This is me:

(1954-) born in Stockholm, Sweden, grew up in suburbs of same city - Blackeberg, Hässelby Strand, Jakobsberg, moved in 1975 to central Stockholm, from 1977 in turns with southern suburb Brandbergen, 1979-80 in USA (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and New York, New York), 1988 in Uppsala, 1990 Stockholm suburb Farsta, 1991 city of Malmö in south of Sweden.

    High school 3 year Natural science major with modest grades at exam of 1974, languages English and French (un peu), special exam paper om Chinese calligraphy. The school of Artistic Education in 1975, for a short but zestful period before halting, the Stockholm University in the early 80's: studies and disputes within popular and mass culture, social anthropology and the history of ideas, the Lund University in 1993 and onwards, with a delighted resuming of the history of ideas, working at a dissertation on Myths of Creation.

    Shorter employments such as at the Arbitrage department of the Göteborgs Bank, the manual sign printing à la Gutenberg at department store NK, offset printing at the Foreign department and other government bodies, rebellious janitor at ship insurance company Assuranceforeningen Skuld, computerized evaluation of robot tests at the Swedish defense, substitute teacher in various subjects and on several high schools in the higher and lower social settings of Stockholm. A longer period in the first half of the 80's as a vague tutor in the Brandbergen Youth Group.

    From the start of the same decade also freelance writing for various papers and magazines, with periods as critic of science fiction and fantasy novels in the tabloid daily Aftonbladet, and a rock music and drama critic in the morning daily Dagens Nyheter, polemic substitute editor and member of the editing board of Ordets Makt, the cultural magazine for teenagers, columnist in Svenska Fighter, the Martial arts mag, et cetera. A mainly self-taught painter with not much time for the oil and canvas for the moment, but several exhibits in the distant past, presently mostly working as an author.

    Literary debut in 1979 with a science fiction novel for youth, Om Om, and a handbook in astrology, thereafter some ten books of both fiction and fact, as well as a few plays and movie scripts.

    Aikido instructor since 1973, on Järfälla Budo club until 1977, founding Brandbergen Aikido club and remaining there until 1991, when moving to Malmö and starting the Aikido section at GAK Enighet. Awarded the grade of 6 dan Aikikai (2003), Shihan, and 4 dan iaido (1996) of the Aikido Toho Iai Kenkyukai. Chairman of the Swedish Budo Federation Kendo section in the early 80's, and its Aikido section in 1989-91 and again 1995-99, Member of the Swedish Budo Federation board in several periods since the early 1980's, since 2009 as its President. Member of the Swedish Aikikai Grading Committee since it was founded, creator of the International Aikido Federation website and Member of its Directing Committee from 2004, as its Vice Chairman 2008 - 2012.

    Formed his own publishing house Arríba in 1985, with books mainly about Far East philosophy and Martial arts. His first book in English, Murder, was published in 2006.

Photo: Ulf Lundquist, 2008.