He was born on 6 February 1972 in Stockholm, Sweden and raised in the south suburbs Fruängen and Sköndal.

He has edited two anthologies, Solidaritet (Cordia 1998) and Boken om Recovery (Libris, 2002).

He is cofounder and coeditor alongside Sven-Gösta Holst for the existentialist journal Von Oben, which published two issues in 2002 and 2003.

After the breakthrough album Ett slag för dig he toured regularly, usually as a solo act with his guitar.

In 2007 he took part in Melodifestivalen interpreting Carola's winning song Evighet also known as "Invincible" at the final in Globen.