Swedish matriarch. She was Mrs. Carl J. Sandberg and as such a homemaker for him and their four sons and three daughters of whom one boy died as a baby. Her maiden name was also spelled Gäfvert. She was a very devout Baptist and often had her Bible at hand. She and her daughters were needlework artists and created exquisite woven cloth, embroidery, monograms and lace, mostly for family use. She also told stories about supernatural experiences she had had as a girl, especially in connection with gnomes disturbing her father's work in his smithy. She lived in Falun at the time of her death, but was visiting her eldest daughter's family at the Höberga Estate in Ludvika when she died holding a granddaughter's hand.
Swedish matriarch. She was Mrs. Carl J. Sandberg and as such a homemaker for him and their four sons and three daughters of whom one boy died as a baby. Her maiden name was also spelled Gäfvert. She was a very devout Baptist and often had her Bible at hand. She and her daughters were needlework artists and created exquisite woven cloth, embroidery, monograms and lace, mostly for family use. She also told stories about supernatural experiences she had had as a girl, especially in connection with gnomes disturbing her father's work in his smithy. She lived in Falun at the time of her death, but was visiting her eldest daughter's family at the Höberga Estate in Ludvika when she died holding a granddaughter's hand.
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