Jeffrey Nordling – HBO’s “Big Little Lies” TV Series Season 1 Premiere – Arrivals – TCL Chinese Theater, 6925 Hollywood Boulevard – Hollywood, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Izumi Hasegawa / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Jeffrey Richard Nordling
Place of Birth: Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: March 11, 1962
Ethnicity: Swedish, Norwegian, possibly other
Jeffrey Nordling is an American actor. He is the son of Lois (Dickson) and Robert George Nordling, an insurance company manager.
Jeffrey’s father is of approximately five eighths Swedish and three eighths Norwegian descent.
Jeffrey’s paternal grandfather was Harry George Nordling (the son of Frans Georg Nordling and Sigrid Hanna Rundquist). Frans was born in Skottsund, Sweden, the son of Johan Nordling and Märta Elisabet Barthelson. Sigrid was born in Stockholm, Sweden.
Jeffrey’s paternal grandmother was Edith M. Christiansen (the daughter of Otto Christiansen and Clara). Otto was born in Norway, to a Swedish father and a Norwegian mother. Clara was born in Norway.
Jeffrey’s maternal grandparents were possibly Henry Dickson and Augusta.
Sources: Genealogy of Jeffrey’s paternal grandfather, Harry George Nordling (focusing on his own father’s side) – http://andreastegen.se
Jeffrey’s paternal grandmother, Edith M. Christiansen, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Edith on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org