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Johan Ernst Nilson
"Exploration is not a geographical journey but an inner discovery of our own true potentials" / Johan Ernst Nilson

Johan Ernst Nilson is one of the worlds leading explorers and motivational speakers. Johan Ernst has completed 38 expeditions and has until today visited 142 countries. The exploration has brought him to places like the jungles of Amazon, through the deserts of Sahara, sailing across across the Atlantic and Antarctic seas, through the forests of Alaska, across Greenland, to the highest point of all the seven continents and on a world record journey from the North Pole to South Pole with only natural powers (Guinness Book of Records, 2014 Edition). Johan Ernst started lecturing in 1994 but it was not until 2001 that he reached global fame and success with his motivational lectures.

Johan Ernst is a board member of The Explorers Club Youth Section, President of Everest Summiteers Association (Sweden), Ambassador for IUCN (2008-2012) and Honorary Ambassador for Nepal. Johan Ernst has participated in scientific expeditions across The Northwest Passage, Antarctica and to the Magnetic North Pole. Johan Ernst Nilson’s film productions has been broadcasted for Discovery Channel, CCTV and Nat Geo. National Geographic has produced a 60-minute documentary about Johan Ernst Nilson’s life and adventures. Johan Ernst stories has been published in media like BBC, NBC, Wall street Journal, WIRED, NY Post and Financial Times. Johan Ernst Nilson is a motivational speaker and life coach for companies, organizations and networks like TEDx, Facebook, Google and Microsoft. Johan Ernst is also global ambassador for some of the worlds leading brands.

http://www.johanernst.com

Early years
In the early 80´s Johan Ernst was struggling with bad degrees in fashion school until one day when decided to step outside his comfort zone and push his limits. He had seen a man playing the piano on TV and asked his parents what it would take to play like that. His parents answered that with "Motivation, Focusing and Training" you can become anything you want. Now Johan Ernst's first exploration started; he would be a professional piano player within three years. Long days in fashion stores payed for a keyboard so he could practice and three years later he got a job on the French Riviera as a pianist. The world as Johan Ernst knew had now changed and all these things that were impossible now seemed possible. Johan Ernst asked himself; What else is possible? His friends told him that he happened to have an ear for music but he can't do anything physical, like biking to the Sahara. Johan Ernst accepted the bet and a 20 year long journey started.

Interview from the book Pole2Pole about Johan Ernst's early years as an explorer:

From Dream to Reality

Motivational Speaker
What do we need to do to reach our goals? To explore is to dare. To dare is to do the unexpected and to step outside the Comfort Zone. Ever since humans started to walk up straight we have tried new ways and we have done everything we can to become wiser. It is through our mistakes that we have developed and learned. It is through our failures that we have become wiser. You can never reach a goal or a summit without taking some kind of risk. This is what we call Evolution. Humans have always been risk takers. What separates us from the animals is that we have dreams and that we make plans to reach our goals. Why are we so scared of failing? How can we optimize our potentials and who is setting the limits for what is possible? These are some of the questions and subjects that we dive into during Johans 120 minutes lectures. Johan Ernst Nilson is working as a personal coach to leaders all over the world and has lectured for hundreds of companies on all seven continents. From one single person to over 4000 people. His record is six lectures in one day. What is exploration and why is it important? To explore is to dare. To dare is to do the unexpected and to step outside the Comfort Zone. Ever since humans started to walk up straight we have tried new paths and tried to become wiser. It is through our mistakes that we have developed and learned. It is through our failures that we have become wiser. You can never reach a goal or a summit without taking some kind of risk. This is what we call Evolution. Humans has always been risk takers. What separates us from the animals is that we have dreams and we make detailed plans to reach our goals. Johan Ernst Nilson is working as a personal coach to leaders all over the world and has lectured for hundrads of companies on all seven continents since 20 years. From 1 single person to over 4000 people in over 50 countries. His topics are mainly Risk taking, Motivation, Team building, Mistakes, From dream to reality and Goals.

