The capital is preparing for the Olympic Games in 1912. Greta spends time with many other young workers in Strömbadet. Only 17 years old, she surprisingly wins gold in swimming and becomes Sweden's first Olympic champion
Direction
Lind treats working-class Stockholm like a living, breathing character
Production
glorious 1912 footage that somehow survived a century
Director
Jens Lind
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Greta Johansson was so forgotten that her own family barely knew her story; this documentary essentially resurrected her from historical oblivion.
The 1912 Olympics were the last to feature pure platform diving—Greta's event—and she won without any professional coaching whatsoever.
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