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Overview

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  • Fluent in English, Norwegian, Swedish; learning Danish
  • 34, Male
  • Member since 2014
  • No occupation listed
  • Medschool in Stockholm, 2015-2020!
  • From Karlshamn, Blekinge, Sweden
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Traveling in Asia since August 2014!

ABOUT ME

I'm 24 years old, born 1990 and from a small town Karlshamn. I love the active style of life, especially mountaineering even tho my experience in this area isn't that good. I like to travel with friends but I can also travel on my own, as I will do from August 2014.

It's pretty OK to go to touristplaces, but I prefer to be where you can't speak your primary language (Swedish), hehe. My English is good enough, and I can also speak Swedish and the ones related to that (Danish, Norwegian).

As a person I'm really social, helpful and almost always in a good mood. I have pretty much of life-experience as well, been working abroad and biking 2100km/1300mi thru Sweden.

I'm not a man with alot of needs. Of course you can "earn" money by staying at others places, but it's the social part of CS I enjoy the most!

I would love to show you Stockholm if you decide to surf at our place. But that has the be from 2015, because I will be traveling the rest of 2014.

PHILOSOPHY

If everyone started to share a little, life would be so much more fun. I love taking care of guests, and I love being a guest.

Why spend thousands of dollars at hotels when you can get friends for life, that also with local knowledge can show you their city/area?

I always try to help out. A "no biggie" for you can make another persons day, or week for that!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I like it 2-ways. Be a guest and host guests, otherwise it's not fair.

I love this part, written by couchsurfing.org.

"Surfing isn't just about a place to sleep. It's about exchange."

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Some after my biketrip across Sweden. Also used Warmshowers.org (for biking-guests only!) and it's the exactly same concept!

Interests

Mountaineering and Adventures.
Traveling.
Food.
Museums and history.
Medicine.
Reading.
Movies and TV-series works as well.

  • dining
  • movies
  • reading
  • tv
  • traveling
  • cycling
  • mountaineering
  • surfing
  • soccer
  • history
  • medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

My music is so mixed. It's classic, hardtrance, house, classic rock, rock, metal.... Don't ask, haha!

I love Conn Igguldens books about Ceasar and Djingis Khan. He's the reason I'm going to Mongolia actually! Ken Follet is good as well, Jan Guilou, Harry Potter (!), Dan Brown...

Movies? Depends on humour. Feel good-movies like Forrest Gump etc, comics, teenage movies, deep movies where you have to think etc etc...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sweden is a beatiful country!

Mt. Olympus have it's own part in my heart after I climbed it.

You should also travel with car (or train if you don't have economy for renting a car) through Europe.

Bangkok is really cool as well, stay at a nice hotel for 1 night if you can afford it and use CS the rest.

And I think I will se sooo much more this year when I'll be traveling.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would love to show you a game of my favourite team,. Djurgårdens IF, if you want to. They play both football (soccer) and icehockey.

I could also show you how to make a rose from a napkin!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Norway, San Marino, Thailand, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Norway, Sweden

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