About
Swedish activist who gained prominence for her work to stop climate change and global warming. She became famous for organising the world’s first climate strike outside the Swedish parliament in August 2018. He gave a speech at the 2019 United Nations climate summit, rebuking world leaders for not taking any further action on climate change.
Before fame
She was diagnosed with ocd, Asperger’s syndrome and selective mutism. He subsequently decided not to attend school until the Swedish general election in 2018 in August 2018 in response to a heat wave and fires.
Trivia
He has over 1.9 million followers on Twitter. She was named by Time Magazine as one of the 25 most influential teenagers in the world in December 2018. In the same month she addressed the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Family life
His mother is the opera singer Malena Ernman. His father is the Swedish actor Svante Thunberg.
Associated with
She and Marley Dias were both named on Time Magazine’s 2018 list of the 25 most influential teammates.