Born in Stockholm in 1969.
After completing five years with one of Sweden’s leading adverting firms, two as Art Director, he resigned in order to develop his drawing interest, a spare-time occupation that until then had come no further than editing comic strips. His stream of contributions to Dagens Nyheter, Sweden’s largest morning daily, brought him a wide public following, and from 1999 to 2005 he produced some hundred illustrations which won him three gold medals in the world championship Best of Newspaper Design, in addition to numerous silver medals and other prizes. Waldersten has had three one-man exhibitions, participated in group-shows and published seven books under his own name, a record of his work that clearly reveals his development from keen satirist to individualist and expressive artist. He has realized several murals for public and private clients, and been awarded two of Sweden’s top art grants. He has not abandoned advertising either, working nowadays for such prestigious clients as Absolut Vodka, Filippa K fashion company and The Swedish Arts council. Waldersten lives in Mariefred near Stockholm with wife and two daughters.