The Hives

Gröna Lund, Stockholm 2002

Since 2002

It was the summer of 2002. The Hives were on their way to becoming one of the biggest rock acts on the planet, and I had a camera pointed at them at Gröna Lund in Stockholm. That night stuck with me.

Over the next two decades, the photographs kept coming — festival passes, arena shows, and time spent with the band in the studio during the recording of two of their albums. Each time the same energy — controlled chaos, matching suits, and a band that never delivers anything less than everything.

In December 2025, I was back in front of them at Globen. One of the biggest venues in Sweden, sold out. The same band. A completely different scale. Some photographs just feel like a full circle.

Along the way, one of my images made it onto the back cover of their album THE DEATH OF RANDY FITZSIMMONS. For a photographer, a credit like that doesn't get much better.

And then there's this: my son — who grew up watching me head out the door with camera bags — has started shooting too. His first major assignment? The Hives. There's something fitting about that. The band that's been a thread through so much of my work is now part of his story as well.

Over twenty years. One band. Still finding new frames.

The Hives prints

Available as signed and numbered limited edition fine art prints on Hahnemühle archival paper.