About Henrik Karlsson
Hi, I’m Henrik.
I grew up in Sweden and now live on a small, pine-covered island in the Baltic Sea with my wife Johanna and our two daughters.
Before becoming a writer, I was a programmer, a factory worker, a poet, a teacher, a lab technician, and a coordinator at an art gallery. It took me a while to figure out what to do with my life.
Much of what I write on this Substack is based on conversations with Johanna, who also does research and helps with the editing of the essays. We met in a bookstore in 2011 and are currently about 10,000 hours into our conversation.