"TEDx - The Importance of Exploration"

"TEDx - Mistakes are opportunities in disguise"

Film Producer
In 1997 Johan started his career as a filmproducer and cinematographer when filming scientific work on global warming in Antarctica. The year after Johan joined the Swedish Polar Research Institute on an expedition across the Nunavut and the North West Passage. The odyssey became two documentaries for Discovery Channel. Today Johan is working with broacaster like BBC, Nat Geo and Discovery. In 2001 Johan started his work as a producer at Nordisk Film to start up a new Adventure & Documentary section.

TV host in China

In 2005 Johan became the host of a new travel program in China; Jongo TV. The concept was to create short story video clip about all the interesting places in China.

Expeditions
Some of these expeditions are done solo, others in teams and some as a film producer together with another explorers. After Johan Ernst's film work with the Polar Research Team, Johan started to collaborate with Respect Climate. The idea was to open up the eyes of the explorers around the world; what can we do to make this planet a better place? In 2008 Johan finished his project; "Seven Summits Climate Neutral". After the world first Climate Neutral Everest expedition Johan got elected Swedish President at ESA, "Everest Summiteers Association" and member of The Explorers Club.

SWEDEN-AFRICA EXPEDITIONS

Bike (1994)

Kayak (1996)

Flying Boat (2001)

POLAR EXPEDITIONS

Antarctic Research (1998)

North West Passage (1999)

Kite over Greenland (2010)

Mount Vinson, Antarctica (2008)

Sailing to Antarctica (2011)

Crossing Greenland (2011)

Coast to South Pole over Antarctica (2011)

MOUNTAINS & SEVEN SUMMITS

Mount McKinley (1995)

Mount Kilimanjaro (7 times)

Mount Elbrus (2004)

Mount Aconcagua (2 times)

Carstensz Pyramid (2006)

Mount Everest (2007)

Mount Blanc (12 times)

Mount Vinson (2008)

Mount Kosciuszko (2006)

Mount Elbrus (3 times)

Shisha Pangma (1997)

Kota Kinabalu (2000)

Heidi Hill, Nunavut (1999)

MIXED EXPEDITIONS

Alaska Walkabout Expedition (1995)

Jetski over the Atlantic (2002)

Machu Picchu (2005)

Arctic Dogsled Race (1999)

Borneo Photo Expedition (2000)

Pole2Pole (2010-2011)

Charity
MinStoraDag

The organization focuses on fulfilling the dreams of very sick children's. Johan Ernst Nilson has been Ambassador for MinStoraDag since 2006 and H.R.H Princess Madeleine of Sweden is guardian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-v5MPMaOB4

Mentor

The organizations focus is to try to help school children with mentorship for a better start in life. H.R.H Queen Silvia of Sweden is the organizations guardian.

https://vimeo.com/89922341

Wongchu Biswa Darshan Junior High School

In 1997 Johan and Goran Kropp made the first Swedish attempt on Shisha Pangma, an 8000 meter peak in Tibet. Johans friend Wongchu Sherpa started a school in Nepal and Johans expedition helped to finance the school.

http://www.himalayanvillagetrust.org/aboutwongchu.htm

Respect Climate

Together with Respect Johan Ernst and his team calculates the climate compensation that they need to do to make Johan Ernst's expeditions climate neutral

http://www.respecteurope.com/Page12.aspx

Awards and Recognition
World Record for Pole2Pole, Guinness Book of Records 2014 Edition

ESA (Everest Summiteers Association), Sweden , President

MinStoraDag , Ambassador

Mentor , Ambassador

Respect Climate , Spokesman

St Eriks Medal , One of the highest awards in Sweden

Medal of Honour by The Swedish Church 1996

Gala Award for Life time achievement

The Explorers Club Board Member, Youth Section

Travellers Club

The Swedish Polar Research Institute

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Media
Since the first interview in 1994 Johan Ernst has been exposed frequently in international media.

