Henrik Fåhraeus
aka: Henrik Fähreaus
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Henrik is currently the Head of Game Direction at Paradox Development Studio. Since joining the company in 2001, he has worked on most games - and a great many expansions - released by the studio in one capacity or another.
He is best known for being Lead Designer on Crusader Kings II and Stellaris, but he also wrote the design for the original Hearts of Iron and co-designed Crusader Kings together with Joakim Bergqwist. Henrik has contributed to the design of most other games released by the studio and has worked as a programmer, project lead, game writer and scripter on various occasions.
He has a particular interest in the fields of emergent gameplay and procedural storytelling and has held talks on these subjects at the GDC.
Credited on 43 games
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| Age of Wonders 4 (2023 on Windows) | Chief Creative Officer |
| Hammerting (2020 on Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Hearts of Iron IV: Battle for the Bosporus (2020 on Windows) | Creative Director |
| Crusader Kings III (2020 on Windows) | Creative Director |
| Imperator: Rome (2019 on Windows Apps) | Game Directors |
| Crusader Kings II: Holy Fury (2018 on Windows) | Game Director |
| Crusader Kings II: Jade Dragon (2017 on Windows) | Game Director |
| Crusader Kings II: Monks & Mystics (2017 on Windows) | Game Director |
| Crusader Kings II: The Reaper's Due (2016 on Windows) | Game Design |
| Hearts of Iron IV (2016 on Windows) | Additional Game Design |
| Stellaris (2016 on Windows) | Game Director |
| Europa Universalis IV: Mare Nostrum (2016 on Windows) | Game Director |
| Crusader Kings II: Conclave (2016 on Windows) | Game Director |
| Europa Universalis IV: The Cossacks (2015 on Windows) | Game Director |
| Crusader Kings II: Horse Lords (2015 on Windows) | Programming |
| Europa Universalis IV: Common Sense (2015 on Windows) | Game Director |
| Europa Universalis IV: El Dorado (2015 on Windows) | Game Director |
| Crusader Kings II: Way of Life (2014 on Windows) | Game Director |
| Europa Universalis IV: Art of War (2014 on Windows) | Game Director |
| Crusader Kings II: Charlemagne (2014 on Windows) | Additional Programming |
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Henrik Fåhraeus 2014
Frequent Collaborators
- 38 games with Johan Andersson
- 29 games with Thomas Johansson
- 26 games with Carsten ’t Mannetje
- 23 games with Fredrik Toll
- 23 games with Jonas Jakobsson
- 20 games with Fredrik Wester
- 20 games with Sara Wendel-Örtqvist
- 19 games with Linda Kiby
- 18 games with Christopher King
- 18 games with Emil Tisander
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