Johan Andersson (born August 28, 1974) is the studio manager for Paradox Development Studio.Before working for Paradox, he was an employee of Funcom where he worked as a programmer on the Sega Mega Drive console with games like Nightmare Circus and NBA Hangtime. Although he began as a programmer, Andersson became the lead designer for Hearts of Iron III. His design philosophy is "to create believable worlds."