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I was born in 1978 in Sundsvall, Sweden. I left my home town Sundsvall for the city of Hässleholm at the age of 21. Since then I have lived in Gothenburg, Los Angeles, New York, Geneva and Stockholm, which is my present location.
Work experience:
2010 Photographer at Sweden’s leading picture agency Scanpix and freelancer for most of the major newspapers in Sweden and the Associated Press (www.ap.org).
2009-2010 Photographer at Sweden’s business daily Dagens Industri and stringer for the Associated Press in Sweden.
2009 Freelance photographer in New York, USA for Swedish and Norwegian press.
2008 Photographer at Sweden’s business daily Dagens Industri (www.di.se) and stringer for the Associated Press in Sweden.
2008 Freelance photographer in Geneva, Switzerland. I covered the soccer EURO 2008 in Switzerland/Austria for the Associated Press.
2007-2008 Photographer at Dagens Nyheter (www.dn.se), which is the largest nationwide morning daily newspaper in Sweden.
2006-2007 Freelance photographer in Geneva, Switzerland. There I worked for AFP, Keystone and Swedish press.
2006 Photographer at Exponera in Gothenburg, Sweden.
2005-2006 On leave of absence from my work at Exponera to work as a freelance photographer in Los Angeles, USA. There I worked for the AP, Swedish and Norwegian press.
2004-2005 In May 2004 I founded the photo agency Exponera, together with two other photographers. (www.exponera.org) Exponera covers western Sweden for Scanpix, which is the largest photo agency in Sweden.
2000-2004 Full time staff photographer at the sports photo agency Bildbyrån (www.bildbyran.se) from April 2000 to May 2004. At Bildbyrån I had between 100 and 200 workdays abroad per year.
1997-2000 Staff photographer at the daily newspaper Sundsvalls Tidning. (www.st.nu) Freelance assignments for Expressen, Göteborgs-Posten och Scanpix.
So far I have visited around 35 countries in my work. For example I have covered two olympics, a soccer world cup, a soccer european cup, three atlethics world championships and the conflict in Kosovo. I have also worked as picture editor at Sundsvalls Tidning and Bildbyrån at occation.
Education:
1997 Internship as a designer and photographer at the advertising agency Mellerstedts Reklam and an internship as a photographer at the daily newspaper Sundsvalls Tidning.
1994-1997 Photography and design high school programme at Hedbergska gymnasieskolan in Sundsvall.
Awards:
2nd price in NPPA Best Of Photojournalism 2010 in the category Best Published Picture Story. large markets.
An Award Of Excellence in Picture Of THe Year International 2010 in the category Feature Picture Story.
Winner of Scanpix Photo Award 2009.
2nd price in the 2005 Swedish Picture Of The Year Awards in the Spot News category.
An award of excellence in the Society For News Designs international contest in the spot news category in 2001.
Exhibitions:
“Mikael Unlimited” at House Of Sweden in Washington DC, USA. May 1 - June 6, 2010.
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