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Greta Thunberg and her mother, Malena Ernman, at home. GETTY

The four personify climate activism, preaching the apocalypse

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More than a family, the Ernman Thunberg are a crusade . Against climate indifference and oppressive patriarchy. A crusade of four people. Tiny, but so fervently tenacious that it has become the standard bearer of the fight against global warming .

An opera singer from Eurovision, an actor and theater producer, and her two teenage daughters, one with Asperger syndrome and another with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), today personify climate activism more than anyone else, preaching the apocalypse , mobilizing the masses and abroncando politicians.

Greta Thunberg, (16), is the Joan of Arc of the mini army , the most public face, but the engine of the family is the mother, Malena Ernman . She is the one who channeled Greta's despair, who helped her organize the school strike that launched her to fame, and who has written Our House is Burning (Scener ur hjärtat) , the family biography signed by the four.

On the cover of the Swedish edition of the book only she appears, while in the rest of the world Greta does. Malena (49), is a mezzo-soprano , so well known in her country as to represent Sweden at the 2009 Eurovision festival , although she only reached 21st place among 25 finalists. A fiasco, according to the usual successful Swedish parameters. Especially poisonous critics described the chosen song, La Voix , as schizophrenic ("a song with an operatic chorus that speaks of voices in the head") and its overly histrionic performer.

Greta and her family, in an image the teenager's Instagram.

In those days, the family still lived in the antipodes of their current environmental devotion, as Svante Thunberg , the father admits: "We flew, ate meat and drove big cars." A film about garbage in the oceans changed everything . Greta saw her at school and did not stop crying during her screening . He continued crying later, in the canteen, when they served hamburgers (meat of "living beings with feelings, conscience and soul," writes the mother in the book) while the other children commented on their trips to Barcelona, ​​New York or Thailand. "He cried and wanted to go home," Malena continues. "But I couldn't because here, in the canteen, you should eat dead animals and talk about brand clothes, makeup and mobiles."

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Today's world, with its demand for constant growth, is almost unbearable for sensitive people like Greta, her parents have explained. So the Ernman Thunberg, gave his life a 180 degree turn. Airplanes, meat and cars with gasoline are over. Malena and Svante abandoned their careers to devote themselves to their daughters body and soul : Greta Tintin Eleonora has been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and selective mutism; Beata Mona Lisa has ADHD with Asperger traits, OCD and oppositional defiant disorder (TOD). The symptoms appeared in both at 10-11 years , but in the case of Greta they manifest themselves in a very structured, almost squared way, while in that of her sister everything is "chaos and panic".

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Beata, 14, is making her first steps in the world of song. He recorded an album this year , which he has promoted on Swedish television shows like Bingolotto. As an activist, she seems more directed towards feminism. At least that is what his mother explains in Our house is burning. Beata doesn't like to play sports at school. The goal is always to win, something that fascinates the boys, and they all shout and push. She likes to dance. Nor does he like to play cards because he has his own rules that nobody shares: the lady always wins the king. He does not understand why "boys are worth more than girls" , why they are only heard and why everyone laughs at their graces. Malena explains: "They are the patriarchal structures of society."

The father, Svante, (50), remains somewhat further from the foreground. Second-rate actor and theater producer, he practically parked his career to deal with his wife's. Now he also takes his daughters, manages the practical issues and is the one who navigates with Greta on transatlantic trips. He insists that his fight has not reported any money. They even reject any offer that has the slightest economic implication. The Ernman Thunberg crusade just wants to save the planet. And although Svante does not intervene often, he remembers as an ideologist, every time he has occasion, that the change his family demands must be radical: "We should not drive private cars, not even electric cars."

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