About Rickard...

Born 8 January 1968 in Norrköping, Sweden, and since 4 February 1996 a resident of Stockholm.

Childhood in Vänersborg; Teens in Munkedal; University years in Göteborg; Confronted by political reality in Brussels.

In 2000 working for the Swedish Red Cross Central Committee as Asylum Programme Coordinator.

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN (Robert Frost, 1916) Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sight Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

"His judgment is correct and to the point. The Cabinet has benefited from his serious and independent judgment, always presented in a mature and balanced way." (Cabinet Member C. Sorensen)

"He is tremendously efficient and accurate in everything he does." (Director A. Stannervik)

"Mr. Olseke's performance record is excellent. He is an energetic and talented student with an astute feeling for essentials in problem-solving." (Professor L. J. Lundqvist)

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