Ricard Salevik

Read the first sentance in his profile and I think you'll have understood a big part of him. Ricard is nor a man neither a boy, he's both of them at the same time !!!

For me, you're like a Vigeland Park yourself Ricard, able to display on your face all ages and emotions of life in a very short time. Keep all these faces alive and best of luck for your cycling trip :)

Richard and I work together and was destined to become partners in crime. Gotta love the guy! :)

Was nice of him to organize the CS meeting for this walk by torchlights across the river in Oslo and to take care of everyone attending.

Even if he was working, Ricard took the time to host me. We went together at a CS meeting (with more than 60 people!) and had dinner at his place. At this occasion, we talked about music, our CS experiences and his amazing project of biking from Oslo to China next year within charity purposes.

Richard is a really nice and funny person! he´s helpful and generous! he gave us tips for sightseeing and a comfortable couch!

I met him at a CS birthday party in oslo, where he naturally bedazzled me with his witts, good looks and charm:=)
He's also a colleague of my sister, who highly reccommends him.
Richard, your always welcome!

Ricard is an interesting guest for real! As he jumped on my car, I felt very at easy with him, and I liked listening about his life and interests. Although we spent short time together, I can say he's a pleasant guy for sure, and a great beer mate! :)

Hosted Ricard for two nights and I had a blast: he's not only funny, easy going and a good company for hang out with but especially was very natural to know each other and to talk about everyting.
Hope to meet you again, Ricard, and wish you the best for your long trip!

Ricard is truly what his profile says. Enthusiastic, passionate, spontaneous, witty, and comedic (if it isn't a word, it should be as it describes him perfectly). His passions for travel pales in comparison with his commitment to CS. It was a pleasure meeting him. Till the next good whiskey when we meet again.

I met Ricard in Padua (Italy) for dinner, He is a outgoing and nice guy to talk to! (Keep in touch)

Ciao ciao

Jana

Ricard and I flew in to Zurich the same morning and then traveled to Gossau together for Paella 08. He is an insightful, beautiful person who is on a journey and I am thankful to have ran into him along the way. I loved talking about improving memory...and if I ever see a swan and a rooster fighting, I will always think of him ; ) Good luck in all you do, Ricard!

After two days i feel Ricard is more than CS friend........we spent very funny weekend together, had party with my friends, talked a lot.....Hi is talkative, intelegent, very funny, trustful....Thanks CS for this experience (fair enough...he would say:)).

With exchanging lots of thoughts in different groups our we got to know each other a bit. So it was great to finally host Ricard for the CouchSurfing Paella 2008. He's very funny, jokes around AND we like the same whiskeys! Definitely worth a follow up!

**** To be filled later when i came back from holidays***

We first met in the Berlin Beach Camp 2008 ambassadors meeting and afterwards for a nice chat on the beach, where Ricard agreed to volunteer as our personal postman :o)

Since then we met again at the Nordic CouchSurfing meeting in Stockholm and recently on the infamous Paella Party in Switzerland.

Ricard was excellent company in all of them, always ready for a joke, a drink, a laugh or a serious discussion about the meaning of life, the existance of time, the prediction of the future or potential homophobic sauna encounters (yes, ulf was there too ;o)).

Also, he proved to be a real gentleman when a lady in need (aka me) turned out to be tentless in the middle of the night and helped her with a warm place to sleep for the night.

Very impressive plans for travelling in 2009. I realize that I am behind with planning, good to have found enthusiastic Ricard! He gives me the pressure I need :)

we got some small chats here and there but not lots :D Well it seems will see him somewhere in summer. Pleasant and friendly person

Ricard convinced me to spend 240 EUR for a flight ticket for a weekend in Stockholm at the Nordic Amb Meeting and it was worth it :-)
Ricard is a dedicated intelligent funny and friendly fellow Couchsurfer. He is always welcome in Vienna at any time.

Ricard believes he can fly, I know he can fly! I was lucky enough to meet him during the Stockholm nordic amb meeting and felt instant connection with him. If you can meet him without answering his warm smile and personality, then forget about it! I mean this guy is someone who really matters! He gave me back my faith in a dream I din't even know I was loosing. He showed me things I was forgetting without noticing it. You can have wonderful, deep, meaningful conversations with him (since he's brilliant and has understanding of life) and you can have just wonderfully fun time with him. And you can always have a glass of very very good wine with him. Go for it, it's worth of it!

