After receiveing my degree in journalism at JMG, University of Gothenburg, in 2012, I worked as a researcher with Laika Film & Television, conducting investigative journalism for the SVT program "Dokument inifrån". After that I was working as a reporter at the Swedish Broadcasting Company, with both local and national news programs. In recent years I've been focusing on longer stories and documentaries for the radio.
Since 2016 I run the non-profit association Min Mic together with freelance journalist Lasse Edfast. Through the association we teach youth from the Gothenburg area Hisingen about radio, journalism and democracy to give them the means to tell their stories. Read more about the project (in Swedish) on: Min Mic.
For inquiries about lectures on journalism and dramaturgy, see contact info below.
I also take on assignments as a fixer in Sweden for international media.
Story for the newspaper Göteborgs-Posten about Mahfouz Ould al-Walid, former mufti in al Qaeda and personal spiritual advisor of Osama bin Laden, who was once chased by the US but now lives freely in the open in Mauritania.
Full story, in Swedish, here: Här lever Usama bin Ladins rådgivare Mahfouz Ould al-Walid i frihet
I mainly work with the longer documentary format but also with shorter stories for the radio. Most of the work I do is for the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation, Sveriges Radio.
2020
For P3 Dokumentär. https://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/1460350?programid=2519
2018
For P3 Dokumentär. About one of Europes most notorious refugee smugglers. https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/1185129
2017
For P3 Dokumentär. About one of the most disastrous fires in Swedish modern history in 1978. When students celebrating graduation gets caught in a fire at a club. https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/938141
2017
For P3 Dokumentär. About the accident in 1987 when two passenger trains collide at full speed. https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/881595
2016
For P3 Dokumentär. About what happens in a tiny rural village when one of the "bad boys" kills a young girl when he hits her with his cross bike. https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/790931
2016
For P3 Dokumentär. About a murder mystery that will take unusual turns in the Swedish judicial system and become the the break through for the organization Missing People. https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/721186
2016
For P1 Dokumentär. About an amfetamin addict and dealer trying to go clean and become a better father to his kids. https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/682932
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