Michael Maardt: Past, school, studies, etc.

About A33.dk and Michael Maardt

A collection of some of my writings and videos since 1995. The letter A (Asbjørn) stands for a new beginning; the number 33 is a hint to the Freemasons, but also in memory of a dear late friend, Asbjørn, who was very fond of the number 33. My mobile number ends in 3333 – purely by coincidence ;-)

Brief Life Story

Born May 29, 1952, at 00:15-00:30 at Diakonissestiftelsen, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen (for the astrologers!)
1958-1965 Ordrup School, Copenhagen, grades 1-7
1965-1970 Øregaard Gymnasium, secondary school; math/physics track
1970-1980 Studied sociology at the University of Copenhagen and various subjects at Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität in Frankfurt am Main
In 1973, I became interested in critical theories within sociology and psychology. At the Department of Sociology, we read many German books (mainly Marxism), which took a long time because my German wasn't good. That’s why I moved to Frankfurt am Main in 1975 to learn the language. I found a flatshare where two kind women taught me German so well in 6 months that few ever asked if I was a foreigner. I studied for a couple of years at the universities in Frankfurt am Main and Bremen. In 1977, I moved back to Denmark. Having studied critical theories in sociology and psychology, I obtained my Master’s degree (Magistergrad) in sociology from the University of Copenhagen in 1980.
1981-1993: Various short-term jobs and periods of unemployment.

I helped millions of people

Millions of visits and millions of free downloads from this website since 1995

I wrote and published with great success the world's first IT booklet for 28 DKK, which was the price of a pack of cigarettes at the time. I did this to maintain control over pricing, distribution, etc., and for the next 10 years, I ran the publishing house KnowWare, specializing in IT booklets. I provoked the publishing industry with these low-cost booklets. Other publishers of computer literature were forced to copy the idea. The Danish publishing house sold 10-15 titles in many copies. In 1995, I started KnowWare.de in Germany and sold over 100 titles in many copies.

knowware.dk 1995 da/eng, 250 pages. I invented the first softbook/booklet in the world and published it myself to be able to control price and distribution. 1.000.000 booklets sold in Denmark. 4% of the danish population purchased my first booklet, se photos. Interview on national TV and all larger newspapers. IT booklets, mostly for beginners, 1993-2003, 8 mio sold in Europe! Millions of downloads of free IT PDF-booklets in several languages.

KnowWare Verlag habe ich 1997 gegründet. Ich habe mehr als 7.000.000 kleinen billigen EDV Heftchen verkauft (100+ unterschiedlichen Titeln). 2003 habe ich den Verlag verkauft. Mein erstes Heft "Nutze deinen PC optimal" 1993 in dänisch geschrieben - Gratis Download als PDF

I founded KnowWare Verlag in 1997. I sold more than 7,000,000 small, inexpensive computer booklets (100+ different titles). I sold the publishing house in 2003. My first booklet (original in Danish in 1993) was the first booklet published in german: ‘Nutze deinen PC optimal’ – Free download as PDF - in german !

2004 sold the german part of KnowWare, which still exists.