▁age ▁of ▁ 1 8 . ▁He ▁also ▁began ▁working ▁with ▁theatre , ▁and ▁soon ▁wanted ▁to ▁become ▁an ▁actor . ▁He ▁applied ▁for ▁several ▁schools , ▁and ▁took ▁a ▁prepar atory ▁course ▁at ▁Ö re bro . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁his ▁cousin ▁Anders ▁moved ▁to ▁Ö re bro ▁for ▁studying , ▁and ▁soon ▁the ▁writers ▁began ▁working ▁together . ▁ ▁Working ▁together ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁Anders ▁applied ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁an ▁a cademy ▁without ▁knowing ▁S ö ren ▁had ▁applied ▁for ▁a ▁school ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁town . ▁When ▁Anders ▁continued ▁writing ▁S une , ▁S ö ren ▁also ▁begun ▁working ▁on ▁the ▁books . ▁From ▁the ▁S j äl v kl art , ▁S une ▁they ▁were ▁working ▁together . ▁ ▁When ▁writing ▁S une ▁och ▁Sv arta ▁Mann en ▁(" S une ▁and ▁Black ▁Men "), ▁the ▁writers ▁wanted ▁to ▁get ▁S une ▁" out ▁of ▁the ▁picture ", ▁and ▁sent ▁him ▁moving ▁to ▁another ▁town , ▁while ▁working ▁with ▁another ▁character , ▁the ▁di ar ist ▁Bert , ▁and ▁working ▁on ▁Bert s ▁dag b ok ▁(" B ert ' s ▁Di ary "). ▁They ▁wanted ▁to ▁continue ▁with ▁S une ▁though , ▁allowing ▁the ▁S une ▁series ▁to ▁exist ▁in ▁parallel ▁with ▁the ▁Bert ▁series . ▁ ▁The ▁Bert ▁series ▁is ▁set ▁in ▁the ▁fict ional ▁town ▁of ▁Ö res k oga ; ▁its ▁name ▁comb ines ▁the ▁writers ' ▁h omet own s ▁of ▁Ö re bro ▁and ▁Karl sk