About Jesper
Cheerful libertarian, born and raised in Gällivare, where out of sheer boredom I started pirating movie subtitles. Partly through that I became good friends with my university English teacher, and a little over a decade ago started working at his small company Language Consulting. Originally we mostly did language and translation work, as the name implies, but nowadays we do everything from Excel courses to ceramics.
I write and podcast for Svenska Dagbladet, make video columns for Timbro, and when I’m not working I enjoy photographing birds, gubbrock, trains, people and other things. As well as playing drums, also preferably gubbrock, but also some blues, punk, könsrock and death metal.
Experience
Svenska Dagbladet
Producer & host, Ledarredaktionen podcast
FreelanceOct 2020 – present
Wise words well spoken, in your ears, five days a week, nearly every week.
Opinion columnist
Aug 2016 – Oct 2020
Monthly columns on the editorial page of one of Sweden's leading broadsheets.
Stand-in editorial writer
Jan 2020 – Feb 2020
Editorials and podcast production for Ledarredaktionen, one of Sweden's biggest political podcasts.
Stand-in editorial writer
Jul 2019 – Aug 2019
Language Consulting
Translator, interpreter & communications consultant
Aug 2016 – present
Aspiring to be Sweden's best translator. Also available to help you or your organisation sharpen up your language and communication.
Göteborgs-Posten
Opinion columnist
Oct 2018 – Dec 2019
Fortnightly editorial columns in Sweden's largest regional newspaper.
Tanner Rodriguez
IT lead & translator
Sep 2012 – Jul 2016
Translation and interpreting, plus running the website, social media and digital production side of things.
Gällivare kommun
Minority languages officer
Nov 2011 – Mar 2012
Briefed local politicians and civil servants on minority language rights — what the law says, what it covers, how to actually implement it.
IT technician
Sep 2008 – Jul 2010
Day-to-day IT support, server maintenance (Windows Server 2003/XP) and network monitoring (Nagios).