Bjørn Johan (16) is a gifted young man that with a powerful combination of head, heart and drive, has all the prerequisites for achieving the goals he has set for the future. He loves challenges, and describes himself as ambitious, yet realistic. The focus now is to get a good basic education, before he continues with college or university studies nationally or abroad.

- I want to accomplish something that can improve our everyday lives

He has many fields of interest and appetite for real challenges. At times he may seem a bit geeky, he says, but this is probably only because he is mature for knowledge that surpasses what most of students his age wish to master. Bjørn Johan especially enjoys receiving technical assignments at school where you have to combine the understanding of theoretical knowledge with practical real life value.

Curiosity

I am curious of the fundamental nature, says Bjørn Johan. This curiosity is extremely useful for school subjects such as physics, chemistry and mathematics, where he gets the opportunity to build professional problem solving abilities. At the same time, he thinks this appetite for knowledge, will lead him to further studies in fields such as medicine, or perhaps most likely, engineering.

- I like to use knowledge to influence

The most important thing for Bjørn Johan is still to use knowledge to influence. If the opportunity to write arises, he likes to write and play with the essay genres. Here you can use phrases, humor, add hidden messages or other techniques to get the reader to really think and understand, Bjørn Johan adds.

Although school is the main focus now, Bjørn Johan is still involved in other projects in his spare time. Right now, he is responsible for the economy in the local queer youth group, and also participates in events and activities to improve living conditions for young gays in his area.

- One of the best things with life now is to have good friends

After he started in high school Bjørn Johan has got to know many new friends. They are either in the local cafés chatting it up, watching movies, or in the city doing fun things together.

Bjørn Johan also enjoys skiing, both alpine and cross country, something he now has done for the last ten years. Other fields of interest are very broad, ranging from fashion and clothing, architecture, art, music, books, data to learning something new, such as to read and write French.

- When the time is right, I hope to find someone to share my life with

Happiness for Bjørn Johan is to know that you can accomplish anything if you want to, and also to spend your life together with a significant other person that you can share your interests and achieve future goals with.

Bjørn Johan came out of the closet a year ago and now his family and many others know about him. This has gone very well and no problems have arisen. On the contrary, it has made his life easier and more free.

- Success for me is to have the opportunity to work within a challenging field

Bjørn Johan is a person who needs solid challenges and high goals to thrive. He likes to understand how different things work, improve what can be improved and preferably exceed the goals he had set up in advance.

- If I had the opportunity to change the world I would like to solve the world's energy problems or make discoveries in nanotechnology, atom research or related fields that may lead to new breakthroughs that will simplify people's life.

Bjørn Johan is a boy with all the right prerequisites to succeed, and Spree Magazine is also left with the feeling that this boy will be able to realize whatever he wants for the future ahead of him.