Guten tag! Erik here and an avid traveller, in fact I insist on leaving Sweden at least once a year. I love to travel for so many reason and it has become one of my most fulfilling activities, it has the possibility to combine everything I like to do and are interested in with meeting people and going on adventures. So what am I interested in? I think the easy one word answer would be "culture"; I am fascinated with this crazy, excentric world we live on. That's why I right now study social anthropology (something on the lines of studiyng culture, human social behaviour and social structures). In the past I studied film and worked for a few years in the local film industry (and still freelance a little bit) before returning to University to pursue a degree in social anthropology and human rights. Together with anthropology and film, I'm passionate about history, linguistics and related fields. All in all I love learning, I love teaching/sharing (I work as a swedish instructor next to my studies atm).

In short I'm sort of nerdy and excentric, but also calm and reasonable.

Interests

Film, Literature, History, Languages, Anthropology and Athletics.

• literature
• traveling
• track and field
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite Directors: Stanley Kubrick, Fritz Lang, Ingmar Bergman, Hayao Miyazaki, Sergio Leone, Alfred Hitchcock, William Wyler, Akira Kurosawa, Christopher Nolan and Darren Arronofsky.

Favourite Books: The Silmarillion, Short Stories by Lord Dunsany, Alice's Adventure in Wonderland, Childhood's End, Ender's Game, Foundation Trilogy, Battle Royale, Harry Potter series, The Time Machine and The Martian Chronicles.

Favourite music: Garmarna, Falconer, Iron Maiden, Nightwish. Folk; Pagan rock, Power Metall, Classical Music. Music from Films and Video Games I like.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spent one month in a castle in Poland working as sound recordist and grip on the independent horror feature Evil Rising.

Teach, Learn, Share

"Många bäckar små gör en stor å" (Swedish proverb) translates into "Many small streams make one big river" and it means that everything means something, everything adds up (to this experience we call life)

What I Can Share with Hosts

My friendly and social attitude, stories and A LOT of nerdy knowledge if the interest exists.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, England, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Sweden