Summary of experience – Per Åkesson
I am a man combining pedagogical and technical skills, having a wide experience with computers since 1977.
I have studied computer science, journalism, and 8 foreign languages in USA, Sweden, France and Russia, at various intervals 1980-2003.
My professional background includes translator, PC technician and computer science teacher (PC, Mac, networks, WordPerfect, Pagemaker, HTML).
Since 1989 I’m a freelance journalist.
I am used to writing, mainly in my native Swedish language. Good at explaining or presenting complicated things in a simple and structured way, in normal language.
During 1994-96 I worked as system and project manager in a small office, Delphi Economics AB, maintaining the local network (LAN), and writing documentation.
In 1997 I worked as a translator for Berlitz Translation Services in Dublin, Ireland.
During the school year 1998/99, I was teaching math and C++ programming at a Swedish high school, Lidingö gymnasium. There I also set up the school’s web site from scratch at
I presently work full time for Scoop Publishware as technical writer, copywriter, web editor and test manager.
For private reasons, I would like to find a position in Tallinn. Please contact me for more details about the job.
Web editing
Since 1996 I have created and still edit
In 1997 I was editing web pages for the Royal Institute of Technology. is now edited by local staff.
During 1998 I created
Since 1998 I work for, and edit the web site of
On my spare time I maintain a web siteon underwater archaeology, that has 6000 visitors monthly.
More personal info can be found on my personal web page
I am a member of Mensa, the “high IQ society”.
Per Åkesson, Disponentgatan 4, 112 62 Stockholm, Sweden
email: tel & fax: +46-8-37 01 90, mobile: +46-708-260 180
Curriculum Vitae
Per Åkesson, Born: 13 October 1959, Nationality: Swedish
Education & certifications:
1980-81University of South Carolina, USA: one year’s studies in spoken languages, computer languages, literature, theatre, math
1981-83Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm: studies at the dept of Electronic engineering
1982, 84Université de Grenoble: French courses summertime.
1986-90Stockholm University: Russian, part time.
1987Pushkin institute, Moscow: Russian, 3 months
1989-90Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm: studies at the dept of Computer science
1990-95minor courses in Latvian, German, Chinese, photo and underwater archaeology
2004Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, JMK, Stockholm University.
work & merits:
1977Finalist in the Swedish national math contest among 1100 participants.
1978-79military service in the army
1979teaching beginner’s English for adults.
1983Åsö Gymnasium (secondary school), Stockholm: teaching math and physics.
1985Hasler AG, Bern, Switzerland: summer trainee programming in C.
1988-89Nordisk Reseservice AB: tour leader to the Baltic countries
1988-89Columna Förlags AB: translating books from English, “Using CAD with Autosketch“ and “Peter Norton’s Programming your PC and PS/2“
summer 1989Compuscience, Stockholm: PC salesman.
1989-Freelance Computer journalist for: Datornytt, Datorn i Byggandet, Dataingenjören, WordPerfect Magazine, Svenska PC World and Computer Sweden.
1990Computer reporter at Dataingenjören.
1991Computer teacher at Interprint AB.
May-June 1992Bicycling from Stockholm to Tunisia 3200 km in 8 weeks.
July 1992Computer teacher at Lexicon AB.
November 1992PC-technician at Landstingsförbundet (upgrading ca 100 PCs)
1994-96System manager at Delphi Economics AB
1996-97Working for Poolen AB, Stockholm
1997KTH, Stockholm, editing web pages
1997Berlitz, Dublin, Ireland
1998-SCOOP AB, Stockholm, tel 08-722 02 20
1998-99 Gångsätra skola, Lidingö
References:
Ulf Wilkenson, Katrin Wilkenson, President, Scoop Publishware AB, +46-8-722 02 20
Kerstin Johansson, headmaster, Lidingö gymnasium, 08-731 3900
Technichal skills:
Hardware: PC, Mac, Digital VAX.
Operating systems: DOS, OS/2, Mac OS, Windows XP, Novell Netware, Unix, Linux.
Databases: Paradox, SQL
Languages: HTML, Basic knowledge in Basic, Fortran, Pascal, C, Javascript
Applications: Have experience of hundreds of standard applications, e.g. Frontpage, MS Office, Pagemaker and Photoshop.
Spoken languages:
FLUENT: Swedish, English, German WELL: FrenchBASIC: Spanish, Russian, Italian
Have driver’s license, don’t smoke