Lars Pensjö of Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 is the original author of the LPMud

LPMud

LPMud, abbreviated LP, is a family of MUD server software. Its first instance, the original LPMud game driver, was developed in 1989 by Lars Pensjö...

 MUD

MUD

A MUD , pronounced , is a multiplayer real-time virtual world, with the term usually referring to text-based instances of these. MUDs combine elements of role-playing games, hack and slash, player versus player, interactive fiction, and online chat...

 engine and the LPC programming language, and is one of the founders of Genesis LPMud

Genesis LPMud

Genesis LPMud, a multi-player computer game, is the original LPMud founded in April 1989 by Lars Pensjö, now running on CD gamedriver and mudlib, and previously hosted by Chalmers Computer Society, though hosting has since been moved to a dedicated, private server. Medieval fantasy is the general...

, notable for their part in the history

History of massively multiplayer online games

The history of massively multiplayer online games spans over thirty years and hundreds of massively multiplayer online games titles. The origin and influence on MMOG games stems from MUDs, Dungeons and Dragons and earlier social games....

 of MMORPG

MMORPG

Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....

s as well as the Pike programming language. He attended Chalmers University of Technology

Chalmers University of Technology

Chalmers University of Technology , is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that focuses on research and education in technology, natural science and architecture.-History:...

in Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden, from 1980 to 1984. He was a member of the as of 2008 defunct
Chalmers Datorförening ("CD"), after which the CD gamedriver and mudlib

CD gamedriver and mudlib

CD gamedriver and CD mudlib are popular LPMud gamedriver and mudlib. The name CD comes from Chalmers Datorförening , which most of the developers were members of.- History :...

 were named.

Pensjö works for Finnish software company Tieto.
He lives in Torslanda

Torslanda

Torslanda is an urban district and a locality situated in Göteborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 10,129 inhabitants in 2005.-The Volvo Torslanda Plant:...

, Gothenburg, together with his wife Marica Pensjö, a certified masseuse

Massage

Massage is the manipulation of superficial and deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue to enhance function, aid in the healing process, and promote relaxation and well-being. The word comes from the French massage "friction of kneading", or from Arabic massa meaning "to touch, feel or handle"...

. They have three sons, Mikael, Jonas and Andreas.

Pensjö's hobbies include running for the team Solvikingarna in Skatås, Gothenburg.