I KRISTOFFER ENGSTRÖM I
Kristoffer Engström Head of Section, IT Security Management, GSS IT I was born and raised in Malmö in southern Sweden, I actually thought I’d never leave, but who controls fate? Me and my brother were raised by two golf playing parents (they actually met on a golf trainer course in the early seventies), but even though both me and my brother started playing golf at a young age, that activity was never as enticing as playing football and the pitch was where I spent most of my time growing up. As all young football playing kids I dreamt of playing professionally, and probably held on to that dream a bit too long, but I never had that grit (and probably not enough talent either) to take that step to the big scene. I did play until my early thirties though, and I enjoyed it tremendously. Now getting a bit older, I’m truly happy that I started playing golf at a young age, because that is now a real passion. We’re lucky to have such a good VBIL golf club that gives us excellent opportunities to enjoy the beautiful game. I think that Oslo is a great place to live and have thought so ever since I moved across the border as a 26-year old, back in 2003. It gives you that unique combination of sea and forest at the doorstep that I doubt you would find in many other capital cities in the world. It also gives you the full seasonal changes with warm summers and full on winters. From where I live in Nydalen I can just jump on my bike and hit the trails in no
time or run from the doorstep and spend most of that run in the forest. Our family of four, Martine, myself and our two children Iver (5) and Vilja (2) are moving to Tanum in Bærum towards the end of the year, to a house that is being built at the time of writing. We’re looking forward to get settled, to get a bit more space and hopefully to get even closer to nature. As a family we enjoy outdoor life and as often as we can we spend time at Martine’s family’s cabin at Tyin, just at the brink of Jotunheimen. We absolutely love all seasons and what they have to give in that wild, dramatic nature. It’s been a remarkable year to say the least, full home office setup for both of us in what feels like a too small apartment in Oslo. We both thought that families like ours, with both kids still in kindergarten, were the lucky ones in pandemic mix. No home schooling, no bored teenagers, not being single looking for your future partner, the kindergarten was kept open and we were able to keep a somewhat normal work-life from the home office. Then suddenly February 2021 hit us with another wave of infections and with that an on and off closed kindergarten with parts of it being quarantined, and when it was open it was only open from 8.30-15. The home office days
One of the joys about life is travelling. This picture is from NY.
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