Rickard Eriksson is a

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, known as the

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of an early

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LunarStorm LunarStorm, in Swedish often shortened to Lunar, was a Swedish commercial advertisement-financed social networking website for teenagers, which was also available in the United Kingdom before 2007. "LunarStorm" was operated by a company called ...

. Rickard was born 1974 on the west coast of Sweden in

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, county of

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and still resides in that area. Eriksson attended secondary school LBS in Varberg. After managing several BBSs for seven years, in 1996 he created a web community named Stajl Plejs, renamed

at the millennium shift. The name came from his girlfriend's nickname at Stajl Plejs. LunarStorm existed in Sweden, the

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and

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. Eriksson has appeared many times in Swedish and international press, has received numerous awards, and was appointed one of Sweden's biggest IT and telecom personalities. Rickard is also an appreciated lecturer. In late 2006 Rickard chose to leave LunarStorm to spend his time on other projects in his own company.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ericsson, Rickard 1974 births Living people Swedish businesspeople People from Varberg