 When her cousin Pavel visits Sweden in "Berts vidare betraktelser", Bert is scared that secret US agents will spot them, and prevent him visiting his uncle Janne in New York City due to the poor relationship between the USA and the USSR, as Czechoslovakia was a USSR-allied state.Bert is in love with Paulina from mid-late 6th grade to early 7th grade.Emilia Ridderfjell is a girl who Bert falls in love with in October in the 7th grade.