I met Ricard on CouchSurfing meeting in Oslo. When I heard he has more crazy plans than I have I started to like this guy very much.

Richard and I met at Berlin beach camp 2008. A good, fun guy that helped me with info on Norway, sweden.

UPDATE
I got the chance to surf Ricards couch in Oslo. We had a great night talking with other CSers, eating and Playing some great music. He is a very good Piano player! I really enjoyed jamming and look forward to more next time! I did a fire show and gave him and his better half Céline front row tickets to a sold out and Only show in Oslo! Was great fun thanks and see you soon.

He's a really good guy, enjoyed it very much every time we meet at beach camp.
Relaxed and very reliable, whenever we chatted it was like we're really old friends.
Seldom meet people you're just this comfortable around as him. Cu for sure soon again, also since I think you still own me a beer and me you a coffee :-D
Anyway look definitely forward to the next encounter of the ricard-kind.
(Being a bit the usual silly myself here, but you easily cope with that, won't ya?)

Rich is a open minded and friendly person. I spent a great time on talks and laughs with him. I felt like I knew him already for a while and I miss his company now :/
Hope to see u soon again mate!

The time with Ricard is always quality time!!! Big fun and serious conversation about love and life are guaranteed always. I don't wanna write too much bullshit,- so:
I totally trust him and highly really recommend him as a person you have to meet!

UPDATE
Berlin Beach Camp in May 2008

Again it was Berlin Beach Camp were I met Ricard but unfortunately we didn't have much time together there. So it was great that he stayed at my flat the day before. We went out with my brother and morhart to a CS meeting and had a wonderful morning chilling on the roof of my flat. Thanks Ricard for being my guest. I don't regret to have host you my friend!

for me it was dengerous to meet him in the Camp, because really early in the morning we were talking loud and laughing a lot when people around were sleeping in their tents. we were thinking that tents around us hate us and gonna kill us. it was great to meet him and had fun!hope to see ya again!

Met breefly in Berlin, and continued on Internet polishing my Swedish as we could not swedish my Polish..

I read Ricard alot on CS groups. We both work on the CUQ team. Was good to met him in person, finally. Easy guy, dedicated to CS, seems to smoke too many cigarettes. Guess I will see you on the Paella for the next time, yeah......

From the moment I met Ricard I could tell he was a gem. He was instantly welcoming and so willing to help. I'm already looking forward to seeing him again when I return to Oslo!

We had a brief chat during the last Oslo CS meeting and I quickly realized that R is a creative and energetic soul.

Ricard is a nice guy; we had the opportunity to talk during a concert in Oslo and it's been nice: he is full of nice ideas and you don't get bored in his company. ,aybe see you one day again somewhere

Met, met, re-met, slowly getting to know his humor, his advice and enjoying hugs, observing human nature, and applying a strict "no globals" policy !!!

I met Ricard in some Cs parties. Hi is a nice and smiling guy. Likes to talk about differents subjects.
Hope you can come to my next party

He is a interesting guy, who is able to communicate with all kinds of people. At least he was with me. Even so he is a swed, he is a open person who is able to make you feel comfortable no matter where in live you are.

Very out and going guy - good vibe - see you on Sunday Richard!

Talked with Ricard a bit at my show in Oslo - seems like a great guy, and very enthusiastic about couch-surfing! Glad to have met you and Celine!

It was such a pleasure to finally get to know you, i know how hard celine try to hide you from me.. now that i have met you twice and the superb chance to experience the wonderful well located couch of ricard og celine i am quite happy to say that i ll come again ! i had an amazing time and between the party, the sledge and the bumpy slopes style freestyle that almost saw my butt broke, i can only entrust you a little bit more... ricard you rocks but drink less...
APPARENTLY YOU ARE GETTING OLDER.... happy 30th birthday !

Ricard is great. He keeps the beer flow...er..flowing and loves to have a great time. Also, he makes a mean fruit salad and can really bust a move on the dance floor.

How can you not love ricard??? He smiles with his eyes. He's so nice and friendly, talks to anyone, up for a great time, loves beer. I would host ricard on my couch anytime and recommend that everyone do the same.

It was so nice to meet you Ricard!

