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Mojang AB [1] (Full Swedish name; Mojäng Aktiebolag—Swedish for "Gadget Ltd."), originally Mojang Specifications, is the indie joint-stock company responsible for the creation and development of Minecraft, and some other games. Mojang is located in Stockholm, Sweden. They currently have 17 employees.^[1]


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Employees Edit

Minecraftthumb — From left to right: Markus Persson, Jens Bergensten, Daniel Kaplan, Junkboy, Jakob Porser, Carl Manneh, Tobias Mollstam, Aron Nieminen, Daniel Frisk, Mattis Grahm, Lydia Winters, Henrik Pettersson.
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Current employees Edit

Name	Position^[1]	Favorite games	Special talent	Twitter	Notes	About: Mojang AB: Employees^{[notes 1]}
Markus 'Notch' Persson	Founder of Mojang and creator of Minecraft.net	Dungeon Master 2, Doom, X-Com	Can look directly at the sun with only minor permanent damage.	[2]	Used to have a great hat, gave it away, now has a new hat.	Minecraft is the brainchild of Markus Persson. Rumors have it that he programmed it during a power outage in the summer of 1812 while he was carrying infants out of a burning church which was built on the back of a giant possum. Also he is 11'6" tall and glows in the dark.^{[notes 2]} 1. Enjoy games 2. Pick up programming 3. ???? 4. Profit	Jens 'jeb_' Bergensten	Lead programmer/designer on Minecraft	Starcraft, Doom 2, Don’t Look Back	Eating cheese doodles with chopsticks	[3]	He's a redditor!	Fun Fact #328: The facial hair right below his lower lip is brighter then the rest.
Daniel 'Kappische' Kaplan	Some kind of biz guy	Street Fighter IV, Tetris DS, Zelda: A Link to the Past	Typing very fast.	[4]		On his Skype picture he looks like a pirate.
Markus 'Junkboy' Toivonen	Art developer	Wild Guns, Metal Slug, Full Throttle	Laying down digital mosaic.	[5]	Very mysterious.	Some say he doesn't even exist.
Jakob 'JahKob' Porser	Founder of Mojang and lead programmer/designer on Scrolls.com	X-Com 2, Master of Magic, Diablo 2	Recursive for loops.	[6]	Will be making another game (Scrolls) along with Minecraft.	His pants defy gravity and suspenders alike.
Carl Manneh	Founder of Mojang and the CEO	FIFA 10, Resident Evil, Tetris	Cloning himself.	[7]	Used to be Notch's old boss.	His last name sounds like "money" and he is Mojang's business guy. Coincidence?
'Tobias Mollstam'	Web guy		Developing tight webs to capture customers.	[8]		One day he decided to eat failure and shit success. True story.
'Aron Nieminen'	Lead programmer on Minecraft - Pocket Edition			None	He's very bright.	His hair looks like a blue, woolen cap.
Daniel 'danfrisk' Frisk	Web guy			[9]		He never works on Fridays.
Henrik 'Carnalizer' Pettersson	Art developer 2	Boardgames, strategy games, Team Fortress 2, Half-Life, Minecraft	Extreme procrastination.	[10]	Is the oldest person employed by Mojang.
Mattis 'BomuBoi/Bomb Boy' Grahm	He is cute		Time travel.	[11]
Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters^[2]	Director of Fun	Minecraft, Oregon Trail	Having bright-colored hair.	[12]	Minecraft was the second video game she played.
Leonard 'xlson' Axelsson^[3]	Web guy		Can recite the Alphabet entirely by memory.	[13]
Kristoffer 'KrisJelbring' Jelbring^[4]	Web guy		Being Mojang's unofficial DJ.	[14]
Jon 'jonkagstrom' Kagstrom	AI Programmer for Minecraft			[15]
Karin Severinson	Calculates all our money			[16]
Marc Watson	Customer Support Manager	Minecraft, Mass Effect, Halo, Elder Scrolls	Performs improv comedy	[17]	Started Minecraft Marathon^[5]
Name	Position	Favorite games	Special talent	Twitter	Notes	About: Mojang AB: Employees ^{[notes 1]}

Contract employees Edit

Name	Task	Twitter	Notes
Daniel 'C418' Rosenfeld	Making the music and sounds for Minecraft.	[18]	Has high self-esteem!
Kristoffer Zetterstrand	Made the paintings for Minecraft.	[19]	He is the subject of a Wikipedia article, and Notch is his brother-in-law!

References Edit

Notes Edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 These are from the support page on minecraft.net that is no longer available, having been replaced by help.minecraft.net.
↑ This is from "About", then "Minecraft", on the same page as the others.

Trivia Edit

When you open Minecraft, sometimes it might say "Made in Sweden!", referencing where Minecraft is truly made.

[mojang-employees-0] 1.0 ^1.1 http://help.mojang.com/customer/portal/articles/331367-employees

[3] twitter:carlmanneh/status/117235758884073473

[4] tchtweet:123295374076153856

[5] tchtweet:149643862191783937

[6] ttp://about.me/marcwatson

[about-1] 1.0 ^1.1 These are from the support page on minecraft.net that is no longer available, having been replaced by help.minecraft.net.

[2] This is from "About", then "Minecraft", on the same page as the others.

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