Henrik Fexeus

Henrik Fexeus
Born	Henrik Andreas Bjarneskans September 29, 1971 Örebro, Sweden
Occupation	Mentalist, writer, lecturer, TV host
Genre	Popular psychology
Notable works	The Art of Reading Minds, Mind Storm, BOX
Notable awards	The Dunninger Award, Pocket Platinum, Pocket Gold, Input Honorable Mention
Website
www.henrikfexeus.se

Henrik Fexeus (born September 29, 1971 in Örebro, Sweden^[1]) is a Swedish mentalist, author and TV-host.

Biography

Henrik Fexeus grew up in Vallentuna, where he moved seven years old.^[2] He now lives in Stockholm and his family consists of his partner and three children.^[3][4] He has two children from a previous marriage with interior blogger Emma Fexeus. Henrik has a BA in Philosophy from Stockholm University and has worked in communications and marketing.

Since 2005 he is a frequent guest, as expert on body language and non-verbal communication, in television and newspapers including for Expressen at the Swedish Crown Princess Victoria's wedding^[5] and for Aftonbladet during the US SuperTuesday 2016.^[6]

The author

Fexeus has written seven books on practical psychology and influence. His first book, The art of reading minds, was released in 2007 by Forum Bokförlag. In 2010, it received the Pocket Platinum sales award. His second book, When you do what I want, was released in 2008 and received in 2010 the Pocket Gold award.

As of May 2014, his books have been translated into 26 languages, including Chinese, Romanian, Russian, Japanese and Portuguese.^[7] Fexeus books have sold more than a million copies worldwide.

The first edition of the book The power game had on its cover a picture of Henrik with devil horns, but the image allegedly offended abroad so the picture was changed to Henrik with halo and angel wings.

In 2015 Henrik Fexeus released the board game The power struggle - a manipulative family game. The game was based on psychological techniques that Fexeus had written about in previous books and was designed by Henrik Fexeus and Per Nystedt. The power struggle was issued by the game publisher Tactic.^[8]

Bibliography

• 2007 - Konsten Att Läsa Tankar (The Art of Reading Minds: How to understand and influence others without them noticing), Stockholm, Forum, 2007. ISBN 9789137131269
• 2008 - När Du Gör Som Jag Vill (When you do what I want: A book on influence), Stockholm, Forum, 2008. ISBN 9789137133614
• 2009 - Alla Får Ligga (Everybody gets some: Strategies in the art of seduction for the modern gentleman and woman), Stockholm, Forum, 2009. ISBN 9789137135335
• 2011 - Konsten att få Mentala Superkrafter (The Art of getting Mental Super Powers: Be smarter, happier and find the meaning of life without any effort (almost)), Stockholm, Forum, 2011. ISBN 9789137136257
• 2012 - Bli Kreativ - på 1 timme (Get Creative - in 1 hour), Stockholm, Forum, 2012. ISBN 9789137139401
• 2012 - Öka Din Sociala Kompetens - på 1 timme (Boost your Social Skills - in 1 hour), Stockholm, Forum, 2012. ISBN 9789137137537
• 2013 - Maktspelet (The Power Game: Sympathetic techniques to take control of everything), Stockholm, Forum, 2013. 9789137141596
• 2015 - Maktkampen (The Power Struggle - a manipulative family game), Stockholm, Tactic, 2015

Henrik Fexeus at Jack Reacher premiere

The TV host

Fexeus television appearances often deal with the same psychological topics as his books. He has appeared in both his own programs and already established program formats.

