Dan Ejde Gustaf Glimne (born 1947), is a Swedish games expert, game designer and poker player.
Life Glimne was born on 27 April 1947. After studying at Lund University of Technology, Glimne became the product development manager at Alga in 1980–1989 and subsequently worked as his own entrepreneur and consultant. He has edited and constructed a very large number of games, and has periodically been Sweden's only professional game designer. He has also written several books about games, participated as a game expert in encyclopaedias, such as Bra Böckers Lexikon (Good Books Lexicon), the Nationalencyklopedin (Swedish National Encyclopedia) and Myggans nöjeslexikon (Myggan's Entertainment Lexicon), and commented on poker on television. His game, Ostindiska Kompaniet was Swedish game of the year in 1992.
Glimne has also been politically active and is a candidate for the Moderate Party in the Swedish Parliament. He has been married since 2001 to Ingrid Jerneborg Glimne, local politician for the Moderates in Gnesta municipality. Together they reside in Gnesta.
Designed games (selection) Board games BataviaDan Glimne at luding.org. Retrieved 25 April 2020. Binary Dice Drakborgen (with Jakob Bonds) Drakborgen II DungeonQuest Emil i Lönneberga - Ett hyss-spel från Alga Fantomen Goliat - En festlig helsvensk figur på äventyr i stenåldern! Geni 2000 Gibberish Joakim von Ankas fantastiska affärer Jorden runt på 80 dagar Knorr (reklamspel för livsmedel) Kurt Olsson Mika (the game from the TV series) MasterQuiz Microchess Ostindiska kompaniet Personality SportQuiz Stadens nyckel (published by Casper) Svea Rike Svea Rike Batalj - Expansion No. 1 Sätt sprätt på en miljon Stoppa pressarna Travspelet Årets spel
Card games Valkampanj - a game of perfect information for 3-6 players Ben Johnsons dopingspel Nasdaq Skattepolitik Korruption Fibonacci-regering Auktionsrummy Blindwhist
Books (selection) Nya spel (B. Wahlströms, 1994) Pokerhandboken (B. Wahlströms, 1995), 2nd edn. 2002, 3rd edn. 2005 Kortspelshandboken (B. Wahlströms, 1996), Pirayaklubbens handbok (Tago Förlag, 1997) Spel med knappar (BonnierCarlsen, 1998) Trixa med knappar (BonnierCarlsen, 1998) 100 kortspel & trick (Frida Förlag, 1998), Världens största svindlare (Frida Förlag, 2002) Kasinohandboken Hur man kör miniracing (Allt om hobby AB, 1968-01),
References
Biographical source "Medarbetare i Myggans Nöjeslexikon" i Myggans Nöjeslexikon, Vol. 9 (Höganäs 1991), page 255.
External links Interview with Dan Glimne Card Player profile Hendon Mob profile WSOP profile