Johan Ernst Nilson have been interviewed in magazines like;'

TIME Magazine, Wall street Journal, Financial Times, NY Post, Gala, WIRED, Metro, Playboy, Esquire Magazine China, Forbes, ELLE etc.

TV Coverage

BBC produced 4x30 minutes about the Everest expedition 2007 where Johan Ernst was interviewed and CNN has covered his expediitons. Other channels are; NBC, BBC, CNN, RTL, Eurosport, Discovery, CCTV, National Geographic etc.

NBC News: NBC News

CNN: CNN

Lectures & References
Since 1995 Johan have been working with lectures, conferences and motivation weeks. The main subject is motivation, focusing and team building, but Johan Ernst also give lectures in team building and environment. Johan is lecturing in Swedish, English and French and have been lecturing in cities and countries like; New York, Shanghai, Copenhagen, Kathmandu and Monaco.

''“Johan Ernst Nilson gave an extra ordinary talk on making the impossible possible for MTG. His story and visual examples touched the hearts of our global management team and have inspired us to push forward and create new impossible entertainment experiences a reality to our 100 million viewers around the world.

/ Richard Steiber, CEO, MTGx (Former Marketing Director, Google Global)

''“Dear Johan Ernst; Please let me thank you for your brilliant lecture at Skolkovo Business school. It was a great honor to have you as as speaker and we would love to have you back. Our schools missions is to combine theatrical part education and practical experience of true leaders like Mr. Johan Ernst. The feedback from the huge audience was very positive; they highly appreciate your motivation philosophy!”.''

/ Andrei Sharonov, Dean, Skolokovo Business School, Moscow

''“Dear Mr. Nilson, It was definitely the most outstanding presentation that I ever seen in both the business and the entertainment world. Your presentation, Living the Dream, was exciting, funny, dramatic and full of energy".'

/ Yuko Mori, CEO, Ucom Corporation, Japan

''“Dear Mr. Nilson Your lecture was a pleasant surprise to me, a precious gift. I have followed you on your amazing website and into the incredible world of expeditions and I was so deeply impressed. In my mind you are a real hero, who have performed series of missions impossible for most people. God bless you, my hero!' / Jean Zhang, CEO, Usyston Digital Technology, China

“I was very impressed by Johan Ernst's lecture in Denmark. His presentation takes you on a journey to places and situations so cool and extreme that it definitely brings out the child in every man. His style of presenting supports those impressions. But despite the fun part, there is a deeper message in his lecture: You can only succeed reaching a goal if you dare to take the first step - and - only take calculated risks. Johan Ernst's presentations are a mixture of entertainment and lecture and definitely a *must see*. I had a blast at his show! It was so much fun! Thanks a lot!!.“

/ Andreas Ahmann, VP Business Development, Ceyoniq Technology, Germany

''”Leading an industry into a new era can be challenging. Johan Ernst Nilson inspired ￼and changed our mindset – Nothing is impossible just because it hasn’t been done ￼before and you don’t fail until you stop trying. We’re all possible!''

￼/ Anna-Maria Löweberg, Senior Strategic Partner Business Manager ￼

Extreme Testing
"For decades explorers have travelled around the Earth to find new places, meet unknown tribes, reaching highs and lows. The better technology the team had – the better they could report back to the team, increase the security and save information. The world has changed - I have more technology in my digital pen then Armstrong had in his moon rocket. Today the technology is overwhelming and that can also be a problem. The day we let our security depend on the technology, then we’ve gone to far. The technology has to be a complement for us to get information and to communicate.

I started to use technology in form of cameras, mobile phones and laptops back in 1993. I broadcasted images, audio and had my own radio show from my cell phone. Very high tech at a time when people didn’t even have an email address. Today when I travel I use UpLink sat systems, satellite phones, editing programs, HD cameras, Bluetooth in my clothes and GPS systems. I broadcast film from my phone to my website, I send handwritten text from a digital pen with Anoto Functionality and I even pay my rent from 8000 meters via en Palm pilot. The technology has taken us one step forward!" / Johan Ernst Nilson

Today companies use Johan Ernst's knowledge to show customers how strong their technology is and how good it works. Everything from sunglasses on Everest to a watch in -50 in Antarctica.

