Grethe Flensted, born Andersen, (1922-2014) was a versatile and creative girl from a very young age. Her mother was very interested in needlework and passed this on to Grethe from a very young age. Her father worked at an electricity plant, but was also responsible for the lights at Odense Theatre. He also happened to be one of the pioneers within photography in Denmark, and spent his freetime making his own negatives with silver emulsion. Grethe wanted to study something that would help other people, and her parents supported her in getting an education. She got an office apprenticeship and received an office qualification. While managing their bookkeeping, Grethe got her apprenticeship at the Danish paper Fyens Stiftstidende, but meanwhile she had developed a real passion and wanted to be a Mensendieck teacher, so she went to to Copenhagen to study. During the Second World War Grethe was employed by the French Wine Warehouse in Copenhagen (Det Franske Vinlager), where the resistance movement could come in from the street and receive a smock and appear to be a part of the staff. She came back to Odense, and a friend set her up on a date, with a guy called Christian, and the rest is history. Grethe was a big part of building up Flensted Mobiles. Christian was responsible for the designs the marketing and the sales, while Grethe would be in charge of accounting, invoicing, and the instruction of the home workers, teaching them how to assemble the mobiles by hand, as she herself was very good at needle work.
Later on, when Christian and Grethe started up their new chapter in life and opened The Mobile Maker's House in Odense, Grethe build up a knitting society in their shop, as she was known for her excellent skills and quality products. She was particularly passionate about Kaffe Fassett.
