Alva Gustafsson was the daughter of Karl Alfred Gustafsson and Anna Lovisa Johannson Gustafsson. She was the sister of the famed actress Greta Garbo. Alva died from cancer in 1926, at the age of 23, after appearing in one feature film in Sweden, adding to the melancholy Greta Garbo felt at being in Hollywood. MGM refused to allow Greta Garbo to attend her sister's funeral in Sweden. She was only able to return there for a visit in 1928.
Alva Gustafsson was the daughter of Karl Alfred Gustafsson and Anna Lovisa Johannson Gustafsson. She was the sister of the famed actress Greta Garbo. Alva died from cancer in 1926, at the age of 23, after appearing in one feature film in Sweden, adding to the melancholy Greta Garbo felt at being in Hollywood. MGM refused to allow Greta Garbo to attend her sister's funeral in Sweden. She was only able to return there for a visit in 1928.
