Their journey to Islam

• Served as a Swedish ambassador
• Accepted Islam after a diplomatic career abroad
• Produced a major Swedish Qur’an translation

The full story

Bernström had represented a secular state for decades before Islam became a private conviction. Rather than keep it private, he gave his remaining years to Koranens budskap — putting the Qur’an into Swedish with the precision of a man used to weighing every word for consequence.