Dolph Lundgren discovered the “secret sauce” at a good marriage.
The 67 -year -old man, who played the Russian boxer Ivan Drago in “Rocky IV”, told Emma Krokdal, 29, in 2023. They became American citizens in 2024 and called California at home.
They also established a partnership to launch the entirely American -cut vodka of the actor, who was inspired by a date on which they had at the start of their relationship.
Lundgren told Fox News Digital that he had made “a new wish” in his marriage.
“I have this new thing, I have to hug him, a nice big hug, 10 times a day,” he radiated. “I try to get some before lunch, so I still have in the bank (throughout the day).
“When you have disagreements, someone wants to be right, but the other person also wants to be right,” he said. “But you have to make your partner feel good, even when you both have disagreements. This sentence (” happy woman, happy life “) is true. You have to respect yourself. You have to complete yourself.”
Lundgren also avoids what he calls a “disaster recipe” in any marriage – apart from your spouse for too long.
“I am in a difficult business,” he said. “And in show business, you travel a lot. And I am a worker guy. I think what helped us is that we are working on things together. We work together on vodka. My wife also helped me produce and develop films. So, we have a partnership, not just romantically, but also in a professional way. In this way, we don’t have much to separate. Ideas. “
The pair also shares a mutual love of physical form.
Lundgren met Krokdal, a Norwegian personal coach, in an Equinox in Los Angeles. They started to go out together in 2019 and Lundgren asked the question in 2020.
Krokdal was also alongside Lundgren while he was fighting cancer privately. In 2024, Lundgren announced that he was without cancer, reported Entertainment Weekly.
“My fitness routine these days, well, I think there are three parts,” said Lundgren. “One is strength. I try to make weights about twice a week. The other is cardio. I keep the heart rate either by cycling or by walking or he goes up.
“I sometimes make martial arts for features, I kick off,” he noted. “But a combination of these three is important to me.”
These days, Lundgren and Krokdal celebrate life and pursue new goals together.
“The launch of my brand was a challenge,” he admitted. “Some days, I sit at a computer for eight hours. I was also involved in fundraising for this, the product, development, sales activities – everything. I feel very satisfied personally. I wanted to do something that challenged me at all levels, not only as an actor, but more as a chemical engineer, which I studied.
“I know there are a lot of people there, a lot of celebrities with their own brands. I think we have a very strong brand.
Lungren previously told Fox News Digital that investment in America was important to him.
“I come from Sweden, but I am an immigrant and … all the good things in my life came from America,” he said. “I went from chemical genius and martial arts to become an actor, a movie star in Hollywood. This could not happen in another country. And, therefore, I really feel comfortable working in America with Americans.
“It simply makes things easier because everything is more organized,” he said. “People are more on the ball when you do business. Yes, it is important for me, and I think that Americans will like the fact that it is an American vodka. It’s sophisticated. It’s difficult but smooth, and it has an elegant image. It is not because all American does not mean that it cannot be sophisticated and elegant. ”
The star noted that he was always proud to build a life and a career in America. And when the time came to become a citizen, he said it was “better than ever”.
“It was time,” he said. “I have been here for 40 years. I went to school here when I was adolescence and I moved here. I was an American resident for a while. Then I got married (to my previous wife) and I moved to Spain for various reasons.
“I lived there and my children grew up in Spain, my two daughters. But I always wanted to come back. I returned here about 15 years ago, then I recovered my residence. And then I decided that I wanted to become a citizen. ”
“This country was my life,” said Lundgren. “Everything that is good in my life has come from America. I love Sweden, but, as I said, I am very close to this country. And standing there, lending the oath, (seeing) the flag, it was very emotional. And it’s great. It is not easy to become a citizen. It is difficult to become an American citizen, and I think it should be.
“I’m proud to have done it.”
