My mission is tho make the world a better place.

I live in a small city 500 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle. I work as associate professor in Law at the University. There i teach law and do research on the law I find interesting. I love doing research communication (lectures, media, writings and a podcast). My specialty is human rights and health care law.

Meetings with other people that has a different background and different experiences can be mind-blowing. To understand how and why people think in another way opens my own mind. I hate superficial talks about the weather, and often have the guts to ask questions about life. At the same time, there must be a balance. If you only move around on the deep places, you can drown... :-)

I like discussions. Not the discussion for the sake of the discussion. However, for the sake of learning new things. A good discussion is where you change your mind. The best discussion is where I am convinced to change my mind.

I love pushing my own limits. I don’t do extreme sports (or any other sports), but the feeling of doing something that is one the edge of my limits makes me feel alive. For instance to understand a highly theoretical subject. To drive on icy roads. To convince judges in court or an audience with a speech. Alternatively, to do something that I have never done.

My former life motto is from Kierkegaard: "Once, I am going to become, the person I am". Now it is: "Making things better". They are both about change from withing.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Some years ago I lived alone with two small children. I need social contact, but was stuck at home be a dad. I used couchsurfing to invite the world into my home and to meet people. It was amazing!

I have stopped hosting people because of my lifesituation (travel, work and family).

I have co-arranged couchsurfing parties in Ukraine, Romania, France and Norway. And I would love to arrange more parties in the future. I travel a lot, and usually alone. I want to meet couchsurfers - locals or visitors.

I can participate with my cooking or buying food or drinks for the party.

I have surfed or met surfers in Romanua, Poland, Brazil, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, France and Moldova.

I have had surfers at my place from (at least) Mexico, USA, Spain, France, Turkey, Slovakia, Latvia, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Taiwan, Russia, Poland, New Zealand, Finland, and Indonesia.

Hospitality is a highly appreciated value for me. I love having guests, and I love to get to know new people.

Interests

I am trying to make the world better.

My life is a part of the world, and I to stuff to make my life better. I read at least one book every week (I read everything; novels, history, anthropology, law, religion, economy...), i go to the gym, I drink wine, go for walks, I laugh, I dress while brushing my teeth and I evaluate my decision.

The world is more then my life. Therefore I take care of my family and those around me. In my teaching and writing I try to improve the world. I take social action by speaking up or by just doing what is right in the quiet. I have some positions in some boards. But it can also be in small stuff like cooking for a bunch of people or taking out the trash.

Music, Movies, and Books

I read at least 50 books per year. In addition, I do some reading at my day job. I read novels, biographies, poems, psychology, philosophy, leadership. Anything.

Noise is music you do not recognize. Therefore, the music you love is the music that you know. I try to appreciate all different kinds of music. Music gives colors to the life. I try to put on different colors.

Therefore, I listen to different types of music, and it gives some amazing colors! I love dancing to techno music. I work to electronica, brown noice or classical music. I like grunge at a party. I cry to Norwegian folksongs. My last “concert” was the Carmen Opera. I used to sing as a bass in a choir.

I do not watch horror movies (last time i saw a horror movie was on a cinema, I got so scared that I screamed out and almost kicked the head of the guy in front of me, in an uncontrolled move). I like films that is produced because the story must be told. I am not so fond of stories produced because the film must be made. However, of course sometimes i appreciate brainless action. I really loved Joker, Kill Bill, One flew over the cuckoo's nest and Wall-E.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- The midnight sun.
- Sincere smiles from women.
- Skinnydipping in the Black sea.
- Offpiste in virgin powder snow on telemark skies.
- The birth of my children.
- Aurora borealis (northern lights).
- Siberian tiger.
- My fridge after one month without electricity.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know something about law, healthcare, psychology, psychiatry, mental health, legal history, and rhetoric.

I love cooking. Maybe I can teach you some tricks, or maybe you can teach me some? I also know how to sabre champagne bottles and make homemade sausages.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love cooking! And love to cook at strange places. :-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Montenegro, Norway

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