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The Children on Horseback
A father, two daughters, and the question of what children are allowed to carry
Jun 6
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May 2026
Four kilos of skyr
Glacier training in Iceland, then straight back to Malmö, football schedules, and dinner.
May 30
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From Honduras into Guatemala, bribes, ruins, and the people who would not let me be alone
A new excerpt from my book, translated and lightly adapted for Substack. This is the real story, written as it happened.
May 24
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When Leaving Meant Leaving
Packing for Iceland after a football tournament with my daughters, I keep thinking about what has happened to adventure, concentration and storytelling…
May 17
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People Say I Am Disciplined
On hunger, weight, expeditions and needing something to aim at.
May 10
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I Never Thought I’d Become My Mother
How a football tournament showed me what I had inherited from my mother and what my daughters may inherit from me.
May 2
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April 2026
Panama City, Banana God, and a Twelve Year Old Warrior
After El Darién, the body breaks in Panama, Costa Rica plays tricks, and Nicaragua begins
Apr 26
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Defender X: Back on the road
Old friends, older bodies, Georgia, Baku and the road east
Apr 18
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PORTRAITS OF KARLAG
THE EVIL IS STILL STUCK IN THE WALLS
Apr 11
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I Sleep Worse Now
I have seen what war does to people. That is why I can no longer read the news as if it were just news.
Apr 4
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March 2026
This Is My Life as a Single Father
About the everyday life behind the expeditions, the guilt, the food, the responsibility and why this is actually the best time of my life
Mar 28
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Crossing El Darién
A bicycle journey into the Darién Gap, where the dream of crossing continents turned into a fight to stay alive
Mar 21
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