Books
Johan Ernst Nilson started to write poetry and stories at an early age and wrote and published his first book in 1991. The poetry book was based on 365 different stories and sold 5000 copies. Over the years Johan Ernst was a frequent writer and journalist in Swedish newspapers and magazines where he was documenting scientific work in the polar regions for the leading Swedish newspaper "Dagens Nyheter". Even though Johan Ernst had over 10 books in the pipeline, he did not publish another book until 2007; Seven Summits. "Seven Summits - a Photo documentary" was published in English since Johan Ernst was now working more frequent on an international level and the book sold in 10 000 copies.

In 2011 Johan Ernst published his third book Pole2Pole - 525 days between the North Pole and South Pole. The 400 pages long book was a pioneering product with 100 minutes of film connected to the book via QR codes.

Film preview of the book; Pole2Pole - 525 days between the North Pole and South Pole

Mistakes and other good decisions

"Evolution is not based on 4.5 billion years of success but on 4.5 billion years of failures and mistakes. Every time you do a mistake you learn, you adapt and you find news ways. It's through our mistakes and failures that we develop and move forward in the evolution. If you never push you limits you will never know where your limits are. The biggest mistake we can do in life is not daring to do mistakes!". Mistakes and other good decisions is a summery of Johan Ernst Nilson's mistakes and failures over 45 years and how they have brought him to success.

Films & Documentaries
(60 minutes films):

”Pole2Pole - 525 days from North Pole to South Pole”

”Is it a boat or is it a plane?” - National Geographic Channel

“Jetski over the Atlantic” - National Geographic Channel

“The coldest mountain – Mount McKinley” – Company Film

“Above the clouds - Kilimanjaro” – Company Film

“Sweden on Mount Everest” – TV4 Sweden

“In Deep Water” – Eurosport and National Geographic Channel

“Networking” – SVT Documentary, Sweden

“Conquering the Arctic” - Discovery Channel

“Closing the Arctic circle” - Discovery Channel

TV programs about scientific research (Producer and/or cinematographer):

(23 minutes programmes)

“High technology in low temperature” - Nova (Swedish Broadcaster)

“EPICA – Antarctica Ice Coring Project” - Nova (Swedish Broadcaster)

“The environment of Antarctica” - Nova (Swedish Broadcaster)

Series of 5 nature programs about the High Arctic - Naturen (TV4 with Bo Landin and Scandinature)

“Back to the Stone age – adventures in Papua New Guinea” - In production

Partners
Since Johans first expedition in 1994, Johan has been collaborating with partners. Johan Ernst Nilson is today one of the worlds most experienced explorers. Not in therms of expert in a certain area, but with his broad background of expeditions. Kayaking, climbing, horseback, dogsled, jetski, flying boat, skiing, bike and extreme cars; all these adventures makes the partner support even more difficult so Johan have had different partners over the years. Today Johan is collaborating with only a few partners and will during his new adventure only have five major partnerships.

A few of the brands that have used Johan Ernst Nilson in their marketing is;

AUDI, Zenith, Ramlösa, Toshiba, Anoto, Bluetooth,Adecco, Sony, Rolex, Marmot, Patagonia, Ray Ban, Fuji Film etc.

Here follows examples of how the companies and Johan has collaborated;

Zenith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH96BrX8mA8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQpIez9Mvws

Audi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pqQuIfuwEs

Contact
Explorer

Johan Ernst Nilson

Johan Ernst Adventures

johan@johanernst.com

+46730924269 (Off Expedition)

+ 881631635056 (Satellite Himalaya)

Skype: "Johanernstnilson"

http://www.johanarnest.com

Press contact

Stefan Permander

Projektbolaget

stefan.permander@projektbolaget.se

+46 70-717 76 66