Ludvig Strigeus

Ludvig Strigeus
Born	(1981-01-15) January 15, 1981
Residence	Gothenburg, Sweden
Occupation	Software Engineer, Spotify AB
Known for	µTorrent and other software

Ludvig Strigeus (Ludde) is a Swedish programmer, best known for developing software such as the BitTorrent client µTorrent, OpenTTD, and Spotify.

Strigeus was born in January 1981 and graduated from Chalmers University of Technology with a Master of Science degree in computer science and engineering. He currently resides in Gothenburg, Sweden and works as a software engineer at Spotify.

In 2005, his development team won PuzzleCrack, a weeklong puzzlehunt competition that combines problem-solving with computer hacking. Due to a rare muscular disease, Strigeus is confined to a wheelchair.

Software

• µTorrent - small footprint BitTorrent client for Microsoft Windows and OS X (closed-source)
• ScummVM - interpreter of adventure game engines, most notably LucasArts's SCUMM
• OpenTTD - engine of Transport Tycoon game improved in many ways over the original (with functions of TTDPatch implemented and improved, like multiplayer)
• Ports of Dr. Mario and Kwirk for the TI-89 calculator
• "The Idiot" - card game for Windows
• WebWorks - a text HTML editor
• Spotify - a commercial music streaming service
  • Spotiamp - a lightweight Spotify Premium client for Windows, created as a tribute to Winamp

External links

• SourceForge profile