Records and Prizes

Records
Prizes

Records:

I/we hold/held the following records (sorry for the shameless self-promotion, see below for definitions):

Personal records:

I have had a travel article from every 193 UN countries published in print – see here for more. In 2025 I have applied for a Guinness World Record for this achievement.
For six years (2019-2025) I was the youngest Dane in every country and continent (47 years and 234 days old when I finished – more on Wikipedia ). Record obtained in July 2019. Record beaten by Henrik Jeppesen (age 36), January 2025.
In 2019 I possibly became the worlds youngest ‘hobby & family traveller’ to visit every country (not a verified record)

Family records:

My son Jonas holds(/held?) the record as youngest member to enter Travellers Club of Denmark. The club requires a minimum of 30 visited UN-countries (plus a few more requirements listed in Danish here ). Jonas was only two years old when he as the youngest member ever got admitted to the club in 2012. (record possibly beaten by Malou Bendtzen, 2025)
In september 2024 my 17-year-old daughter Ava became the youngest Danish woman to have visited 100 UN-countries
Probably we are also the most travelled Danish family – but it depends on definition.

Definitions:

‘Hobby traveller’ is defined as someone who paid for everything himself and had a non-travel related job. And ‘family traveller’ is defined as someone travelling with the family on most of the trips. (A bit fluffy I know). Note that I was a hobby traveller until 2024. Since then I have been a professional travel writer/public speaker/adventurer.
Note also that since there are no countries in Antarctica it is possible to visit every country in the world without having visited every continent.

Prizes:

Winner “Expedition Book of The Year” 2024.

My book “Moderne danske eventyrere” won the prize as the best Danish expedition book of the year at the Nordic Adventure Film Festival Book Award at the annual Arctic Festival in Copenhagen. Book is in Danish only – read more about it here. Or see all the winners here .

Winner “Travel Book of The Year” 2021.

My book “Gennem alle verdens lande” (“In Every Country”) won the prize as the best Danish travel book of the year at the Nordic Adventure Film Festival Book Award at the annual Danish Book Fair held in Bella Center Copenhagen. Book is in Danish only – read more about it here. Or see all the winners here .

Finalist Travel Photographer of The Year 2015.

In 2015 I had an image in the final of TPOTY – the largest and most prestigous travel photo competition in the World. The Category was: “Faces, people, encounters – Best single shot”. In the adult categories I was the only scandinavian that year to get a photo in the final. See my image here or see all the winners here .

2nd place – Travellers Club of Denmark photo competition 2022.