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The Gustafson's three-room apartment in Södermalm
Garbo's family was very poor The family had many financial problems. They lived in a very small three-room apartment in Blekingegatan 32 (Södermalm). Södermalm is a quarter of Stockholm.
Blekingegatan 32
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Local barber shop
Greta also had her first real job in a local barber shop. She was working as a tvålflicka (a soap girl). A soap girl had to lather men's faces before they were shaved. Greta was very proud about her first job and took her work very serious.
One of the Barbershop were Greta worked.
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Gustafson's Family Grave
One day in June 1920, Greta came home and found her father burning with fever. Karl Alfred complained of pain and was so ill he couldn't even stand up. She brought him to the hospital but it was too late. Some time later Greta's father died of “nefrit chronicus”. This is a chronic inflammation of the kidneys.
Kalle was buried in a simple plot at Södra Skogskyrogåarden. For a time after his death Greta get up in the night and run to his grave to see that he had not been buried alive. Her father's death changed many things for 14 old Greta.
Gustafson's Family Grave
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The PUB
Greta's friends advised her to find a job. Some time later in June 1920, Greta filled out an application for the PUB. The Pub was Paul U. Bergström's department store, located in Norrmalm. Greta stated herself as 15 and spelled her name as “Gustavsson”. Soon after, Greta was given a job. She was running errands and unpacked hats in the millinery department.
The PUB, Sweden mid 1920s
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Theater school
The Royal Dramatic Theatre Academy in Stockholm was one of the largest and finest drama theatre in the world. Swedish Actor and film director Gustaf Molander headed the school. Greta had been accepted in August 1922.
He was the Academy director. The theater school was a two-year program were they were taught everything from acting and singing to set design and fencing.
The Dramaten Theatre in the 1920's
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