{"id":14099,"date":"2020-05-20T12:23:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T10:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=14099"},"modified":"2025-05-19T14:49:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T12:49:17","slug":"oskar-kihlborg","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/speakers\/oskar-kihlborg\/","title":{"rendered":"Oskar Kihlborg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"text-block_3053bfeb3f8a52408887d0995cb5dd65\" class=\"block-text block-text--columns-one lg:my-20 my-10\">\n      <div class=\"block-text__body\">\n      <p>He has participated in five Himalayan expeditions, set a world record in Atlantic sailing, and founded the education company Svenska \u00c4ventyr. Oskar was also the expedition leader in the acclaimed Swedish TV series Mot alla odds (&#8220;Against All Odds&#8221;), where he led ten people with disabilities across Nicaragua over the course of 28 days. He is also the creator of the VASKA concept, which defines the core qualities needed for a high-performing team.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Oskar has shifted his focus toward more sustainable forms of adventure. In 2019, he published the book \u201cSk\u00e4rg\u00e5rden upp och ner\u201d (&#8220;The Archipelago Upside Down&#8221;), addressing environmental issues in the Baltic Sea. He also leads a visual climate project where he covers glaciers with wool blankets to raise awareness of climate change. Additionally, he is a diver with Rena M\u00e4laren, diving year-round to retrieve hazardous waste from Swedish waters.<\/p>\n<h2>More About Oskar Kihlborg\u2019s Lectures<\/h2>\n<p>What truly fascinates is the human being behind the adventure. How do we build trust in extreme situations? What drives us to keep pushing toward the summit? Do we recognize and make use of the group\u2019s diversity? What qualities must we develop to work together effectively? These are some of the central questions Oskar explores in his thought-provoking and inspiring talks.<\/p>\n<p>His episode of \u201cSommar i P1\u201d in 2014 was the most listened to live broadcast of the entire season\u2014underscoring his impact as a storyteller and communicator.<\/p>\n<h3>Popular Lecture Topics<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Making the Impossible Possible<\/li>\n<li>What Does It Take to Give 100%?<\/li>\n<li>Willpower, Trust, and Communication<\/li>\n<li>Who at Work Would You Trust to Pack Your Parachute?<\/li>\n<li>How Do We Build a High-Performing Team?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oskar Kihlborg is one of Sweden\u2019s most experienced adventurers and speakers, with over 30 years of expeditions spanning from dense jungles to arctic climates\u2014situations where human trust, group collaboration, and inner drive are constantly put to the test. In 1990, together with Mikael Reutersw\u00e4rd, Oskar became the first Swede to reach the summit of Mount Everest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2382,"menu_order":1439,"template":"","profile_category":[318,502,500,494,331],"profile_tag":[175,125,177,182],"profile_language":[],"class_list":["post-14099","profile","type-profile","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","profile_category-speakers","profile_category-organisation-speakers","profile_category-leadership-speakers","profile_category-motivation-inspiration-speakers","profile_category-environment-sustainability","profile_tag-environment-sustainability","profile_tag-leadership","profile_tag-motivation-inspiration","profile_tag-organisation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Oskar Kihlborg - Book your keynote speaker at MySpeaker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Oskar Kihlborg is one of Sweden\u2019s most experienced adventurers and speakers, with over 30 years of expeditions spanning from dense jungles to arctic climates\u2014situations where human trust, group collaboration, and inner drive are constantly put to the test. In 1990, together with Mikael Reutersw\u00e4rd, Oskar became the first Swede to reach the summit of Mount Everest.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/speakers\/oskar-kihlborg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Book your next keynote speaker at MySpeaker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Oskar Kihlborg is one of Sweden\u2019s most experienced adventurers and speakers, with over 30 years of expeditions spanning from dense jungles to arctic climates\u2014situations where human trust, group collaboration, and inner drive are constantly put to the test. In 1990, together with Mikael Reutersw\u00e4rd, Oskar became the first Swede to reach the summit of Mount Everest.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/speakers\/oskar-kihlborg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MySpeaker Sweden\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/myspeakersweden\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-19T12:49:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/Oskar-Kihlbom-profilbild-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/oskar-kihlborg\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/oskar-kihlborg\\\/\",\"name\":\"Oskar Kihlborg - Book your keynote speaker at MySpeaker\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/oskar-kihlborg\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/oskar-kihlborg\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/Oskar-Kihlbom-profilbild-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-20T10:23:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-19T12:49:17+00:00\",\"description\":\"Oskar Kihlborg is one of Sweden\u2019s most experienced adventurers and speakers, with over 30 years of expeditions spanning from dense jungles to arctic climates\u2014situations where human trust, group collaboration, and inner drive are constantly put to the test. In 1990, together with Mikael Reutersw\u00e4rd, Oskar became the first Swede to reach the summit of Mount Everest.