I have visited 164 countries to date. I have worked with international missions for twenty years now. I have seen the world from airplane and airports. I love travelling. Going to new places, meeting new people. It is all about learning. Life is learning process. At least for me. So I travel. I know that …

In 1982 I visited Paris with some school friends. We lived in a bad hotel somewhere in the Paris suburbs for a weekend. On the street there was a bar, like a rock club. One of the nights there we watched a fantastic band playing music in a new way that I never heard …

I love football. I have always loved this sport. There is something with the game that makes me feel very special feelings. Football or soccer as some say is the beautiful game – Joga Bonito. My club is Malmö FF. I was 5 years old the first time I watched a game live at the …

Today is the birthday of my new CapacityNow blog on larskarlsson.com. This is a big day for me. It is also my own birthday. So what date could be better for the launch of my new interactive platform with my readers and everybody interested in Customs, borders, trade, travel, reform, modernization, capacity building and …

Last year was a year of turbulence for everybody interested in international trade and movements over borders.  We saw commodity price changes that nobody could foresee. We saw people movement due to different crises, taken to new levels. We saw politics going crazy in many countries. International media seemed surprised. What is going on? …

Those who know me know that I always keep my promises. I promised to be back. Well, I am back.

  I started my blog larskarlsson.com in 2005. It was an adventure and I love new things and to get a chance to write about things I like through a new channel was a great opportunity that I fully embraced.  Since then I have posted blog texts almost every day for more than ten …

  It is a great pleasure for me to greet you welcome to my new blog, CapacityNow – the new version of larskarlsson.com. This is my new platform and my intention is to give you specific information about very special topics, content you will not find anywhere else.  The new blog will be better, …