Birth Name: Kiesa Rae Ellestad
Place of Birth: Calgary, Canada
Date of Birth: January 16, 1989
Ethnicity: Norwegian, Scottish
Kiesza is a Canadian singer and multi-instrumentalist from Calgary. Her last name ‘Ellestad’ is Norwegian from her paternal side and her grandfather is from Fagernes in Norway.
In an interview with the Metro, Kiesza claimed that she can trace her lineage to someone who fought alongside Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn, she has said:
“There’s a lot of Scottish people in Canada. Tons. My grandpa was of Scottish heritage – he was of the black Douglases”.
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