The man who discovered Greta

Greta Thunberg is Time magazine’s "Person of the Year 2019.” The Swede Ingmar Rentzhog remembers how he first became aware of the young climate activist in August 2018 and how he thinks about her today.

My interview subject already suspects that our conversation will revolve around Greta Thunberg. He throws his head back in exasperation. Ingmar Rentzhog, 40, comes from Östersund, northern Sweden. The youngest of seven children, Rentzhog grew up on his family’s small farm. He has always loved nature, he tells me. “But I wasn't an environmentalist. I was a computer geek,” who started programming at the age of eight.

The man who discovered Greta

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