God gave us ten commandments

Runar Sögaard stepped into the public eye when he married Sweden's Carola in 1990 in a spectacular wedding with 4,000 guests broadcast on SvT. Since then he has been a man of the headlines. Here he tells us in a witty, open and entertaining way about a life that has been full of ups and downs and offers secrets he has never revealed before.

God gave us the Ten Commandments. I have broken nine of them. And was only inches away from breaking the tenth. Often I also wonder why I am still alive? I have survived countless crashes by car, but also by plane, train, boat and motorcycle. But I am still here. And I absolutely love life! Maybe there's a reason why I'll be on this earth for a while longer? Someone up there must like me...

"The few days I haven't laughed, there has been a lot of pain. I have truly walked in the valley of the shadow of death. The burden of guilt, pain, regret and mistakes has sometimes felt almost unbearable. But what I've learned through it all is that you can fail a lot of times. But the only way to be a failure is to blame someone else... I never want to be a failure, I want to succeed. In all areas of life. No matter what the cost. I'm ready for the second half of my life."