Mikael Nordfors (b. 22 December 1958 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a medical doctor with special interest in psychiatry and orthopaedic medicine, and is co-author of the American bestseller . He has also published the online booklet [http://open.coop/tiki-download_file.php?fileId88&highlightdemocracy Democracy 2.1]. He is also a musical composer/performer, having produced four CDs of symphonic synthesizer music named No Limits, Eternal Voyage, Take Off and Lux Eterna. Mikael claims to have Asperger syndrome.
He was one of the founders of the DemoEx political party in Vallentuna, Sweden, who for more than 4 years have been practising Dr. Nordfors' ideas on direct democracy combined with delegated voting in a real political setting. This idea have later also become adapted by The World Parliament Experiment, where MN is a member. He has been invited to many international conferences such the world political forum, Turin (chaired by Mikhail Gorbachev), the democracy collaborative, Washington DC (Benjamin Barber), The National Democratic Institute (Madeleine Albright), The World Social Forum and The International Conference for Chief Justices in Lucknow, India.
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