Dolph Lundgren has discovered the “secret sauce” with a good marriage.
The 67 -year -old player, who played the Russian boxer Ivan Drago in “Rocky IV”, told Emma Krokdal, 29, in 2023. They became US citizens in 2024 and call California his home.
They also associated to launch the hard-American hard cuta vodka, which was inspired by a date they had in the first days of their relationship.
Lundgren told Fox News Digital that he has made “a new vote” in his marriage.
“I have this new thing, I have to give a hug, a good hug, 10 times a day,” he smiled. “I try to get some before lunch, so I still have some in the bank [throughout the day]. It sounds simple and a bit silly, but doing that neutralizes many disagreements and misunderstandings. And it makes us feel good. That is my new recipe now.
“When you have disagreements, someone moves you to be right, but the other person is also right to be right,” he said. “But you have to make your partner feel good, even when they both have disagreements. That phrase [‘happy wife, happy life’] It’s true. You have to respect each other. They have to congratulate each other. “
Lundgren also avoids what he calls a “recipe for disaster” in any marriage, being separated from his spouse for too long.
“I am in a difficult business,” he explained. “And in the show business, you travel a lot. And I am a type of tightening. I think what helped us work on things together. We work together in vodka. My wife has also helped me to produce and develop movies. We have to be separated a lot.
The couple also shares a mutual love for physical aptitude.
Lundgren with Krokdal, a Norwegian personal coach, in a Los Angeles equinox. They began to leave in 2019, and Lundgren asked the question in 2020.
Krokdal was also next to Lundgren as he fought cancer privately. In 2024, Lundgren announced that it was cancer free, Entertainment Weekly reported.
“My days of physical conditioning routine thesis, well, I think there are three parts,” Lundgren said. “One is a force. I try to do a little twice a week. The other is Cardio. I keep the heart rate, either by bicycle or simply walking or climbing stairs. The third is the functionality, because, as you get the mobiles. The machine is really good for you.
“Sometimes I make martial arts for functionality, I get some kicks,” he said. “But a combination of those three is important for me.”
These days, Lundgren and Croking Valley celebrate life and pursue new goals together.
“Speaking my brand has been a challenge,” Hey admitted. “Some days I feel on a computer for eight hours. I was also invaded with the collection of funds for this, the product, the development, the sales activities, everything. Engineer, which is what I studied.
“I know there are many people out there, many celebrities with their own brands. I feel that we have a very strong heat … It is elegant but hard. I can support it, and I think it represents me to some extent.
Lungren previously told Fox News Digital that investing in the United States was important for him.
“I am from Sweden, but I am an immigrant and … all the good things in my life come from the United States,” he explained. “I changed chemical engineering and martial arts to become an actor, a Hollywood film star. That could happen in any other country. And I feel really comfortable working in the United States with Americans.
“It simply makes it easier because everything is more organized,” he said. “People are more in the ball when you are doing business. Yes, it is important for me, and I think that Americans will like the fact that it is an American vodka. It is sophisticated. It is difficult but soft, and it has the whole goal. Only bet. Sophisticated and elegant.”
The star said she always felt proud to build a life and a career in the United States. And when it was time to become a citizen, he felt it was “better late than ever.”
“It was time,” he reflected. “I’ve been here for 40 years. I arrived at school here I was in my adolescence and I moved here. I was an American resident for a while I married [to my previous wife] And I moved to Spain for voluntary reasons.
“I lived there, and my children grew up in Spain, my two daughters. But I always wanted to come. I moved here about 15 years, and then I recovered my residence. And then I decided that I wanted to become a citizen.”
“This country has my life on my leg,” Lundgren said. “Everything good in my life has come from America. I love Sweden, but, as I said, I am very close to this country. And stand there, swear the oath, [seeing] The flag was very emotional. And it’s great. It is not easy to become a citizen. It is difficult to become American citizen, and I think it should be.
“I am proud to have done it.”