I grew up in Denmark. Sweden, Norway and Denmark have a typical neighborly rivalry. We rarely root for each other's athletes in sports where we have our own. But with small populations neither country competes consistently in all sports and every once in a while a sports personality comes along who transcends the rivalry and becomes a true Scandinavian hero. Grete was always incredibly popular in Denmark and cherished as one of our own in a way that was really only equalled by Björn Borg in that era.