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How I Ended Up in Hemsedal
By Micke DJ

My love for skiing started at a young age. I was lucky—my uncle owned a ski resort in Sweden called Funäsberget. My friend Magnus and I would skip school and spend every vacation skiing and working at the resort. That same uncle also owned a nightclub in Marstrand, where I got my first paid DJ gig at just 13 years old.

After finishing my military service, I headed to St. Anton, Austria, and spent a season working at the legendary Krazy Kanguruh. The next step? Another season somewhere else in the world. My friends Magnus, Jonas, and I (a.k.a. Tre Kronor) made a dream list:

• Aspen / Vail
• Whistler
• Chamonix
• St. Anton
• Hemsedal

As fate would have it, Magnus had a friend working in Hemsedal, so in the 91/92 season, we found ourselves behind the bar at the old Stavkroa. When they found out I was a DJ, everything changed. Since the 92/93 season, I’ve been DJing full time.

Over the years, I think I’ve played at almost every venue in town—Old Stavkroa, Garasjen, Skogstad Hotel, Hemsedal Hotel, Fanitullen, Askeladden, Skistar, Skarsnuten, Lodgen, Skigaarden, Fyri, Tapas Club... the list goes on. In 1998, I became the resident DJ at Hemsedal Café and have been with that crew ever since—Caféen, Hemsen, Big Horn, Oxen, Rockebaren, Kjelleren, Kitchenbar... and now, back where it all started, as the resident DJ at Stavkroa.

34 years later, I’m still here. Still skiing. Still playing music. Still loving every minute.

See you on the slopes—or the dance floor.

/ Micke DJ