 Hans Lundgren was born in 1957 in Stockholm to Sigrid Birgitta ( née <unk> ) , a language teacher , and Karl Johan Hugo Lundgren , an engineer and economist for the Swedish government . He lived in Stockholm until the age of 13 , when he moved to his grandparents ' home in Nyland , Ångermanland . Some sources wrongly state 1959 as his year of birth , but Lundgren himself has confirmed it to be 1957 . He has two sisters and an older brother . Lundgren was raised in the Lutheran church . Lundgren claims his father was physically abusive and vented his frustration on his wife and eldest son . He has stated that , during his tirades , his father would call him a " loser " , which motivated him later as he grew more ambitious to prove himself . But he also said , " I still love my father , no matter what happened . There are many things about him I still admire . As a child , I was probably too much like him , very stubborn — perhaps that 's what he couldn 't deal with . " He cites his troubled relationship with his father as the reason he developed a desire to participate in heavy contact sports such as boxing and karate . 
