Pradyumna Kumar Mahanandia (Born in 1949) is an Indian-born Swedish artist noted for his journey by a second hand bicycle from New Delhi to Borås[2][3] in 1977 to meet his lover, Charlotte Von Schedvin.

[4] Mahanandia was born in 1949 in an Odia-speaking weaver family in the village of Kandhapada of the Athmallik sub-division in the district of Angul.

[4] His travels took him through Afghanistan, Iran and finally through Turkey which allowed him to reach Europe on 28 May, then he continuned to Gothenburg by train.

[4] On his long bicycle journey he has himself expressed the sentiment that he doesn't understand "why people think it was a big deal to cycle to Europe".

[8] In 2010, Indian filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali was planning to make a film on the love story of Mahanandia and Von Schedvin.