Nickname: "L�vet" (the leaf). In Germany, also "L�we" (lion)
Born: December 21, 1970 (Sign of Sagittarus)
Place of birth: Partille, Gothenburg (Sweden)
Grew up: Skepplanda
Height: 192 centimeters
Weight: 99 kilos
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Black
Position: Team captain, left back in offensive, left two in defensive (in the national team). Team captain and playmaker (in the clubteam).
Family: Mother, father Lars-G�ran, brother Jan, girlfriend Ann-Sofie Cleasson, son Linus (born April 2000) and daughter Thea (born January 2003).
Intersts: Golf (14.3 in handicap)
Favorite movie: The Lionheart brothers.
Drives: Audi A6 Avant
Clubs:
*Skepplanda BTK (-1991)
*Redberslid IK (1991-1998)
*TV Niederw�rzbach (1998)
*THW Kiel (1998-)
Shirtnumber: 9 (national team), 10 (THW Kiel), 7 (Redbergslid)
Number of matches in the national team: 234 (up to 31/1 2004)
Goals in the national team: 1000 (up to 31/1 2004)
First national team match: 23 October 1993, in a E.C. qualification match
Number of matches in Germany�s Bundesliga: 181 (up to April 2004)
Number of goals in Bundesliga: 819 (up to April 2004)
Favorite Arena: Scandinavium
Medals:
5 Swedish Championships gold with Redbergslid (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998)
4 European Championships gold (1994, 1998, 2000 and 2002)
1 World Championships gold (1999)
2 Olympic silver (1996 and 2000)
2 World Championships silver (1997 and 2001)
1 World Championships bronze (1995)
2 Bundesliga gold (2000 and 2002)
1 German Cup victory (2000)
2 EHF cup victories (2002 and 2004)
1 Bragdguld ("Exploit gold") (1998)
Other merits:
Champions league final (2000)
Chosen Most Valuable Player (MVP) in World Championships 1999 and 2001
Chosen for the Olympics all-star team (2000)
Chosen for European Championships all-star team (2002)
Chosen for Bundesliga all-star team seasons 99/00, 00/01, 01/02, 02/03 and 03/04.
Elected Sweden�s best handball player seasons 95/96, 00/01 and 03/04.
Elected the World�s best handball player in 1999.
Miscellaneous:
-Used to work as a salesman at Svanstr�ms.
-Never played in any junior national team. Went straight to the A-national team.
-Started playing handball at the age of 7, but were more focused of soccer. Years later, started playing at Skepplanda BTK and started focusing on handball, by chance. Soon thereafter ended up in Redberslid IK and the national team.
-Became the team captain for the national team after the Olympics in 1996. Was chosen for the position by coach Bengt Johansson after former team captain Per Carl�n quit.
-In 2001, he also became the team captain for THW Kiel when Magnus Wislander left the club. Was the team captain in Redberslid as well.
-According to his team mates, he�s the one in the team that talks the most, is the worst loser and the one that enjoys mocking people and do practical jokes the most.