiss-German, some Finland-Swedish, English, and Chippewa [Ojibwe] Native American
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
G Hannelius
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
Father: Swedish, including Finland-Swedish · Mother: French-Canadian, Irish, English
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Garth Brooks
Actor · Musician
English, some Irish, German, and French, distant Finland-Swedish
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Geri Halliwell
Actor · Musician
Father: Finland-Swedish, English, small amount of French · Mother: Spanish
Watford, Hertfordshire, England, U.K.
Grace Van Dien
Actor · TV Personality
English, Swedish/Finland-Swedish, Dutch, Swiss-French, Swiss-German, Irish, Scottish, 1/16th Norwegian, remote French, Polish, Danish, and Welsh
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Jane Wymark
Actor
English, one eighth Finland-Swedish, 1/16th German, 1/16th Swiss-German, 1/16th Irish
Paddington, London, England, U.K.
Jasper Pääkkönen
Actor
Finnish, small amounts of Finland-Swedish and Latvian
Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Jennette McCurdy
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, one eighth Italian/Sicilian, French-Canadian, Swedish, Finland-Swedish, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, German, Swiss-German
Los Angeles, California, United States
Katee Sackhoff
Actor
Father: German and Finland-Swedish · Mother: one half Luxembourgish, one eighth Syrian-Lebanese, Irish, English
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Katya Martín
Actor
Father: Spanish · Mother: English, Irish, Scottish, German, one quarter Swedish/Finland-Swedish
San Diego, California, United States
Kenny Wormald
Actor · TV Personality
English, German, Irish, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Lithuanian
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Kristian Bruun
Actor
Father: Norwegian, Swedish, some English · Mother: English, Scottish, Irish, distant French Huguenot
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Magnus Uggla
Actor · Musician · TV Personality
Swedish, 5/16ths Ashkenazi Jewish, 1/16th Danish, 1/16th Belgian [Walloon], 1/64th German, and remote Russian, Scottish, and Northern Irish
Stockholm, Sweden
Malin Åkerman
Actor · Musician · Model
Swedish, along with remote Scottish and German
Stockholm, Sweden
Marianne Rendón
Actor · Musician
English, Irish, German, Scottish, one quarter Ecuadorian [including Spanish (Navarran, Cantabrian, Andalusian, Castilian, Valencian, Extremaduran, Aragonese, Leonese), Basque, and French], distant Chilean, Peruvian, Swedish, and Finland-Swedish
New York, U.S.
Mark Webber
Actor
German, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, French-Canadian, Scottish, English, other
Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States