Happy traveler from Sweden, living in Visby at Gotland where I work as a doctor in medicine! Want to enjoy life to its fullest and make use of all the possibilities that present itself. I find people in general extremely fascinating and try to be as openminded as humanly possible.

I would say I'm pathologically curious, always wanting to learn something new, and I have a childish fascination for exploring. I love getting inspired, and am usually easily impressed. I respect selflessness, I admire fearlessness, I envy contentment, I despise intolerance. I enjoy spending time with people with a similar mindset, but with divergent experiences and interests. I especially like to be pushed to live my life more outside the box, and to go on mid-week adventures and other kinds of shenanigans.

INTERESTS
* Music is my life and I sing heaps, mainly choral singing and barbershop. I play the piano, learn the harmonica and wish I could play double bass.
* Love all outdoorsy stuff obviously, and during summertime I will amuse my coworkers by arriving to the hospital with my sleeping bag attached to the bike.
* My fascination for languages is real, I write, read, have been studying public speaking and am circle leader of a “word of the day”-group. The dream would be to be fluent in Arabic, Icelandic and Chinese.
* Just being creative, if it's not my daily breakfast-painting, it's building a sauna out of a tent or creating glove-faces for the kids at the ED.
* People. I am fascinated with the body (being a doctor and all), the mind, social structures, cultures. I love all kind of social interactions; joking around in a foolish manner as well as engaging in philosophical midnight discussions.
* You often find me at a bar desk with a cup of coffee or a beer. Best place for some writing, people spotting or to meet interesting souls. Inspiration comes naturally in the buzzy atmosphere.

I have way too many interest and they change regularly. My most recent ones are harmonica and botany, I thought my latin would help me, but man there are many names of plants. I am now trying to figure out what’s next: literature, language, writing or maybe mycology?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Perfect way to meet new people from different cultures, to live and learn! To get inspired!

Interests

• socializing
• painting
• music
• hiking
• teaching
• medicine
• travel
• nature
• learning
• botany
• entertaining
• reading and writing

Music, Movies, and Books

I am terrible in memorizing names of artist and songs but I listen to music non stop. Right now I listen to a lot of Icelandic music such as Sigur Rós and Olafur Arnalds, but I never say no to some good 70´s tunes. Once I got compared to Janis Joplin and it made my day!

All books are better than no books and I can't pick a favorite. Don DeLillo, Astrid Lindgren and Oscar Wilde are idols.

I rarely watch movies (I knoooow), but when I do it's usually something a friend pick.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once I built a raft and paddled down a stream for five days. In thunderstorm.

I’ve been working with whale research in northern Norway. Oh the ocean!

I can say I’ve performed on Broadway, even though we were around 150 people on stage.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you the names of every single bone in the body, how to identify different types of whales depending on their blow and some Swedish drinking songs.

I am confident you could teach me heaps of stuff and I'm literally not fussed about what. The more weird and unexpected - the better.

I'd like to share hilarious travel stories, opinions regarding this strange world and a beer or two!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden