Traveler


19 and ready to travel the world! A picture from the top of the Usambara Mountains in Tanzania, 2002

October 2016

I have always loved to travel and meet new cultures. It invigorates the soul and explode the boundaries of the mind. I love to backpack, being outdoor and hitch-hike. For me traveling is about having time to be present and open for whatever the world has to offer.

I dream about learning to throat sing in Tuva near Mongolia, swim with sharks in Australia, take a self-defense course in Japan and free dive in Thailand.

My travel goal is simple – yet demanding: To travel in as many countries as my age. That way I know if I’m behind or too far ahead.

Travel statistics
Continents: 4/7 (Africa, Europe, North America and Asia)
Countries: 41/193 (Japan, China, South Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan, India, Vietnam, Tanzania, Senegal, South Africa, Nigeria, Zambia, USA, England, Cyprus, The Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Syria, Israel, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, Scotland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Denmark)
Territories: 3/67 (Faroe Islands DK, Palestine ISR, Zanzibar TZ)
States in USA: 2/50 (Florida, Alabama)
Northernmost Latitude: 65 N
Northernmost point: Stykkishólmur, Iceland in 2007
Southerly latitude: 34 S
Southernmost point: Cape Of Good Hope in South Africa in 2017. Before that Bungee jump from Victoria Falls Bridge, Zambia at 17 S in 2003
Height: 2438 meter
Highest point: Mięguszowiecki Szczyt, Tatra Mountains, Poland in 2012
Equator crossings: 2
(Note that I have not counted countries that I’ve only been airport transiting or stayed in less than 24 hours.)

A worldmap with all the places I have traveled

A timeline of all the countries and territories that I have been travelling in during my life

2025: Japan
2025: South Korea, Seoul
2025: China, Beijing
2025: Sweden, Vimmerby
2025: Germany
2025: England, London

2024: Sweden, Sapmí
2024: Norway
2024: Mongolia
2024: Austria
2024: Cyprus
2024: Taiwan

2023: Austria, Linz
2023: Scotland, Edinburgh
2023: Iceland
2023: England
2023: Sweden

2022: Italy
2022: Switzerland
2022: France
2022: Germany

2021: Iceland
2021: Austria, Linz

2020:

2019: The Netherlands
2019: The Netherlands, Enschede
2019: Sweden
2019: Sweden, Malmö
2019: Senegal

2018: Sweden
2018: The Netherlands, Den Bosch
2018: Jordan
2018: Spain, Tenerife

2017: Sweden, Helsingborg
2017: Sweden, Helsingborg
2017: South Africa, Cape Town
2017: Germany, Siegen

2016: Belgium, Brussels
2016: Sweden, Malmö
2016: Sweden, Perstorp
2016: Faroe Islands
2016: Sweden, Karlskrona

2015: Sweden, Malmö

2014: Sweden, Perstorp
2014: Sweden, Gullbrannagården

2013: Sweden, Perstorp
2013: Greece, Athens
2013: England, London
2013: Poland, Poznan

2012: Switzerland, Zurich
2012: Poland, Tatra Mountains
2012: Finland
2012: Sweden, Kullaberg
2012: Vietnam
2012: Qatar, Doha

2011: Sweden, Stockholm
2011: Sweden, Övedskloster
2011: Sweden, Söderåsen
2011: Sweden, Malmö
2011 Sweden, Malmö
2011: India
2011: United Arab Emirates, Dubai

2010: Syria, Damaskus
2010: Libanon, Beirut
2010: Nigeria, Lagos
2010: Turkey, Istanbul
2010: Sweden, Stockholm
2010: Germany, Oberammergau
2010: Faroe Island
2010: Sweden, Malmö
2010: England, London

2009: Spain, Malaga
2009: Morocco
2009: Sweden, Malmö
2009: Germany, Berlin
2009: France, Strasbourg

2008: Norway, Oslo
2008: Jordan, Petra
2008: Egypt, Dahab
2008: Israel, Jerusalem

2007: Sweden, Söderåsen
2007: Iceland

2006: Germany, Berlin

2005: Sweden, Hulshult

2004: Sweden, Göteborg
2004: Sweden, Malmö

2003: Germany, Hamburg
2003: Zambia
2023: Tanzania

2002: Tanzania
2002: Italy, Alperne

2001: Norway, Lillehammer
2001: France, Paris
2001: Italy, Bologna

2000: England, London

1999: Norway, Lillehammer
1999: Czech Republic, Prag

1998: USA, Florida
1998: Poland, Warszawa

1997: Sweden

1992: Italy

1982: Denmark (Country of birth)