{{Short description|Swedish computer programmer}} {{Infobox person | name = Theodor Forselius | image = 300px | caption = Theodor Forselius in August 2024 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1995|3|23}} | birth_place = Jönköping, Sweden<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Friman C |date= October–November 2018 |url= https://magasinetfilter.se/magasinet/filter-64/ |journal=Filter |title=Nytt nummer av Filter|issue=64 |pages=70–86 |access-date=January 17, 2019}}</ref> | education = | occupation = CEO of Everipedia | website = | known_for = Co-founding Everipedia }} '''Theodor "Tedde" Mauritz Forselius''' (born 23 March 1995) is a Swedish computer programmer and internet entrepreneur from Jönköping, Sweden. He is best known as the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Everipedia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://vator.tv/news/2018-02-08-everipedia-closes-30m-to-build-wikipedia-rival-on-blockchain-technology|title=Everipedia closes $30M to build Wikipedia rival on blockchain technology|date=2018-02-08|work=VatorNews|access-date=2018-11-03|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Career == In December 2014, Theodor Forselius co-founded Everipedia. They built the first version of the website in Kazemian's college dormitory room at UCLA.<ref name=Bowman2016>{{cite web|url=https://amherstwire.com/18353/campus/from-umass-to-silicon-valley-an-interview-with-everipedia-founders/|title=From UMass to Silicon Valley: An interview with 'Everipedia' founders|last=Bowman|first=Bryan|publisher=Amherst Wire|date=7 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053324/https://amherstwire.com/18353/campus/from-umass-to-silicon-valley-an-interview-with-everipedia-founders/|archive-date=22 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="Lindström2015">{{cite web|url=http://emillindstrom.se/emil-moter-theodor-forselius/|title=Emil möter: Theodor Forselius|trans-title=Emil meets: Theodor Forselius|language=sv|last=Lindström|first=Emil|publisher=Emil Lindström|date=16 December 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107120207/http://emillindstrom.se/emil-moter-theodor-forselius/|archive-date=7 January 2018}}</ref>
Since then, Forselius and Everipedia have been internationally recognized in publications such as Wired Magazine.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/story/everipedia-blockchain/|title=The Wikipedia Competitor That's Harnessing Blockchain For Epistemological Supremacy|magazine=WIRED|access-date=2018-11-03|language=en-US}}</ref> He has also been featured on the front pages of local publications in Sweden such as Veckans Affärer and Dagens Industri.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://magasinetfilter.se/reportage/pa-ratt-plats-vid-ratt-tillfalle/|title=På rätt plats vid rätt tillfälle|date=2018-09-24|work=Magasinet Filter|access-date=2018-11-03|language=sv-SE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digital.di.se/artikel/svenskens-wikipediautmanare-tar-in-en-kvarts-miljard-vi-ska-finnas-pa-alla-varldens-sprak|title=Svenskens Wikipediautmanare tar in en kvarts miljard: Vi ska finnas på alla världens språk|website=digital.di.se|date=8 February 2018 |access-date=2018-11-03}}</ref>
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