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24 dic 1997 · Born Hjördis Paulina Genberg in Kiruna, Sweden. Just after the second World War, she married Swedish businessman, Carl Tersmeden, but divorced him after only 18 months. She met her second husband, David Niven, on the set of his film, Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1948, and he recorded that he was utterly smitten by her...
Fiona, David, Kristina and Hjordis Niven, 1976-77. By October 1975, David was back in Hollywood again, this time for a satirical whodunnit called ‘Murder by Death’. “Luckily for Columbia, they paged him during the fall, when the children are in school,” Dorothy Manners wrote. “He loved to work, and he had a real horror of being idle ...
A whirlwind romance, 1948. In late July 1948 Hjördis and David Niven boarded the SS Britannic, bound for Liverpool and then Claridges Hotel in London. On arrival, the couple were happy to chat with the waiting press. “The twelve-day voyage was really our honeymoon,” David said. “It has been wonderful, and so has Hjördis.”.
RM 2J0M3RW – David Niven, British actor with wife Hjordis Paulina Genberg Tersmeden at London Heathrow Airport, arriving from Nice, 1st September 1982. RM REHRH4 – Women's fashion in the 1940s. A young woman in a typical 1940s outfit. A black long dress with a beautiful pattern embroidered on the top.
Maj-Lis Genberg, Aunt Hjördis, and Gudrun Genberg, at Bromma airport, 28th July 1957. Among the family who met Hjördis in Stockholm were her sixteen-year-old twin nieces, Maj-Lis and Gudrun Genberg, daughters of her brother Karl. Both would soon follow similar early career paths to their aunt.
From the 1950s into the 1970s, Hjördis Niven’s twin nieces Gudrun and Maj-lis Genberg (also known as Pia and Mia) enjoyed colourful and successful careers as models, dancers, singers, and actresses. They were born in Sundsvall on 7th April 1941, the daughters of Hjördis’ only brother, poor old seriously outnumbered Karl Georg.
In the opening months of 1983, David Niven’s health failed rapidly. In parallel, Hjördis Niven’s alcoholism increased, leading to stories that would create a lasting public impression. As well as coping with his dreadful illness, David was worried about finances. Although he was wealthy, he surprised his son Jamie by expressing doubts ...
