 He lived most of his adult life in Berlin, Germany, where he was a friend of Swedish writer August Strindberg, Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, Norwegian painter Edvard Munch and Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela.Paul was born on January 6, 1863, on Bromö, an island in lake Vänern in Sweden.At that time his last name was Wiedesheim-Paul.