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/oskar-kihlborg\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/oskar-kihlborg\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/oskar-kihlborg\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/Oskar-Kihlbom-profilbild-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/Oskar-Kihlbom-profilbild-1.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Oskar-Kihlbom-profilbild-1\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/en\\\/speakers\\\/oskar-kihlborg\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Hem\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Profiles\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/en\\\/profiles\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Oskar Kihlborg\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"MySpeaker Sweden\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"MySpeaker\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MySpeaker Sweden\",\"alternateName\":\"MySpeaker Scandinavia\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/2-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/2-1.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"MySpeaker Sweden\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/myspeaker.se\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/myspeakersweden\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/myspeaker-sweden\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/myspeaker_sweden\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Oskar Kihlborg - Book your keynote speaker at MySpeaker","description":"Oskar Kihlborg is one of Sweden\u2019s most experienced adventurers and speakers, with over 30 years of expeditions spanning from dense jungles to arctic climates\u2014situations where human trust, group collaboration, and inner drive are constantly put to the test. In 1990, together with Mikael Reutersw\u00e4rd, Oskar became the first Swede to reach the summit of Mount Everest.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/speakers\/oskar-kihlborg\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Book your next keynote speaker at MySpeaker","og_description":"Oskar Kihlborg is one of Sweden\u2019s most experienced adventurers and speakers, with over 30 years of expeditions spanning from dense jungles to arctic climates\u2014situations where human trust, group collaboration, and inner drive are constantly put to the test. In 1990, together with Mikael Reutersw\u00e4rd, Oskar became the first Swede to reach the summit of Mount Everest.","og_url":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/speakers\/oskar-kihlborg\/","og_site_name":"MySpeaker Sweden","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/myspeakersweden","article_modified_time":"2025-05-19T12:49:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/Oskar-Kihlbom-profilbild-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/speakers\/oskar-kihlborg\/","url":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/speakers\/oskar-kihlborg\/","name":"Oskar Kihlborg - Book your keynote speaker at MySpeaker","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/speakers\/oskar-kihlborg\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/speakers\/oskar-kihlborg\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/Oskar-Kihlbom-profilbild-1.jpg","datePublished":"2020-05-20T10:23:12+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-19T12:49:17+00:00","description":"Oskar Kihlborg is one of Sweden\u2019s most experienced adventurers and speakers, with over 30 years of expeditions spanning from dense jungles to arctic climates\u2014situations where human trust, group collaboration, and inner drive are constantly put to the test. In 1990, together with Mikael Reutersw\u00e4rd, Oskar became the first Swede to reach the summit of Mount Everest.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/speakers\/oskar-kihlborg\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/speakers\/oskar-kihlborg\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/speakers\/oskar-kihlborg\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/Oskar-Kihlbom-profilbild-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/Oskar-Kihlbom-profilbild-1.jpg","width":600,"height":400,"caption":"Oskar-Kihlbom-profilbild-1"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/speakers\/oskar-kihlborg\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Hem","item":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Profiles","item":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/profiles\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Oskar Kihlborg"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/","name":"MySpeaker Sweden","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"MySpeaker","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/#organization","name":"MySpeaker Sweden","alternateName":"MySpeaker Scandinavia","url":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/10\/2-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/10\/2-1.png","width":400,"height":400,"caption":"MySpeaker Sweden"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/myspeakersweden","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/myspeaker-sweden\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/myspeaker_sweden\/"]}]}},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"MySpeaker Sweden","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/14099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"profile_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_category?post=14099"},{"taxonomy":"profile_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_tag?post=14099"},{"taxonomy":"profile_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_language?post=14099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}