Thurman's maternal grandmother Birgit Holmquist was a model from Skåne in southern Sweden (there is even a statue of her in Trelleborg) who lived in Germany before later fleeing the Nazis to Mexico. 
 
 Her daughter (Thurman's mother) Nena von Schlebrügge is also a Swedish citizen and spent part of her childhood in Stockholm. 
 
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 The Pulp Fiction actress has often talked about visiting Skåne and Sweden over the years, as well as her desire to get Swedish citizenship and relocate to the country. Now Thurman is taking the steps to try and make that dream a reality. 
 
 "She gave me the task of requesting Swedish citizenship. A large part of her relatives are Swedish, her mum is Swedish. She explained to me in the past she thinks it’s wrong that she’s not a Swede, she feels like a Swede," Thurman's lawyer Thomas Bodström told radio station Mix Megapol. 
 
 "She wants to buy a house in Sweden and live here in the future. She has a lot of relatives in Skåne so there are a lot of things that make her want to become a Swede; she has felt Swedish her entire life. We hope it will go well but it’s also a long process." 
 
 In 2015 Thurman revealed to People that she was learning Swedish. 
 
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 A house in Sweden is apparently at the top of Uma Thurman’s wish list – so much so that the Hollywood actress is now applying to become a citizen of the country. 
 
 The 48-year-old film star has hired Swedish celebrity lawyer Thomas Bodström to help make her dreams of a life in Sweden come true, the tabloid Aftonbladet reports referring to a radio interview. 
 
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 ”She’s given me the task of applying for Swedish citizenship,” Bodström told the Mix Megapol radio station. 
 
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 The actress’ love for the land of red cottages, northern lights and bright summer nights stems from her family, according to Bodström. 
 
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 ”She told me earlier she thinks it’s wrong that she’s not Swedish. She feels Swedish,” Bodström told Mix Megapol. 
 
 Uma Thurman’s mother, former fashion model Nena von Schlebrügge, is half-Swedish: Thurman’s grandmother Birgit Holmquist, also a model, came from the southern Swedish county of Skåne. 
 
 The actress has visited Sweden on numerous occasions over the years. During a trip to Skåne, she made sure to visit a statue of her grandmother in the harbour of Smygehuk, sculpted by the artist Axel Ebbes in the 1930s, public-service broacaster SVT reports. 
 
 Swedish film critic Hans Wiklund, who was a sidekick on the radio show with Bodström, was elated to hear the news. 
 
 ”I’m super excited about this, it’s absolutely fantastic for us to finally get a film star of such importance,” Wiklund said.
– Uma Thurman is going back to her roots: The 48-year-old actress is looking into becoming a Swedish citizen and plans to move to the Nordic country, the Local reports. "She wants to buy a house in Sweden and live here in the future," her lawyer, Thomas Bodstrom, told a Swedish radio station this week. "She has a lot of relatives in Skåne so there are a lot of things that make her want to become a Swede; she has felt Swedish her entire life. We hope it will go well but it’s also a long process." Thurman's grandmother, Birgit Holmquist, was a well-known Swedish model. The star's mother, Nena von Schlebrügge, also had Swedish citizenship. Business Insider notes that Thurman has been to Sweden numerous times over the years and has visited Smygehuk, where her grandmother was the model for a statue of a nude woman in the harbor.