Birth Name: Sylvia Erla Scheving
Date of Birth: 27 February, 1996
Ethnicity: Icelandic, remote Danish
Sylvia Scheving is an Icelandic singer. She is the daughter of actor Magnús Scheving and executive producer Ragnheiður Melsteð. Her second cousins, once removed, are opera singer Diddú and singer and songwriter Paul Oscar.
Sylvia’s paternal grandfather is Eyjólfur Ægir Magnússon Scheving (the son of Magnús Jónsson Scheving and Sólveig Vilhjálmsdóttir). Sylvia’s great-grandfather Magnús was the son of Jón Scheving Hansson and Sigríður Magnúsdóttir. Sólveig was the daughter of Sigfús Vilhjálmur Einarsson and Kristín Jónsdóttir.
Sylvia’s paternal grandmother is Þórveig Hjartardóttir (the daughter of Hjörtur Guðjónsson and Guðrún Ragna Valgeirsdóttir). Hjörtur was the son of Guðjón Gíslason and Pálína Jónsdóttir. Guðrún was the daughter of Valgeir Friðrik Gunnar Bjarnason and Sólveig Sigríður Jónsdóttir.
Sylvia’s maternal grandfather was Pétur Þór Melsteð (the son of Gunnlaugur Bjarnason Melsteð and Helga Símonardóttir). Gunnlaugur was the son of Bjarni Jónsson Melsteð and Þórunn Guðmundsdóttir. Helga was the daughter of Símon Daníel Pjetursson and Jónína Guðrún Sveinsdóttir.
Sylvia’s maternal grandmother is Hanna Engilbertsdóttir (the daughter of Engilbert Hannesson and Ragnheiður Jóhannsdóttir). Engilbert was the son of Hannes Guðmundsson and Valgerður Magnúsdóttir. Ragnheiður was the daughter of Jóhann Sigurðsson and Ragnheiður Anna Helgadóttir.
Sources: Biography of Sylvia’s paternal great-aunt, Sigrún Magnúsdóttir – http://www.althingi.is
Obituary of Sylvia’s paternal great-great-aunt, Lárus Scheving – http://www.mbl.is
Sylvia’s paternal great-grandmother, Sólveig Vilhjálmsdóttir, on the 1901 Icelandic census – http://manntal.is
Baptismal record of Sylvia’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Sigfús Vilhjálmur Einarsson – https://familysearch.org
Sylvia’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Kristín Jónsdóttir, on the 1890 Icelandic census – http://manntal.is
Obituary of Sylvia’s paternal great-grandfather, Hjörtur Guðjónsson – http://www.mbl.is
Baptismal record of Sylvia’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Guðjón Gíslason – https://familysearch.org
Sylvia’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Pálína Jónsdóttir, on the 1900 Icelandic Census – http://manntal.is
Obituary of Sylvia’s paternal great-grandmother, Guðrún Ragna Valgeirsdóttir – http://www.mbl.is
Sylvia’s likely paternal great-great-great-grandparents, Bjarni Jónsson and Ingibjörg Helgadóttir, on the 1890 Icelandic census – http://manntal.is
Baptismal record of Sylvia’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Sólveig Sigríður Jónsdóttir – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Sylvia’s maternal grandfather, Pétur Þór Melsteð – http://www.mbl.is
Sylvia’s maternal great-grandfather, Gunnlaugur Bjarnason, on the 1920 Icelandic census – http://manntal.is
Baptismal record of Sylvia’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Bjarni Jónsson Melsteð – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Sylvia’s maternal great-great-great-grandparents, Jóh Pálsson Melsteð and Steinunn Bjarnadóttir Thorarensen – https://familysearch.org
Baptismal record of Sylvia’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Þórunn Guðmundsdóttir – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Sylvia’s maternal great-grandmother, Helga Símonardóttir – http://www.mbl.is
Baptismal record of Sylvia’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Símon Daníel Pjetursson – https://familysearch.org
Baptismal record of Sylvia’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Jónína Guðrún Sveinsdóttir – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Sylvia’s maternal great-grandfather, Engilbert Hannesson – http://www.mbl.is
Sylvia’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Hannes Guðmundsson, on the 1890 Icelandic census – http://manntal.is
Sylvia’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Valgerður Magnúsdóttir, on the 1890 Icelandic census – http://manntal.is
Obituary of Sylvia’s maternal great-grandmother, Ragnheiður Jóhannsdóttir – http://www.mbl.is
Sylvia’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Jóhann Sigurðsson, on the 1910 Icelandic census – http://manntal.is
Sylvia’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Ragnheiður Anna Helgadóttir, on the 1890 Icelandic census – http://manntal.is
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