Birth Name: Karl David Sebastian Dencik
Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden
Date of Birth: October 31, 1974
Ethnicity:
*Ashkenazi Jewish (father)
*Swedish (mother)
David Dencik is a Swedish-born Danish actor. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Kerstin (Allroth) and Lars Dencik. His brother, Daniel, is a writer and film director. They were raised in Denmark.
David’s father was born in Borås, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, to Jewish parents from Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), who received asylum in Sweden as refugees in 1939. David’s mother is of Swedish descent.
David’s maternal grandparents were Sigvard Allroth and Greta Johansson.
Sources: http://www.billedbladet.dk (in Danish)
http://www.zentrum-juedische-studien.de
http://runeberg.org
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