Dolph Lundgren has married his partner Emma Krokdal in a romantic Mykonos ceremony.
The Rocky IV actor, 65, and his partner, 27, got engaged in 2020 – wed on July 13.
They told People: “We decided to celebrate our love by getting married at our villa in Mykonos with family and a few close friends.” Due to Covid and a long path of challenging medical treatments, we had to change our marriage plans many times move times.
“We felt it was finally the right time to celebrate love, life and happiness – in the land of the gods.”
Happy couple: Dolph Lundgren has married his partner Emma Krokdal in a romantic Mykonos ceremony
The ‘Expendables’ star has two daughters – Ida, 27, and Greta, 21 – with ex-wife Anette Qviberg, to whom he was married for 17 years.
Dolph married jewelry designer and fashion stylist Anette in Marbella in 1994.
They welcomed their two daughters in Stockholm, Sweden and divorced in 2011.
Almost a decade later, the actor popped the question to Norwegian personal trainer Emma in June 2020.
The star recently revealed that he’s been battling cancer for the past eight years, and speculated if his previous use of steroids in bodybuilding was to blame.
The Swedish actor opened up about his struggle on ‘In Depth with Graham Besinger’ and revealed he was first diagnosed with lung cancer in 2015.
Lundgren says he went into remission, but then the cancer returned in 2020 and a doctor told him he had only two to three years to live.
The star got a second opinion and the treatment he is now being given has caused the tumors to shrink.
In a snippet of the interview, while still wearing a hospital gown, he says, “The day after my surgery, they removed one tumor, then two more that they found, and three more small ones.”
“Hopefully it’s cleansed, if it dies, it dies.”
Lundgren had referenced his memorable quote from the 1985 film Rocky IV after his character Ivan Drago killed Apollo Creed during their exhibition match.
Speaking to Bensinger, he shared how he rediscovered he had cancer in 2020.
Lundgren says: “In 2020 I was back in Sweden and had some kind of acid reflux. I didn’t know what it was, so I got an MRI.”
“They found that there were a few other tumors in that area.”
He continues, “They found another tumor in the liver, so I was like, shit, okay.”
“It was at that point that I realized it was something serious. The surgeon called me and said it had grown, it was too big, it had grown to the size of a small lemon.
“I asked her how much longer I would have. I think he said 2-3 years but I could tell from his voice that he thought it was less. I thought it definitely would.’
Lundgren said that steroid use was affecting his body
He said: “I tried steroids in the 80’s and 90’s. I don’t know if that has anything to do with the cancer, but of course it occurred to me that it might have something to do with it.
“I’ve been thinking about it, you always think you made a mistake.” I think there might be a link between testosterone therapy and cancer.
Open: The star recently revealed that he has been battling cancer for the past eight years and has speculated if his previous use of steroids in bodybuilding was to blame
Pictured: Lundgren with actor Sylvester Stallone in Rocky IV
Health issues: Lundgren, who says he’s been battling cancer since 2015
“When I was younger I used steroids, off and on, for maybe ten years.’ Depends on the type of film I was doing.’
Fiancé Emma Krokdal told Bensinger, “His mouth got really sore, his hands got sore and he couldn’t eat.”
“That was a struggle, he lost weight.” “We realized it was a lot worse than we thought and they started talking about tumors in the lungs, stomach, spine and outside of the kidneys.”
His daughter, Ida Lundgren, told Bensinger, “It struck me as I was having an intense conversation with my father about what would happen if he died.” It was a horrible conversation, it was a tough time. “I have to be strong for my sister.”