THE ROOTLESS JOHNNY GRAM | AGE 40 AND BETTINA BORREGAARD | AGE 28 Johnny Gram grew up in Tåstrup with a single, alcoholic mother the first ten years of his life. The problems at home became so serious that he ran away when he was 15 and lived on the street for two years. He […]

THE ROOTLESS PALLE LARSEN | AGE 49 Palle Larsen was born and raised in Copenhagen.When he was 14 years old, Palle’s parents got divorced. He did not want to choose which of the parents to live with, so instead he left home and went to live with friends and in shelters. Palle has been an […]

THE ROOTLESS LILLIAN THELIN | AGE 45 Lillian Thelin grew up on Amager with her parents. When her mother died, her father could not cope with the children, so she and her sisters went to stay in a boarding house for a few years. She found a man from Greenland and had a daughter with […]

THE ROOTLESS KURT HOLM CHRISTENSEN | AGE 62 Kurt Holm Christensen has lived his whole life in Copenhagen. For many years, he worked as a lorry driver and at Carlsberg. He had a wife and three children, but after 18 years of marriage, he got divorced and ended up on the street. Both of his […]

THE ROOTLESS MICHAEL ELISASSEN | AGE 33 Michael Eliassen is originally from Aarhus. When he was 11, he got a baby sister, and she received all the attention. Michael began drinking booze and smoking joints. His friend’s father, drug addict and alcoholic, took care of him and introduced him to that world. He died, and […]

THE ROOTLESS SABINA LENNART | AGE 45 Sabina Lennart was born in Greenland, but came to Denmark as a 5-year-old. She lived a chaotic life with her mother and finally ended up in a children’s home. Sabina dreamt of becoming a dental technician, but was never given any support and therefore never received an education. […]

THE ROOTLESS CAROL LARSEN | AGE 51 Carol Larsen is Britta Larsen’s younger brother. He lived at home until he was 21 years old, has never received any education, but has had different warehouse and factories jobs. Carol does not put up with anything and therefore has difficulty getting references from previous jobs. He became […]

THE ROOTLESS LARS SONNE | AGE 49 AND FRANK JENSEN | AGE 78 Lars Sonne is originally from Greenland, but grew up in Hillerød. After 10th grade, he travelled around in Denmark and had various minor jobs. He began drinking already as a 12-year-old because he felt restless. Because of his problems with alcohol, Lars […]

THE ROOTLESS JOHN THOMSEN | AGE 39 John Thomsen was born and raised in Frederikshavn. After 9th grade, he began training to become a skilled iron and steel worker, but he was bullied and began smoking hashish and taking drugs to forget. After that, he got by dealing drugs to fund his own use. He […]

THE ROOTLESS PETER BAK DALSTRAND | AGE 41 Peter Bak Dalstrand is from Ballerup. He worked as a zookeeper for eight years at the Copenhagen Zoo and lived with his girlfriend and two children on a large property on Zealand with animals and fields, but the couple broke up when he was 30. Peter then […]