Martina Schaub from Tom Alandh's films has died

It is, of course, extremely sad, and Gothenburg will feel very empty without Martina, Alandh tells GP.

Martina Schaub was born with Down syndrome in 1968 and became a famous face through Tom Alandh's films, which depicted her and her mother's struggle for her daughter to live a normal life.

I used to tell her that I probably learned more from Martina than she did from me. Among other things, that it is important to have patience and to fight, that perfection is rarely good, and that a good life can look like almost anything, the documentary filmmaker tells GP.

Martina Schaub was 57.