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Here is some more information about me

I thought for many years that I would have to live my life alone. But then, suddenly, she was there, Magdalena. We met on a chat during the spring 1998. and after a while we realized that the feelings were mutual. When we met IRL 22th of July 1998, we knew and the rest is history. We were engaged on the 30th of May 1999 and married 22th of July 2000 in Lycksele.

Our dear Caroline was born on 18th of May 2001. On 12th of November 2006 we were blessed with Elias. Imagine that you have so much love so you can love two children 100% each!! They are our everything.

My job

Piteå kyrka I'm a minister in the Lutheran Church in Sweden and since August 2002 I'm serving in Piteå.

I know that my deepest mission in this world, both as a preacher and a human being, is to live the inner joy the Lord has blessed me with. In my life, in services, when I talk to other people, through song, music and humour I wish to serve the Lord and show that the salvation through Jesus Christ is the well of true happiness.

This is Piteå

My interests

Well, this isn't everything, but some of my biggest interests are:

Music
I just love music. I listen to all kind of music and I have tried a bit myself too. Unfortunately there is no space in my schedule right now, but I live on some great memories.

I have sung in many choirs through the years, mostly gospelchoirs. I love gospel!! It's a perfect way for me to live my inner joy. Many of the most joyful moments in my life is in a gospelchoir!

I have participated in these two CD's: Gospel Unit and Malå Gospel.

For a couple of years me and some colleges had a rockband called Preach Boys. It was a great experience and joy to stand on the stage and spread the gospel in that special kind of way. Unfortunately we had to unplug the guitars due to lack of time.

If you are interested you can download a video from Solid Rock Festival 2001 - thank you Andreas Sundström!!.(You will need DivX or other mpeg4-decoder. You can find it for example here: www.divx.com.)

Oh, I almost forgot a song I recorded in 1999. It's Ten Sharp's hit "You". If you want to listen, it's available in a mp3-format. Gustaf Lundell is playing the piano.

Last (and least!) I dare to mention the sadly forgotten "n-tch-n-tch-duo" D-fence and our hit "Standing On Solid Ground".

Sports
Yet, another big interest is sports. My physical qualifications are, unfortunately, not that good, so I haven't been able to perform as great as I could wish, but I'm in the national team in the TV-sofa. I love watching soccer, icehockey, speedway, biathlon, crosscountry skiing, track and fields and so on. When I have to do a little exercise myself I prefer my bike or just a silly walk (thank you Monty Python!)

Genealogy
I like genealogy too. It's so fascinating to discover my roots. I don't care if my ancestors were nothing more than farmers. I'm so proud of them anyway!

Spexfree
I wish I could have more opportunities and time to do something I use to call "Spexfree". That is to see the humour everyday and to perform it in stand-up comedy, farse or something like that. I think that with humour you will have many truths said.