History

Westerlunds Reportagebyrå AB was founded in 1987 by journalist and author Lars Westerlund. He began his journalistic career in the late 1970s with the Story Missions to Asia and Latin America. After that Lars worked for  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency as a freelance public relations officer with Latin America as a specialty.

1982-1986 he worked as a journalist in Västerbotten Folkblad and 1987 he  became a full time freelancer.

Westerlunds has since its inception in Kusfors in northern Sweden, but the company has  the globe as its field of work.