Claes-Göran Wetterholm

We're speaking of different worlds, different universes.

We're speaking of different worlds, different universes.

Everything was very much appreciated, I would say. One Swedish survivor, Agnes Sandström, said later on in interviews that we couldn't have had it better here in third class. Everybody looked after us well. The food was fantastic, the seating, the living conditions, it was clean, it was nice. So that was her impression.

Everything was very much appreciated, I would say. One Swedish survivor, Agnes Sandström, said later on in interviews that we couldn't have had it better here in third class. Everybody looked after us well. The food was fantastic, the seating, the living conditions, it was clean, it was nice. So that was her impression.

Leonardo DiCaprio couldn't possibly have been able to come up to first class and walk around like that. He couldn't. There were guards, of course, sailors, making sure that nobody stepped over the borders. I know that quite a few people believe there were these enormous gates from floor to ceiling. I've never seen any sign, any written document about big gates dividing the classes. I haven't.

Leonardo DiCaprio couldn't possibly have been able to come up to first class and walk around like that. He couldn't. There were guards, of course, sailors, making sure that nobody stepped over the borders. I know that quite a few people believe there were these enormous gates from floor to ceiling. I've never seen any sign, any written document about big gates dividing the classes. I haven't.

They were sort of half a meter high, but they said something like no trespassing or crew only or only first class or whatever. And so people did not pass. And if they did, they would certainly very soon be discovered by a steward or a sailor and then shown back to where they, so to speak, belonged.

They were sort of half a meter high, but they said something like no trespassing or crew only or only first class or whatever. And so people did not pass. And if they did, they would certainly very soon be discovered by a steward or a sailor and then shown back to where they, so to speak, belonged.

The White Star Line was the second most popular shipping company in Sweden then. One must remember this is during the immigration times when 25% of Swedes left for America. There were more Swedes living in Chicago in 1912 than in our second largest city, Gothenburg. Actually, Chicago was Sweden's second largest city. The second largest language on the Titanic was Swedish.

The White Star Line was the second most popular shipping company in Sweden then. One must remember this is during the immigration times when 25% of Swedes left for America. There were more Swedes living in Chicago in 1912 than in our second largest city, Gothenburg. Actually, Chicago was Sweden's second largest city. The second largest language on the Titanic was Swedish.

The third largest language on the Titanic is Arabic.

The third largest language on the Titanic is Arabic.

Almost all the notes, all the stories that I found afterwards from steerage passengers is that they were very happy, very comfortable. Those who wrote back about the ship, they were all in awe that it was a fantastic ship. So they felt very, very safe and secure on the Titanic.

Almost all the notes, all the stories that I found afterwards from steerage passengers is that they were very happy, very comfortable. Those who wrote back about the ship, they were all in awe that it was a fantastic ship. So they felt very, very safe and secure on the Titanic.

One Swedish survivor said that this is the last time we travel over the Atlantic because they didn't like how people behaved and appeared. There's drinking and dancing every night, she said. And this woman thought it was going far too far with this drinking, far too far.

One Swedish survivor said that this is the last time we travel over the Atlantic because they didn't like how people behaved and appeared. There's drinking and dancing every night, she said. And this woman thought it was going far too far with this drinking, far too far.

There was not much to do but to sit and talk. There was a piano in the common room. But apart from that, they could not use a gym or whatever. But actually, many of them brought musical instruments. So it was quite a lot of music anyhow. And people could dance and so on.

There was not much to do but to sit and talk. There was a piano in the common room. But apart from that, they could not use a gym or whatever. But actually, many of them brought musical instruments. So it was quite a lot of music anyhow. And people could dance and so on.

This was still the Edwardian-Victorian times, so nothing should happen. But there was this long, long corridor on Ideg, the Krukolitskovlan road, that connected these parts. But of course there was romance going on, like in the rest of the world. And they befriended each other, and some of them stayed friends throughout the life.

This was still the Edwardian-Victorian times, so nothing should happen. But there was this long, long corridor on Ideg, the Krukolitskovlan road, that connected these parts. But of course there was romance going on, like in the rest of the world. And they befriended each other, and some of them stayed friends throughout the life.