Johnie started his career as an Optimist sailor but quickly progressed into a keelboat at age twelve making his debut in match racing in 1997. Since then he has competed all over the world winning the European Championship (2009), Congressional Cup (2009) and Scandinavian Championship (2008). In 2011, the Swedish Sailing Federation named Johnie and his team (FLUX Team) “Swedish Sailors of the Year” and the team finished 3^rd overall on the World Match Racing Tour.  Johnie is a two-time winner of the Argo Group Gold Cup (2008, 2014) and came runner up in the Gold Cup in 2018.