Records and Prizes

Records
Prizes

Records:

I/we hold/held the following records (sorry for the shameless self-promotion, see below for definitions):

Personal records:

For six years (2019-2025) I was the youngest Dane in every country and continent (47 years and 234 days old when I finished – more on Wikipedia ). Record obtained in July 2019. Record beaten by Henrik Jeppesen (age 36), January 2025.
Possibly the worlds youngest ‘hobby & family traveller’ to visit every country (not a verified record)
“Most travelled” person in Denmark (not a verified record, only valid using definition below). Record with this definition (see below) – valid from July 2019 to February 2025. Record now beaten by Thor Pedersen.

Family records:

Most travelled Danish family
My son Jonas holds(/held?) the record as youngest member to enter Travellers Club of Denmark. The club requires a minimum of 30 visited UN-countries (plus a few more requirements listed in Danish here ). Jonas was only two years old when he as the youngest member ever got admitted to the club in 2012. (record possibly beaten by Malou Bendtzen, 2025)
In september 2024 my 17-year-old daughter Ava became tho youngest Danish woman to have visited 100 UN-countries

Definitions:

‘Hobby traveller’ is defined as someone who pays for everything himself and has a non-travel related job. And ‘family traveller’ is defined as travelling with the family on most of the trips. (A bit fluffy I know)
The most travelled person in Denmark is defined here as the Danish person who has visited every country and continent and travelled the longest distance using surface transportation or who has visited the most Nomad Mania regions.
Pr 1.8.2023 seven Danes had visited every country – and two danes (my friend Frode Kjems Uhre and me) had visited every country and continent.
Note that since there are no countries in Antarctica it is possible to visit every country in the world without having visited every continent.
Out of the two danes that (in 2019 until February 2025) had visited every country and continent I was the one who had travelled most kilometers using surface trasportation and I was the one who has visited most regions on Nomad Manias regional list. Frode Kjems Uhre on the other hand is the one who has visited most territories according to Travellers Club of Denmarks territory list – hence there are different definitions.
Note also that Torbjørn “Thor” C. Pedersen has visited every country and has travelled many more surface kilometers than me. But he did not visit his last continent Antarctica until February 2025 where he beat my record above.
Note also that Maria Sørensen holds the record of most visited NomadMania regions for a dane (March 2025).
Most travelled family is defined as father, mother and children (or child) travelling together and is based on the average number of visited UN-countries. Our family average pr 1.11.2022 is 119,25 countries out of the 193 UN-countries.

Prizes:

Winner “Expedition Book of The Year” 2024.

My book “Moderne danske eventyrere” won the prize as the best Danish expedition book of the year at the Nordic Adventure Film Festival Book Award at the annual Arctic Festival in Copenhagen. Book is in Danish only – read more about it here. Or see all the winners here .

Winner “Travel Book of The Year” 2021.

My book “Gennem alle verdens lande” (“In Every Country”) won the prize as the best Danish travel book of the year at the Nordic Adventure Film Festival Book Award at the annual Danish Book Fair held in Bella Center Copenhagen. Book is in Danish only – read more about it here. Or see all the winners here .

Finalist Travel Photographer of The Year 2015.

In 2015 I had an image in the final of TPOTY – the largest and most prestigous travel photo competition in the World. The Category was: “Faces, people, encounters – Best single shot”. In the adult categories I was the only scandinavian that year to get a photo in the final. See my image here or see all the winners here .

2nd place – Travellers Club of Denmark photo competition 2022.