Lars was born 1960 in Gothenburg, Sweden and grew up close to the sea so one of his favourite sports as a child was sailing. Lars has a master’s degree in engineering physics from Chalmer University of Technology and started to work at Ericsson with development of radar software for fighter aircrafts. The defence part of Ericsson was transferred to Saab in 2006/2007 and Lars was responsible for a department developing command, control, and communication systems for air defence. In the autumn of 2019 Sofia and Lars decided to move from the not so funny weather in Sweden where the winters mostly are dark, rainy, windy, and grey to the sunny Algarve. They moved to Portugal in September 2020, their first priority was to settle in their new home. Hearing about Rotary on a visit to the FATACIL in August 2023. They like the idea of working with the local community and it provided a great opportunity to meet new people. RC Silves although an English speaking club has members from all over Europe and beyond.