• In 2007-2009 Fexeus wrote and performed the 16 episode TV special Mind Storm, which aired on Swedish Television. This was his first major public appearance (along with the book The art of reading minds the same year). In Mind Storm, Henrik performed psychological experiments on people who were often not aware that they were participating in an experiment. These experiments formed the basis for a further discussion of human behavior with different psychological experts. Reporter in Mind Storm was Charles Franz. Mind Storm has also been shown in Norway, Denmark and Finland and was one of the programs that represented SVT at the television Fair INPUT in Johannesburg in 2008.^[9]
• In 2010 Henrik Fexeus led seven episodes of the discussion program Theme: at the Knowledge Channel, also for SVT's behalf.Theme: discussed such diverse topics as entrepreneurship, dyslexia and cancer.^[10]
• In 2011 Fexeus was a jury member on Sweden's Got Talent on TV4, along with Bert Karlsson and Charlotte Perrelli. Fexeus task was to assess the participants' body language and stage presence.^[11]
• In 2013 Fexeus hosted the video blog Headquarters, along with journalist Susanne Delastacia. Headquarters ran for 13 episodes and produced by United Screens.^[12]
• In 2014 Henrik Fexeus was back at SVT with the program Love Code.^[13] The format was developed by Endemol and was met with some criticism when it was broadcast.^[14]
• During Almedalsveckan 2014, Fexeus was the body language expert for TV4 and P4 with Lotta Bromé. In TV4 Nyhetsmorgon was part of a panel that included Marcus Oscarsson and Elaine Eksvärd, where his job was to review the political party leaders' body language and nonverbal communication during their interviews.^[15] In P4 he was similarly analyzing the party leaders, based on their public speeches.
• Henrik Fexeus continued to be a part of TV4 Nyhetsmorgon's election coverage until the elections in 2014, where he examined the party leaders' body language in the final debates. His collaboration with Nyhetsmorgon continued in 2014 to the spring of 2015, where he presented weekly psychological experiments to demonstrate human behaviour.
• Since February 2015, Henrik Fexeus is a distinguished panel member of the radio show Dilemma, broadcast by Mix Megapol every Saturday and Sunday.^[16] Dilemma is led by television profile Anders S Nilsson and presents problems submitted for the panel to resolve. In addition to Henrik, the most common panelists are Josefin Crafoord and Thomas Järvheden, but Claes Malmberg, Martin Timell and Tobias Karlsson has also visited the program.

The lecturer

Since 2005, Henrik Fexeus gives talks based on his books. His lectures deal with non-verbal communication, relationship-building, and "mental super powers". Henrik lectures in Swedish and English all over the world, e.g. in Norway, Mexico,^[17] Finland^[18] and Spain.

The mentalist

Fexeus is an entertainer within the magic discipline of Mentalism. Mentalism uses techniques from psychology, magic and theater to create the illusion of a supernatural ability of mind reading or influence. Other famous mentalists are Uri Geller and Derren Brown. In 2009 Henrik Fexeus was presented with the international award The Dunninger Award from the organization "Psychic Entertainers Association", an award which in 2006 went to the aforementioned Derren Brown and 2010 to Uri Geller.^[19] Henrik Fexeus has performed four large stage shows. The last three also become nation wide tours in Seden. To the show BOX (2015-2016), Henrik Fexeus also produced two hours of original music.

Circus of the Mind was produced as DVD by Cinematic Vision in 2011. In Your Head was released on DVD by NjutaFilms in 2013.

• Mind Melt (2004) Written and directed by Henrik Fexeus. Premiere at Dieselverkstaden, Nacka.
• Circus of the Mind (2009-2011) Written by Henrik Fexeus, directed by Henrik Fexeus and Henrik Hjelt.^[20] Premiere at Gävle Theatre.
• In Your Head (2012-2013) Written by Henrik Fexeus, directed by Peder Bjurman.^[21] Premiere at Rival, Stockholm.
• BOX (2015-2016) Written by Henrik Fexeus and Morgan Alling, directed by Morgan Alling. Music Henrik Fexeus.^[22] Premiere at the Maxim Theatre in Stockholm.

References

1. Ingelman-Sundberg, Catharina. "Han vill vara i dina tankar". SvD.se. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
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4. "Varje fiasko blev intressant research". Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
5. "Experten hyllar prins Daniels tal". Expressen. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
6. "Så avslöjar sig politikerna". Aftonbladet TV. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
7. "Grand Agency - literary agent, literary agency in Sweden - Our authors". www.grandagency.se. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
8. "Maktkampen". Tactic. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
9. "Input TV – About". input-tv.org. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
10. "Tema om cancer på Kunskapskanalen". Cancerfonden (in Swedish). Retrieved 2016-03-22.
11. "Ny i juryn: Perrelli kan verka hård". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
12. "United Screens kör igång "Huvudkontoret" med Fexeus". www.resume.se. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
13. "Finns det en vetenskaplig kod för kärlek?". svt.se. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
14. "Catia Hultquist: "Kärlekskoden" må vara underhållande – men hur public service är det? - DN.SE". DN.SE (in Swedish). Retrieved 2016-03-22.
15. "Tungt nyhetsuppställ från TV4 i Almedalen | TV4-Gruppen". tv4gruppen.se. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
16. "Dilemma". Dilemma. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
17. "Henrik Fexeus - Sitter på flygplatsen i Atlanta nu och... | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
18. "Nykarleby Arbis". www.arbis.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved 2016-03-22.
19. "Psychic Entertainers Association : Awards". www.p-e-a.org. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
20. "Villman Produktion".
21. "Villman Produktion".
22. "Villman Produktion".