I was born 1958 in Stockholm, Sweden. Grow up just outside Södertälje south of Stockholm on the farm Tvetaberg.

As a child my main interests was to sail and make drawings of sailboats and ships. My dream was to become a architect or yatch constructor. Finished high school as mechanical engineer and then studied Art history at the university of Upsala.

I met my wife Maria in 1982, and today we have three childs. Caroline born 1986, Louise born 1990 and John born 1995.