THE ROOTLESS JESPER ANDERSEN | AGE 19 Jesper Andersen was born in Odense. His childhood was marked by his parents’ alcoholism and that he practically took care of himself from the age of six. When he was 13, he was placed into a foster family after his parents’ divorce and his mothers death. He did […]

THE ROOTLESS ERIK ROSENLUND JENSEN | AGE 58 Erik Rosenlund Jensen is from Middelfart and became a skilled carpenter at the age of 15. He married and had two children. When he was 26, he bet his friends that he could become a member of the army special forces. He applied for admission and got […]

THE ROOTLESS AMANDA OLINE ROSENDAHL | AGE 14 Amanda Oline Rosendahl was born in Copenhagen, but moved to Langeland when she was five years old with her mother and her new husband. She was often home alone because her mother was working in a pub. Because Amanda’s father was manic-depressive, she could not live with […]

THE ROOTLESS FINN MAJLUND | AGE 43 Finn Majlund was born and raised in Frederikshavn.At the age of 12, he asked to be sent to a children’s home because his mother beat him. He needed safety after having lived alone with her for a few years after his parents’ divorce. Later, his father died of […]

THE ROOTLESS SØREN PEDERSEN | AGE 59 Søren Pedersen grew up in a family of artists on Bornholm. When he was 19 years old, he went to Paris where he met a music group which he became manager for. Later, he travelled around the world as a dock worker, cook and waiter. He found a […]

THE ROOTLESS PATRICK ZIMMERMANN | 22 YEARS Patrick Zimmerman was born in Ishøj and became a painter in 2004. There were problems at home and his parents threw him out when they believed he was old enough to take care of himself. Patrick lived with different friends and later in a reception centre, where he […]

THE ROOTLESS GRETHE LARSEN | AGE 61 Grethe Larsen grew up in Vejle and after her confirmation, she work in an artist group that travelled around Europe. When she was 18, she fell head over heels in love with a man with whom she had two sons and they were married for 13 years before […]

THE ROOTLESS MARIA THOMASSEN | AGE 36 Maria Thomassen grew up on Vesterbro in Copenhagen. She lived alone with her mother, who was an alcoholic, and Maria started smoking marihuanna as a 13-year-old. She was sent to boarding school in West Jutland, got a degree in office administration and after that, she got a flat. […]