Today Jennifer and I have been married 20 years. It has been an amazing journey. We have learnt so much from each other and have had so much fun. Eric and Mikee have of course been central in our lives and further strengthened our love for each other. But we have been blessed with many friends, who have shared in our successes and supported us, when we have faced difficulties.
But it is also Jennifer’s birthday. An amazing woman, mother and wife whom we are celebrating today and every day.
I publish a few images from our 20 years together. You can move the slide show below by clicking the arrows or using your mouse.
Jennifer on her way to Råda church in Sweden on our wedding day
And immediately after the wedding- Exmoor, Devon 2003, a few months after we had met each other
- On board SY Adèle where we lived for two years after the wedding
- In Panama with Adèle in the background
- Galapagos 2006
- Jennifer diving on Adèle . She learnt diving a few years before, but it was still exciting to enter another world. We dived a lot during our sailing.
- A king penguin at Grytviken, South Georgia
- At a king penguin colony in South Georgia. There are several hundred thousands of penguins in the colony.
- In Iceland 2007
- Iceland 2007
- At home after our sailings. Jennifer is 8 months pregnant with Eric. Nallah, our rhodesian ridgeback, and Jan, one of our llamas, look after her
- Eric at his Christening, October 2008. Mikee is staying with us in England for half a year, but she didn’t permanently live with us until 2010
- Eric’s first Christmas
- In front of the fire at the Great Hall at Knightstone just after the Christening
- Eric getting help with transportation on an island in Sweden
- Mikee is overseeing the cutting of the cake on Eric’s first birthday. We have served “Princess Cake”, a Swedish specialty, nearly every birthday since Eric was born. And we had it at our wedding party too.
- Taking the boat between two islands on the Isles of Scilly 2010. Eric insisted on wearing his sunglasses upside down. Riza, our nanny during many years, are with us.
- Christmas 2010 at Knightstone
- On board Zefira, the yacht of our friends Salvatore and Paola. We are in the south of France. Eric is 3 years old and has now turned back his sunglasses the correct way! Mikee is 8 years old.
- n 2014 we went on trip with dog sleighs during a spring week in Lapland, Sweden. We had a guide, Jonas, with us and behind him is first Mikee and then Jennifer. Eric is sitting with our guide.
- Taking a rest from our sleigh ride
- Eric and Jennifer ready for departure to a Same village
- We sailed on Grace, belonging to our friend Henk, in Norway, Here under way outside Senja.
- Eric and Jennifer are enjoying the Norwegian summer
- We had morning coffee (although I was the only one having coffee) at Berg's konditori on Jen's birthday. We are on the island of Marstrand, Sweden
- Jennifer on her birthday
- With our close friends Birgitta, Lars and Christina on Marstrand.
- It wasn't because of the candy floss that Eric had lost a couple of teeth! Copenhagen 2015
- With Anders Rabbe (former CEO of Isofol) and family on board their boat (slightly faster than my sailing yachts)
- Dinner at Palazzo Avino in Ravello overlooking the Amalfi Coast 2016
- Mikee lived with us continuously since 2010 and we adopted her in 2016. This is at the Swedish Church, where Michael blessed her and the adoption after the formal process at the courts
- Mikee immediately after her adoption
- Eric and Jennifer on board Ribelle in Monaco 2017. Eric is 8 years old
- At Protofino, Italy 2017
- Jennifer and Eric arrive at the World Superyacht Awards gala dinner 2017. I was chair of the judges that year and had to arrive ahead of Eric and Jennifer.
- Jennifer in Sweden summer 2017
- The family at Fjäderholmarna, an island group just outside Stockholm. We were waiting for our table to get ready
- Eric expresses his love. Trosa, Sweden 2017
- Celebrating our wedding day and Jen’s birthday 2017. It was raining and we had lunch at Villa Maritime, in Marstrand, Sweden.. Photo: Mikee
- Lunch at Piazza Duomo (Guide Michelin 3 stars) in Alba, Italy, the capital of white truffle. Five courses, all with white truffle!
- We went truffle hunting with Mr Gianni and his two dogs. His English was as bad as our Italian, but we still succeeded to communicate well and have fun during hours of search for the delicious truffle
- In a mosque in Abu Dhabi 2017.
- And riding a dromedar
- We were guests at Anil’s home in Phuket, while he and his family were in India.
- Anil’s yacht Latutude ready to receive us for a week on board
- Captain Sean preparing Eric for his first scuba dive. The equipment was of course a little to big for him, but he has grown into it now!
- With a small tender into the mangroves
- Jennifer in Florence May 2018
- We are above Passo Gardena in the Dolomites, Italy at around 2,200 m altitude. The children skied with an instructor but I had just had a foot operation and Jennifer took that as an excuse to join me walking instead of trying her skis. We are at Jimmy’s restaurant with glorious views but it is windy and quite cold.
- Jennifer with Junko, in Japan 2019
- Jennifer taking photos in Myanmar 2019, just before the outbreak of Covid a month later.
- A walk in the Cotswolds 2021 at Upper Slaughter
- Cotswolds 2021
- Cotswolds 2021
- Lofoten 2022
- Kenya 2022
- Kenya 2022
- Jennifer is a great photographer and better than I am at catching action photos. Here a lion is attacking a wildebeest and Jennifer has got it exactly right
- Portugal 2023
- Jennifer photographing horses in Cappadocia 2023. The horses were running straight towards her but always turned aside a little before they could hit her, so she could stand her ground
- In Oman 2023
- In Northern Finland 2024
- In Japan April 2025 with Mount Fuji in the background
