In his youth, he trained as a gymnast, wanting to pursue athletics, but then studied dancing at the Balettakademien (ballet academy) in Gothenburg where he also became fluent in Swedish.
U mladosti je trenirao kao gimnastičar, koji je želio nastaviti atletiku, a zatim je studirao ples u Balettakademien (baletna akademija) u Göteborgu, gdje je također govorio na švedskom.