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Kjell and Karin
Kjell has a Master
of Forestry degree and works as GIS-consultant at Glommen Skogeierforening in Elverum,
Norway. He was born in Gyttorp, Sweden, where he grew up on the farm that he still owns.
After completion of the nine-year compulsory education program he worked as a turner,
first with wood and later with metal. He then went to college and graduated in Umeå,
Sweden. In 1996 he moved to Norway.
Karin works as a
free-lancing translator and author. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden, where she worked
for ten years as a taxi driver. With the intention to become a medical doctor, she
completed her senior high school, but then established herself as a translator. For
six years she lived alone with her children in a little house in the midst of the woods.
In December last year she moved with the children to Norway - because Kjell lives there. 
Anders is 17. Coming autumn he will start his high school studies in art
and design work. He's primarely interested in drawing, painting and music. He plays
the piano, guitar and syntheziser. With the aid of a computer he toys with his own
compositions. He's also learning to develope software programs using Visual Basic 5 and
C++. 
Mail Anders!
Ida is almost 15, starting her last
year at the nine-year compulsory school. She's a happy teenager with great plans for the
future (as an astronaut). She is most interested in the fairy tales told by Tolkien,
and loves to read Elf Quest, about the Elf People. Often she sings with her mother - an
activity that Anders hates and Kjell likes. Mail Ida!
Johan is 13 and doesn't know what to
do in the future. He is an autistic child with normal intelligence - which happens
to be a very difficult combination. He is the kindest person in the world -
according to his mother. Johan is very gifted in wood- and needlework, but also loves to
perform scientific experiments. Mail Johan!
