Born 1941, writer and cultural journalist of the daily "Helsingborg Dagblad" and the author of books on India (such as "Indiens kämpande Kerala" - and former Yugoslavia, among them "Sista Resan till Jugoslavien", "Kosova utan stjärna", "Mediernas krig i forna Jugoslavien", "Mot kriget" och "Liten guide till stort krig" (with Jan Øberg).
Sommelius is a member of the TFF Conflict-Mitigation Team and has studied, in particular, the role of media in ex-Yugoslavia and the war reporting by Western media. Numerous visits to all parts of former Yugoslavia, independently and as member of the TFF Conflict-Mitigation team - which he joined in 1992.