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About Jesper

Cheerful libertarian, born and raised in Gällivare, where out of sheer boredom I started pirating movie subtitles. Partly through that I became good friends with my university English teacher, and a little over a decade ago started working at his small company Language Consulting. Originally we mostly did language and translation work, as the name implies, but nowadays we do everything from Excel courses to ceramics.

I write and podcast for Svenska Dagbladet, make video columns for Timbro, and when I’m not working I enjoy photographing birds, gubbrock, trains, people and other things. As well as playing drums, also preferably gubbrock, but also some blues, punk, könsrock and death metal.

Experience

Svenska Dagbladet

Producer & host, Ledarredaktionen podcast

Freelance

Oct 2020 – present

Wise words well spoken, in your ears, five days a week, nearly every week.

Opinion columnist

Aug 2016 – Oct 2020

Monthly columns on the editorial page of one of Sweden's leading broadsheets.

Stand-in editorial writer

Jan 2020 – Feb 2020

Editorials and podcast production for Ledarredaktionen, one of Sweden's biggest political podcasts.

Stand-in editorial writer

Jul 2019 – Aug 2019

Language Consulting

Translator, interpreter & communications consultant

Aug 2016 – present

Aspiring to be Sweden's best translator. Also available to help you or your organisation sharpen up your language and communication.

Göteborgs-Posten

Opinion columnist

Oct 2018 – Dec 2019

Fortnightly editorial columns in Sweden's largest regional newspaper.

Tanner Rodriguez

IT lead & translator

Sep 2012 – Jul 2016

Translation and interpreting, plus running the website, social media and digital production side of things.

Gällivare kommun

Minority languages officer

Nov 2011 – Mar 2012

Briefed local politicians and civil servants on minority language rights — what the law says, what it covers, how to actually implement it.

IT technician

Sep 2008 – Jul 2010

Day-to-day IT support, server maintenance (Windows Server 2003/XP) and network monitoring (Nagios).