I had a great time with all of you on this trip. hopefully we shall meet again! :)

It's not too much when saying that Ricard and Celine were are guardian angels for our first days in Oslo. Without even really knowing us, they did not only let us sleep at their place, they also gave us loads of advices for a closest approach of the city and Norwegian way of living.
I totally agree with Ricard when he says he's a problem solver. He's really skilled at analyzing situations ..though you wouldn't guess he works as an analyst !!
He also pays a lot of attention to people and is reaaaally patient and overcurious about people and life.
Many thanks again to him indeed
Update 26/12: not a CS friend anymore ..but a friend

Ricard and I met the first time at the second Oslo CS meeting in March '07. Since then we have met on a regular basis both for CS and non-CS purpose. We have travelled together to Sweden and Switzerland as well as within Norway.

Ricard is a great guy with lots of high goals and visions. He is an appriciated work collegue on Couchsurfing.com both locally and globally. If it is about arranging parties or asking for help about how to use the site, he tries his best to help out, coloring the society with his way of being.

Over the time Ricard has become a good and trusted friend.

funny and easy to talk with

HE IS AN EXCELENT PERSON

We met on two HC/CS camps. Ricard is a very nice guy to hang out with and talk to!

a perfect guy for a CS ambassador:) filled with positivity and love,responsible, with deeper insight and understanding of how things=life=CS works:)

nice guy, real ambassador ;-) he couldn't host but it was o.k. 'cos i found another great host, Knut Ole. We met later on CS party... good luck, expect you back to eastern europe ;-)

Met Ricard at a CS meeting that i randomly attended. Really genuine and nice guy, gave me a lot of information and help regarding CS. I look forward to meeting again...

I met Ricard at the monthly Oslo CS meeting and was very easy to talk to still enjoying the CS phenomenon. Look forward to catching up again in the future.

can just confirm what had already been written about Ricard many times... very nice guy which is really pleasure to talk with!

Explained about CS Ambassadors, took in my couchsurfer as I went travelling ...

So now we see each other regularly at CS meets and parties ... I guess we know each other enough that he vouched for me !-) Thanks man, I appreciate it !-)

I had some very fun times with Richard and Celine. They are a very nice couple and an example of the way people can fall in love with each other in this club. I hope to meet you again!

Update: and so I did! I was hosted by them for several days and they saved me from some pretty icky situations. awesome people and exemplary couchsurfers!

Ricard is incredibly positive, outgoing and intelligent. He is a massive credit to CS and its always a pleasure to catch up with him in Oslo!

I first met Ricard on the CS monthly meeting in Oslo.
Ricard, is the kind of person that we can talk with all night and " NEVER " get tired.
He has a great personality,very,very kind person,fun to listen to.
I want invite him, his girlfriend and Marianne for dinner next time I will be on vacation, because they're wonderful persons and I want to get to know them much better.
I want to "THANK YOU" all, I had a wonderful time at the meeting, I'm just sad that I will be at work on the next monthly CS meeting:-(

Richard (and Celine) showed me how fast you can get friends with strangers: Instantly! We met at the CS-meeting, we had very open and interesting talks, they invited me to stay at their place (beautiful appartement, great couch and a really good E-Piano!) and we had a very good time together... Extraplus: A great meal composed by Celine! They know how to make their guests happy... Thanks a lot, I'm looking forward to see you again!

Cool Norway guy! Great fun on the Sava'Disco and in a bar of sarajevo...

Nice person and interesting to talk to.

just got the first impression, but i most say, he gives everything to CS. really helpful, but mostly, he is a veeeeery happy, and a great dancer!!!!
hope to see you again!!!!. My friends really got impressed with your kindness.

ricard and i met in the mayhem of the norway addicts meeting where he tried to help me find a couch in oslo.. hope we meet again before the day is done.

a man of many words at times and they always seem to be the right one. great to have gotten to know such and interesting fellow. and hope to catch up some other time in life...

