Professional:
- Covered stories from over 20 countries and lived in China, South Africa, Costa Rica, USA, and Sweden. Worked as staff and freelance for major Swedish news outlets (SvD, GP, ETC, SR etc), and magazines (Filter, Forskning & Framsteg, Sveriges Natur, Utemagasinet etc), and internationally for e.g. Men’s Journal and PBS Nova.

- During 2025 I am a Resident Researcher at the Gregorian Center for Research in the Humanities at New York Public Library.

- Worked as project leader, facilitator, and evaluator for international democracy projects for e g the EU-Commission, Open Society Foundations, and the Swedish Institute. Co-founded two inclusive-storytelling NGO’s (bordr.org & globalgrandcentral.net), and also accept assignments as facilitator, and editor.

- Speak and write professionally in Swedish, and English, can do work in Mandarin Chinese, and basic Spanish.

- Member of the Society of Environmental Journalism, Swedish Authors Guild, Journalism Union, Swedish P.E.N., and several other professional organisations., board member of the Swedish Fulbright Alumni Association.

- Run my own company, Haraldssonfoto, since 1999.

Education:
2011-12 - Master of Arts, Political Journalism, Columbia University, New York City

2010-11 - Media Studies & Documentary Film, The New School, New York City

2003-05 - Journalism Degree, JMK, Stockholm University, Sweden

1999-03 - Master of Social Science, Peace & Conflict Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden

2002-03 - Photojournalism, Nordens Fotoskola, Biskops Arnö, Sweden

1998-99 & 2005-06 - Mandarin Chinese, Sichuan University, China

Books:
2023 - Barnen som ville rädda världen
(The children who wanted to save the world), Offside Press

2017 - Last night in Sweden
Max Ström, (contributing photographer)

2016 - Värdegrund och mångkultur i handling
(Core values and multiculturalism in action), Liber, (chapter contributor)

2013 - Trettio: 30 år 30 fotografer
(Thirty: 30 years, 30 photographers) Nordens Fotoskola (contributing photographer)

2013 - Paddla i Dalsland
(Paddle in Dalsland), Calazo

2007 - En linje över Kina
(A Line Across China), Alfabeta

Exhibitions:
2013 & 2015 - What Border Have You Crossed?: Queens Museum, New York City, & Steneby konsthall, Dals Långed, Sweden

2010-2014 - African Traders: SADC Head of State Meeting Windhoek, Namibia; Johannesburg, South Africa; Blantyre, Malawi; Maputo, Mozambique; Lusaka, Zambia, & Harare, Zimbabwe (also in 18 Swedish cities)

2008-2009 - A Line Across China: Galleri Kontrast, Stockholm; Museum of Work, Norrköping, & half a dozen other Swedish cities

Scholarships and awards
Fulbright Scholar, Work Grant from the Swedish Authors Fund, Grantee of the Swedish Publicists’ Association, Swedish Journalism Union, Sweden-America Foundation, Columbia Alumni Fund and several others. Nominated as Swedish Environmental Journalist of the Year, and winner of the Dalsland Literary Prize.

Miscellaneous:
Since 2005 I’ve guided 23 groups on up to month long trekking and cultural tours for Världens Resor across the highlands of China, Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, Uzbekistan. Kyrgyzstan, India and Mongolia.

I like the outdoors, particularly climbing. And all kinds of sweets.