[2] His family returned to Sweden in 1897 and settled in the city of Norrköping, where he became friends with Ture Nerman.

In Gothenburg, Hannes Sköld got to know Zeth Höglund and became active with him in the left wing of the workers’ movement.

As a young bohemian, Hannes Sköld traveled around Europe and lived in Paris and Copenhagen while working as a correspondent for different Swedish newspapers.

The same year, he was jailed in Långholmen prison for spreading anti-militarist propaganda.

He moved to the Soviet Union, learned Russian and translated some of the works by prominent Bolshevik leaders to Swedish.