Micke

**Micke Eriksson** is one of the recurring characters in *Young Royals*. He is portrayed by Leonard Terfelt.

## Personality

Micke is first introduced when Simon goes to him to purchase booze for the initiation party, he appears friendly towards his son and invites him in to talk, even allowing him to buy the alcohol for the party. He seems to want to mend his relationship with his children, yet doesn't seem to care enough to remember that Simon is gay in their discussion. Throughout the season, he disrespects Sara's boundaries by pushing her to interact with him and get back into contact. Sara tells Felice that he has a tendency of guilt tripping those who distance themselves from him after he has hurt them.

He also gets physically aggressive with Simon upon finding out that he has stolen medication from his apartment when he passed out after drinking, clearly not showing any signs of accountability for himself or trying to fix his bad habits for the sake of Simon and Sara. All these factors show how his intentions and commitment aren't for the benefit of his children, but his own fulfillment.

## Relationships

### Romantic

#### Linda

He was married to Linda and has divorced some years ago (unknown time period). They have had almost no interactions, only acknowledging each other when he showed up unannounced with flowers to the Sankta Lucia event. She looks uncomfortable upon seeing him, but unlike Sara, is not explicitly angry or annoyed. She takes the flowers from him and awkwardly agrees with him when he comments to her how beautiful Sara and Simon look in the garments for the event. While she never comments outright why they separated or what impact he and his bad habits had on her, it seems as though his substance abuse and how it made him act around the two children, impacting both of them negatively, was what made her cut ties with him and take their children with her.

### Family

#### Simon

Simon dislikes Micke, and, as Ayub says, becomes miserable every time he sees him. Despite this, he doesn't seem to hold as much of a grudge as Sara because he is willing to go to Micke to buy booze to get on the good side of Wilhelm, who he barely knows at this point. Simon wants Micke to stay away from Sara and is upset when he bothers her, though Simon also doesn't want Sara to know that he has been in contact with their father. Micke becomes physically aggressive towards Simon upon finding out that his son has stolen his supposed back medications, but Simon doesn't care as he continues to see how Micke abuses substances.

#### Sara

Sara establishes with Felice that she never wants to see Micke again as he would abuse substances and make her and Simon miserable, then guilt trip them when they would distance themselves for their own sake. He violates Sara's boundaries on several occasions by texting her, pushing her to visit him, and showing up to the Sankta Lucia event unannounced. He is apologetic for this, as he is aware that she doesn't want to see him, but has come either way. Sara is angered by this and asks him to leave, and is upset at Simon for ever getting back in contact with him.

## Trivia

* His first name is most likely Mikael due to Micke being a common nickname for the name.

## Appearances

### Season One (4/6)

* *Episode 1*
* *Episode 2*
* *Episode 4*
* *Episode 5*