Jan was born in Halmstad, Sweden and studied law at the University in Lund. He started to work for the regional tax authority in his hometown Kalmar and later worked for the national tax authority in Stockholm with his main focus being on administrative law, integrity and secrecy law.
He was involved in youth sports at a local soccer club in his hometown as a trainer and later as a member of the board of the club.
He started his YMCA involvement at his local YMCA playing handball, then becoming responsible for the youth section. He started his involvement on the national level by being chair of the sport section, later becoming President of the Swedish YWCA-YMCA.
Jan served as President of YMCA Europe from 1996 to 2004.
One of Jan’s passions is his work with the Ukrainian YMCA in which he is still involved with today. As leader of the field group and a great support and resource to that movement.