Olsson awoke on 3 April 1908, 32 years and 42 days after she had first fallen asleep.[1] The maid found her crying and jumping on the floor.[2] When her surviving brothers arrived, however, she did not recognize them.[7] She was very thin and pale, and during the first few days after awakening, she showed sensitivity to light. She was weak and had difficulty speaking.[5] She could still read and write, and she remembered everything she had learned before she fell asleep.[3] Newspaper reporters from all over Europe, England, and the United States travelled to Oknö to interview her, and she and the family went into hiding to avoid the attention.[4] She submitted to psychiatric testing in Stockholm and was found to be in full possession of the faculties she had possessed before she fell asleep.[4] At 46 years old, she was described as appearing to be no older than 25.[4]