Sara was born on 21 January, 1909. It was the year of a major strike. In the autum Sara’s father, Oscar, brought her along when he was marching for equal pay. Natuarally, Sara had no memories of that.

World war 1 came along. There was a shortage of food and women and children had to stand in line to get food. Sara’s parents didn’t have much money, despite the fact that Oscar was a builder and later on, when he’d gone to Canada and the USA, Sara’s mother Anette worked as a cleaner.

Sara had six siblings. Sadly, before she was born, twins Ester and Edit died. They had measles that developed into pneumonia. Before the advent of antibiotics, there wasn’t much to be done to save anyone that ill.

As mentioned above, Oscar went to North America, where he supported himself at first building railways, then as a builder just like at home. His plan was to start a new life in Nova Scotia, Canada and he built two cabins, but though he sent tickets to his family, his wife refused to come over. He ended up coming home.

Sara was eight years old the first time she could remember seeing her father. At the time, her only memories of him were from photographs. Oscar was very fond of his children, especially little Sara, who was the second youngest of their many children.

Sara was a good student and her father wanted her to continue her studies and become a teacher. Sara wanted to be a children’s nurse, but since her famiy weren’t very well off, she didn’t think she could afford to study. So she began working as soon as the compulsory part of school was over. She became a shop assistant.

At work, she met an older man, Nils, who she was engaged to before long. She was fifteen years old. Nils was thirty. They had a long engagement and didn’t marry until Sara was 21, and their only child, a daughter, who was named Ingegerd, wasn’t born until Sara was 25.

Sara and Nils started a grocer’s shop. They worked in it for years, until Nils retired and sold his business. Sara continued working as a shop assistant until she retired too.

They had two granddaughters with whom they spent much time. Every Sunday, she would invited the grandchildren over for dinner. Before dinner was ready, they would play cards together.

Sara was interested in languages and other countries. She wanted to visit Vienna and Paris, but sadly, that never happened. In her spare time, she liked to go to the movies and keep house and to do craftwork. She got along well with her mother-in-law, her sisters-in-law and her brother-in-law.