He explained his reason for moving home was mostly financial, but did add that his father has good experience in training regimens that would be helpful.

[1] To introduce his senior career, Svan appeared on the show Bingolotto on 11 June 2017, where he performed multiple woodchopping events.

[1] In October 2017, he competed in the European Champions Trophy Senior competition qualifiers,[9] but also was able to take an automatic wild card spot because of his World Championship title.

[10] With the sponsorship, because he still wasn't earning enough from wins to live off, he intended to move to New Zealand and train, because the sport is very popular there.

He dropped an axe after chopping down trees to prepare for training and, to save it from falling down a hill, instinctively tried to catch it on his ankle, in what he calls a "stupid move".

[14] Svan's performance at the 2019 Timbersports Champions Trophy competition, in Kungsbacka, saw him set a new personal best, but missing out on his target of a top-5 placement, losing to Michal Dubicki in the quarter finals.