Pelle Zettersten

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Pelle Zettersten

Putchie and elephant keeper Pelle Zettersten in Kolmården Zoo 1999. Photo: Petra Schmidt, Dresden Zoo.
Profession	zoo elephant keeper
Personal details
Born	in Sweden

Residence
Country	Sweden

Locations
Title	elephant keeper 2000-2000
Location	at African Lion Safari (Ontario) in Canada

Title	elephant keeper 1991-2000
Location	at Kolmarden Zoo in Sweden

Title	elephant keeper 1990-1991
Location	at Stockholm Zoo (Skansen) in Sweden

Biography details

Per-Erik Zettersten , zoo elephant keeper in Sweden

Zettersten was born * in Sweden .

Introduced to elephant management and training by head elephant keeper Dan Koehl at Stockholm Zoo (Skansen) in Sweden, Zettersten moved to Kolmarden Zoo where he trained the elephant Putchie for riding operations, and also worked the bull Brahma in Free Contact.

From left: Nika, Pelle Zettersten, Dan Koehl and Shiva, during a walk on Skansen. Photo: Catharina Florman.

Picture from ultrascanning of Brahma. From left to right: Frank Göritz, Thomas Hildebrandt, Pelle Zettersten, Jörgen Gustafson, Thomas Antmar. Photo: Bengt-Ole Röken, Kolmården.

After being an appreciated elephant keeper for ten years, Zettersten changed profession and became a journalist in Sweden.

Pelle Zettersten is mentioned on 4 other person pagesDan Koehl, Frank Göritz, Sven Borg, Thomas Hildebrandt,

Pelle Zettersten is mentioned on 1 location pagesKolmarden Zoo,

Pelle Zettersten is mentioned on 3 elephant record pagesBrahma, Putschie, Shiva,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). elephant keeper Per-Erik Zettersten in Canada. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=867. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pelle-zettersten-2084ab40/

Selected publications

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