The 'Dicander clan' origins from a small village in the southern of Dalecarlia named Dicka. Way back in the 16th century one of our ancestors decided 'Hey! I got this cool idea, I'm gonna be a preacher!' and so he did. As a priest back then couldn't be named Eriksson, or Andersson he took the name Dicander, ander being latin and means something like 'the man from'. Get it?

Since then there's been a balance between drunkards (yes, they drunk away a country estate for us some hundred years ago) and clergymans in our family. Our father Jörgen drinks nothing stronger than water, plays the violin and he's a vicar in Norrbärke. Not to be mixed up with our relative Bernt Dicander, who's a minister in Stockholm. Our mother Eva's a doctor, among other things, and you can read more about her family history here!