Despite the fact that Oliver Ingrosso (31) has grown up in one of Sweden’s most famous families, he thrives best in the shadow of the Wahlgren / Ingrosso family.
With the great Swedish singer Pernilla Wahlgren (53) as a mother, and artist Benjamin (24) and influences White Wholesale (26) as a younger sibling, he has perhaps Sweden’s most talked about celebrity family.
THE MORE FAMOUS LITTLE BROTHER: Little brother Benjamin Ingrosso, like their mother, is a great artist in Sweden. In 2018, he represented his home country in the Eurovision Song Contest in Portugal. Photo: Armando Franca / AP / NTB
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But the spotlight and celebrity status have never been important for the Swede, who works as a DJ. In this way, he stands out from the rest of the family, he says in a major interview with Aftonbladet.
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Reminisces back to the parents’ wedding
Ingrosso reminisces back to 1993. Then mother Pernilla married father Emilio Ingrosso (54). They met during the Grand Prix in 1985, and married four years after Oliver was born.
Can not talk to girls
– There are two pictures from my parents’ wedding where I stick my head out of the car when we have just arrived. They are taken at millisecond intervals. In one picture I look shitty and in the other picture I have realized that there are lots of photographers and people who have come to see them get married.
SWEDEN’S FAVORITE: Oliver Ingrosso is the son of one of Sweden’s most famous artists, Pernilla Wahlgren. She has her own reality show, “Wahlgren’s World”. Photo: Thomas Andersen / TV 2 / NTB
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The second picture therefore shows a cursed three and a half year old boy. Ingrosso says it has always been like this, without him knowing exactly why. But the 31-year-old thinks most people are born with a basic identity that is difficult to change.
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The parents’ marriage ended in an ugly, public breakup after 17 years as lovers, and nine as husband and wife. In 2006, it all peaked when the couple ended up in court. There, Emilio Ingrosso was convicted of abusing his ex-wife.
Attention has been inevitable for Oliver Ingrosso. He says it has been disturbing. He has never understood why others are interested in the privacy of others, since he himself is not interested in that kind of thing.
– It ruined our family
Wahlgren’s world
As a rule, a large camera team follows his family, which results in the reality series «Wahlgrens verden». The program takes us into the family’s everyday life, with ups and downs.
MILLIONAIRE: Little sister Bianca Ingrosso is influential and has her own make-up brand, Caia. She has raised NOK 200 million on the brand. Photo: Henriette Eilertsen / See and Hear
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Oliver Ingrosso has not noticed that much, according to Aftonbladet. He himself thinks that he has appeared about a dozen times during the series’ ten seasons. He estimates that he has seen ten to fifteen episodes of “Wahlgren’s World”.
– It’s not my type of TV show. I never understood why one should look at the Kardashian family or the “Paradise Hotel”. I have other interests.
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Will not use the celebrity name
The eldest Ingrosso brother says he cares very little that others have prejudices against him on the basis of the surname.
Ingrosso, who works as a DJ and music producer, admits that it would have helped to use his mildly well-known name.
WITH THE FAMILY: Oliver Ingrosso rarely shows up at celebrity events. Here with the family on the red carpet in connection with a film premiere. From left, Benjamin Ingrosso, Pernilla Wahlgren, Theodor Wahlgren, Bianca Ingrosso and Oliver Ingrosso. Photo: Aftonbladet / IBL Bildbyrå / NTB
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Still, he says that one must be able to “see oneself in the mirror” at the end of the day. He says it would feel like selling himself.
The 31-year-old, who has released songs under Oliver Ingrosso, has started releasing music under the artist name “Oling”.
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The music producer has never appreciated people seeking attention that way. On the other hand, he has no problem with the rest of the sibling group thinking differently.
By comparison, Oliver has 52,000 followers on Instagram, compared to Benjamin and Bianca’s 564,000 and 1.2 million followers. With them, the siblings share a lot from their private lives, from shopping to break.
– It is actually not retouched
– They can do exactly what they want, but I can have some opinions when they care too much about what others think, or absorb too much of it, he admits.
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