Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg has been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019.
In 2018, she started an environmental strike by missing lessons most Fridays to protest outside the Swedish parliament building. It sparked a worldwide movement that became popular with the hashtag #FridaysForFuture.
Since then, she has become a strong voice for action on climate change, inspiring millions of students to join protests around the world. Earlier this year, she was nominated as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize. The 16-year-old is the youngest person to be chosen by the magazine in a tradition that started in 1927.
According to the Time Magazine, ” Marshaling “Fridays for Future” protests throughout Europe; thundering, “How dare you!” at the world’s most powerful leaders in her viral U.N. speech; leading some 7 million climate strikers across the world in September and tens of thousands more in Madrid in early December, Thunberg has become the biggest voice on the biggest issue facing the planet—and the avatar of a broader generational shift in our culture that is playing out everywhere from the campuses of Hong Kong to the halls of Congress in Washington. “
Earlier this year, she was nominated as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize. The 16-year-old is the youngest person to be chosen by the magazine in a tradition that started in 1927.
