Sofie Berga

Sofie Berga is a pediatric Registered nurse and a skilled author and creative thinking person, with many years of experience in treating children, both in everyday hospital diagnosis or treatment and in critical situations.

Sofie was born and educated in Copenhagen, Denmark where she lived the first 26 years of her life. She graduated with a bachelor in nursing from Denmark in 1996 and carries with her the Scandinavian tradition of involving the sick child in the healing process. As a mother of two children, and coming from the land of H.C. Andersen, Sofie is familiar with the imaginary world of children. She currently lives in California with her 2 children Sebastian and Natalia.

In 2000 Sofie started a labor of love with her Bastian Adventure books, named after her son Sebastian. The initial inspiration came after taking her son to a simple chest x-ray when he was 2 years old. “He was strapped down with leather belts to his arms and sandbags to his legs, arching and screaming, all because he didn’t know what was happening”

“IVs, x-rays, etc., can be quite traumatic for small children, and a story book is the perfect tool for parents to prepare their 2-6 (8) year old child for upcoming procedures. Just as adults receive preparatory materials for procedures, so should children. But at their own level”.