The Kungsholm ship arrived in Göteborg/Sweden on June 13, 1935. This was her third trip to Sweden after she went to Hollywood in 1925.
Garbo met the press in the ship’s library, skillfully avoiding giving anything more than a glib answer to most questions. Her work was available for public consumption, she suggested, but she was not.
First Garbo’s brother (Sven) spoke when he arrived on the scene:
“You know, my sister has never deliberately granted an interview in any other place than Sweden for years. So – when she has loved so much to see you – I know you will not mind, if I take her away now.”
Greta smiled. Outside, the crowd was treated to a breathtaking moment when she stepped on to the gangplank ahead of her brother.
Suddenly, a breeze blew her hair away from her face and onlookers were magically reminded of the final close-up in Queen Christina.
“Well, here I am now – wild and uncombed,” the star said with a quiver in her voice”, were her first words.
(In treatment)
Source
Karen Swenson A life Apart (1997)
