I'm very honored to announce that I had seven nominations in the 5th annual Black & White Spider Awards. I was awarded an Honor of Distinction in the category Silhouette, and an Honorable Mention in the category Nature. I just updated the portfolio Denmark with 21 new images. For the moment I'm preparing for an upcoming visit to New York City and Norway.

I have been quite busy this summer, travelling to the US and southern Europe. Two new portfolios are now up on the website, Chicago & New York and Basque Country. I'm pleased to announce that my Turning Torso Collection was awarded 2nd place in the category Advertising Architecture, and 3rd place in the category Fine Art Architecture for professional photographers in PX3 - Prix De La Photographie Paris, France 2009.

I recently updated the website with two new portfolios, Snow Scenes and, Central Europe, with a total number of 63 new images. I'm happy to announce that I won 1:st price in the National Geographic International Photography Contest here in Scandinavia. The winning image, called Amish Women, was taken on a ferry boat between Cape May, New Jersey and Lewes, Delaware last summer. Right now I'm preparing for an upcoming photography trip to Chicago and New York City.

I'm very happy and honored to announce that I was awarded two Black & White Spider Awards - Merit of Excellence - in the categories Fine Art and Nature. The winning images will be published in the World's Greatest Black & White Photography, Vol 2, and included in the Masters of Photography International Exhibition.

I'm also very proud to announce that I'm a Merit Award Winner in the Black & White Magazine Single Image Contest 2009. The awarded photograph will be published in the Special Issue of Black & White Magazine scheduled to arrive on newsstands worldwide the first week of December, 2008.

My solo exhibition, Water Works, is opening tonight, October 30, at galleri ikon here in Stockholm, Sweden. I will attend the opening reception from 5-9pm. The exhibition is running from Oct 30 to Nov 23, 2008.

I just updated the portfolio Sweden II with 17 new images from a recent trip to the south part of Sweden, and 9 new images in the portfolio Stockholm.

A new portfolio from the United States is now published on the website. I spent a few days in the Mid-Atlantic states during the heatwave in June, with boiling mercury in the upper 90's! I also made a short detour down to Atlanta, Georgia.

I'm very pleased to have my work included in the anniversary issue of SHOTS, no: 100, summer 2008. This well-reputed magazine is an independent journal for fine art photography, based in Minneapolis, USA.

My image Rock Group was selected as the First Prize in Pilsner Urquell's promotion for photography in conjuction with the fine wine retailer Oddbins in the UK. The image was taken on a blustery day in January 2007, just a stone throw from the swedish director Ingmar Bergman's house at Hammars in Fårö, Sweden. The image was selected among 300 winners of International Photography Awards 2007.

Prix De La Photographie Paris (PX3) announces winners of the 2008 Competition.

Håkan Strand of Sweden was Awarded: First Prize in category Nature for the entry titled, Little Lighthouse, and Second Prize in category Fine Art for the entry titled, Water Works. In addition to these two Awards, Håkan Strand also received 6 Honorable Mentions. The jury selected 2008's winner from thousands of photography entries from over 85 countries. PX3 - Paris, France. 5/7/2008

I'm also pleased to announce that I am a Merit Award Winner in Black and White Magazine Portfolio Contest 2008. The awarded images will be published as a 2-pages feature in a special issue of Black and White Magazine, USA, scheduled to arrive on newsstands worldwide the first week of June 2008.

I'm very pleased to announce that the scandinavian magazine CAMERA NATURA will be featuring an 8 page spread with an interview in the first issue of 2008.

I'm also happy to announce that I was selected to the "Top 50" of the finalist group of Photolucida Critical Mass 2007. Portland, Oregon, USA.

I have recently returned from Italy and a new portfolio from that trip is now up on the website - Ciao!

November 2007

A new portfolio with 41 images from Iceland is now up on the website. As you can see, I have made a few updates lately. A special thanks to my wonderful wife, Deborah, for layout and design, and to my friend, Giuseppe Irollo, for all the work behind the scenes. I would also like to thank my eldest son, Paul, for being a good travel companion, and for his "sherpa work" on my recent trip to Iceland.

August 2007

Håkan Strand of Sweden was Awarded: 1st and 2nd place in Fine Art Category, Landscape, for his Waterfront Studies. One of his award winning photographs was also selected for the Best Of Show. The 2007 Best of Show exhibition debuts at the Splashlight Studio Party on October 13, in New York before traveling to 8 cities internationally. Håkan Strand also received three Honorable Mentions in the category Nature.

IPA - Los Angeles, California, USA. 8/16/2007

I will have three images and a short narrative published in the May issue of the brittish magazine, Black & White Photography. The three images were taken on a recent trip to Gotland this year. Gotland is a beautiful island located in the Baltic sea, a three-hour boat ride from the Swedish main land.