It’s with great sadness we share that Johannes Berggren, our founder and creative mastermind, passed away on November 15, 2024. Johannes is dearly missed by his family and friends, who must now live without the light and energy he brought into their lives.

Johannes had a long and distinguished career as an athlete in the cheerleading world. With achievements like two European Championship gold medals in Group Stunt Mixed, multiple Swedish Championship golds, and several appearances at ICU Worlds in the Coed Premier division, Johannes stands as one of the most successful male athletes in our sport.

Johannes was always driven by a strong desire to share the star power that surrounded everything from the U.S. in the early 2010s, especially Worlds, with all young athletes in our sport. He wanted to bring that experience to Sweden, allowing everyone to witness it, meet their idols, and get closer to their own dreams. The crowning achievement of Johannes’s work in cheerleading is the creation of Cheer Summer Camp. Johannes ensured that as many “cheerlebrities” as possible gathered in our hometown of Borås, alongside numerous European and Swedish instructors. Here, hundreds of children from all corners of Sweden had the chance to experience a magical aura of inspiration and dreams—a feeling that anything is possible.

It’s for these contributions that we remember Johannes as the caring, humble, and inspiring cheerleader, husband, father, friend, and business leader he was.