V: What is your relationship with Adrian Schultheiss?
K:  We don’t hang out together very much, but we were together at some national camps and competitions, we communicate very well with each other, but we are not very close friends.

V: Usual question concerning new free program. How it was created, retell about it. Do you personally like band A-ha?
K: It was idea of my choreographer Zerjon Abebe. This season it took some time before we found music, and then we started working very hard in the beginning with robot element, it was not so easy to do. We tried different things, so it took pretty long time before we finally decided what exactly will be in my new free program. Zerjon did not come with already ready idea about my program, it was the whole process. Concerning your question about A-ha,I like their song “Take on me”, which I used for my program, but the band was a bit before my time, so I can’t say that I’m their fan.

V:I guess you have heard about new show in Sweden Sjärnorna på isen ( Stars on ice). What do you think about the idea of this show? Did you watch it? Whom you supported? And if they would suggest you to take part, would you agree?
K: The idea could be fun, but it depends on how they do it. It’s very difficult to learn how to skate for those, who did not skate before at all. They are in the same show with dancing. You learn how to dance there, but now they have to learn how to dance on ice, it’s much more difficult than just to dance on the floor. Many of them have even never tried to skate, so it’s difficult for them to learn and at the same time it’s difficult for professional skaters to teach them, so it’s not easy to do real figure skating in such conditions. Usually I watch this show. I support the ones I know in the show . For example, Niklas Hogner, Filip Stiller ( both of them are here on this web site, so if you are interested in finding out more information about them, you can check interviews and articles). If they would suggest me to take part in this show, I would not agree at this moment.

 V: In which competitions are you planning to take part this season?
 K:  You know now it’s Grand-Prix competitions (Cup of China and Cup of Russia), then I have Swedish Nationals, then Europeans and Worlds of course, and maybe Universiade, we will see. Universiade it’s competitions for University students from all over the world. It’s like Olympic Games but just for students.

  V: Would you tell what happened with your back? That was the reason of missing competition in Austria in October.
   K: Well, I just started training after my other injury, then I started to get some pain in my back  just from my training, nothing really happened. I had some kind of physical stress, obviously I lost some strength during my injury. I did not skate for 3 months or even more. When I got back on the ice after 3 months of break, I thought it would be awful feeling, but it was better than I expected. I’ve been skating all my life, I think it’s in my body, that’s why it was not so hard to get used to practices again. And now it’s better and better with back, I mean it’s still not perfect, but it’s ok.

  V: You know that Filip Stiller was skating in the Caribbean at the cruise ship, he skated in different shows. Do you want to sign such kind of contract as well in the future?
   K: Maybe, I don’t know. It’s hard to answer now. We will see what I will do after finishing my competitive career. Right now I’m focusing on competitions.

    V: It’s well-known thing that usually not only coach and choreographer work with skater, but also big team of other specialists, including psychologist. How much he is important in skating career?  Have you ever worked with him?
    K: Oh, yes, I work with such kind of specialist sometimes, maybe “psychologist” is not completely correct word in my case, I would define him in English as someone, who supports you in different situations. We have meetings with him, we talk about strategy, about how to do different things in a better way and so on. Of course, I think that some kind of specialist is very important for sportsmen. In some situations I can cope with my feelings by myself, but I guess everyone needs some help from time to time. So to have this specialist in team, which works with you, is very useful.

    V: Do you often take part in different skating shows per year? I guess most of them take place in Sweden.
    K: In Liseberg( the biggest entertainment park in Gothenburg) we do around 8 shows per year. These shows are not huge, but I would say many people come to watch them and I find it fun. Especially during Christmas time it’s nice to skate outside, everyone is in a very good mood, so you get great feelings. But then I don’t do many other shows, just a couple.

   V:  I heard from several sport commentators the following opinion about you: you always have great entertaining programs, so usually it looks more like exhibition but not competitive program, so some think it’s minus, because you should show such kind of entertaining during exhibitions gala but not during competition. In competition you should skate more seriously, though that does not mean by boring classic music. What can you reply them? Have you ever heard before such opinions about your programs?
  K: That’s funny, I’ve never heard that before. What can I reply them? Why should everyone skate to the same classical music or why should everyone have similar skating style to other skaters? I think I do what I want, I want to try new things, it’s interesting to do something new. You know, audience like it, judges like my style as well, so that’s the most important thing for me.