Desc: Den nya människan: Directed by Klaus Härö. With Lo Kauppi, Ellen Jelinek, Ann-Sofie Nurmi, Nadja Mirmiran. The film portrays Gertrude, a strong and exuberant 17-year-old and her collision with the Swedish welfare state in the early 1950s. It deals with the compulsory sterilisation in Sweden affecting 63,000 people between 1934 and 1976.