Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg: Biography in Details

Who is Greta Thunberg?

Greta Thunberg is a Swedish climate youth activist. Greta is the daughter of opera singer Malena Ernman.

She is known for her work against climate change, a popular example of youth activism.

She has received worldwide recognition for her efforts to fight climate change.

Greta Thunberg- Family, Early Life

Greta Thunberg was born Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg on January 3, 2003, in Stockholm, Sweden. She is a Capricorn.

Her father is Svante Thunberg, an actor, and her mother, Malena Ernman, is an opera singer, of Swedish- German- Danish-Dutch- Scottish ancestry.

She has a sister, Beata Thunberg, who has been open about her own challenges dealing with disorders like ADHD and OCD.

Greta’s paternal grandfather is actor and director Olof Thunberg and her paternal grandmother is Mona Margareta Andersson.

Education

Greta was a high school student in Stockholm, Sweden.

In July 2019, she decided to take a year-long sabbatical from school to focus on leading the movement against global climate change.

Greta Thunberg- Professional Life, Career, Achievements

Climate Activism

Thunberg was only 8 years old when she first learned about the climate crisis.

Then, she has also made efforts to lower her carbon footprint by not flying and becoming vegan and has influenced her family to do the same.

After that, Thunberg barely spoke before the committees and instead pushed forward the latest UN report.

COP25

Thunberg was also among the speakers at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. Also, she attended another major climate demonstration in the city, telling her fellow protesters.

Greta Thunberg- Awards

• She got an award for the Fryshuset scholarship for the Young Role Model of the Year.
• She was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Mons.

Greta Thunberg- Net Worth

Her mother has earnings of around $1 million.

Greta’s Disease

Greta has revealed that she was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, OCD, and selective mutism in 2014.

Controversy

• Thunberg went on to explain how she wants people to treat climate change as a crisis because it is a crisis, and that she’s really not saying anything new.
• She also pointed people to her TED Talk in which she explains how her interest in the climate began.

Trivia

• Made the cover of Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” December 2019 issue.
• When she came to the United States to address global warming, she came by boat to cut down on carbon emissions.

Body Measurements

She has light brown hair and gunmetal blue eyes. Her height is 5 feet 4 inches and her weight is 48 Kg.

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

She has around 2.9M followers on Facebook, about 3.95M on Twitter, and around 9.6M on Instagram.

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