No guy who likes long distance cycling and good whiskeys (except maybe Floyd Landis) can be anything but Great. It is always a pleasure to see Ricard, he is full of positive energy. And next time we'll play kubb Revenge will be Mine.

ricards a good guy shared a few beers and laughs whilst out in norway, cheers mate

Ricard asked me once what was my best experience during the scandinavian travel, now I must say, the days with Celine and Ricard in Oslo were the best. :) They are extremely kind and open and I wish we could have more talk. And they convince me to believe in couchsurfing :)

Céline and Ricard saved our travel to Oslo. They accepted our last minute request. By visiting Céline and Ricard, it's more than a travel to Oslo that you do. You visit France (thanks to Céline) have a quick look at the Swedish culture (thanks to Ricard), discover the norwish habits. The travel could also turn to an adventure once you taste the couch. Kind of an air bed. I assume this bed will become one of the most favourite touristic attraction in the coming years. But enough of joking : those two are a generous, well balanced, interesting couple. It makes no doubt that we will keep in touch with them and invite them in the sunny Crete. You definitely need to meet them if you want to experience the real CS value. We are pretty sure that we will offer them a name domain like : CelineandRicardwonderfullhostinOslo.com (private joke)

Cool dude, very sympathetic.
He found me first randomly on CS and thought I looked like one of Celine s colleague! :)

Ricard is a great guy, having organised the Oslo meetings and all, always looking for a good time and wanting people to get together and be happy :-D

It was great staying at Ricard's place, we had a great time. Thank you for the hospitality and hope to see you again soon, maybe at our place this time :)

Great guy, there is no more that needs to be said :)

After my worst Couch Surfing experience, I met this lovely couple, Recard and Celine. For a while I didn't get any reply from other CSers in Oslo, I thought my Norway trip would go into one blank page. But luckily I got one quick reply from Recard, and I could go to North. :) Their shelter was so cozy. When I got there, they just let me feel at home. I highly recommend this sweet couple to every new CS members.

this is the guy with the strangest norwegian-sounding swedish accent ever ;) seems like a positive, open fellow. Glad to have met him.

I enjoyed sharing my free time (and some working time too :-)) with Richard, easy going, nice and smart guy, real CS spirit and great ambassador.

Is there anything that hasn't been said??? Still, truth bears repeating: what a wonderful person! Intelligent, open-hearted, warm, caring and kind. I salute Ricard's approach to life, and will do my best to emulate as far as possible. Celine, I am honestly jealous! LOL :P

Ricard, the world citizen - with current stay in Belgrade :-D Someone really dedicated to the idea of CS (well, I admit I'm more of a HC baby, but... :-)) & especially a big fan of big hospitality meetings - maybe next time I'll follow yr advice of how to skip work for more travel :-P Someone I'm glad I’ve met, will recommend it surely to others, very interesting company, so my extra-positive comment :-)

Ricard is a really friendly and an easy-going person! He smiles all the time, and can cheer you up! We had a really good time at a bar in Belgrade, shame we didn't have the opportunity to talk more, but you never know...:)
And, also, he totally proves the fact that all Couch Surfers look younger than they are,thanks to their lively spirit!:)
Hope2CU again somewhere on the Planet Earth!

Does he ever stop talking and making people laugh? No! He never stops smiling. Rikard is one fantastic person. You will not waist your day if you spend one to meet him, but it will surely won't be enough. Sorry you had to rush further. See ya again someday... :)

Noooo!! when i met Richard i didn't write my reference !!! Oh no :(

the story... i met Richard last year ago at a norwegiang meeting! It was my first meeting and Richard and his friends were helpful in any ways!! After that meeting i applyed to became Ambassador in Rome and Richard supported me ;) I appreciated !
and then ....Update July 2008:
i met Richard in Rome when had seen a meeting with him!! It was my pleasure to meet him again .... He is very dedicated to CS project and i love my CS global ambassador!! thanks Richard!

Good for Norway. It has a great Ambassador. He has arrived, and you know, he is this tall, blond Viking and he works as an analyst... so I think: what's the deal here? and that's right: he is probably the secret agent of the travelers, operating under cover in the corporate world. he is an open minded, sharp, interesting, composed person. I had lot's of fun sitting in the yurt with him, exchanging thoughts and drinking red wine.

Ricard is a very welcoming person. He started to talk with me during the CS camp he organized in Strandsødegården, outside Oslo, for Midsummer festivities and since we started to talk, it was like if we knew for ages. We share the same passion for couchsurfing, meeting people and giving our small contribution to improve CS. Ricard is a very nice person, easygoing and friendly, that kind of person who would never let you in troubles in case of need.

Ricard is down to earth, always interesting to talk to and I usually enjoy bumping into him at the big HC/CS parties every half a year. It was good to visit him recently at his crib in Oslo, but just a shame that there seem to be so few really active hosts like him in Norway.