Daniel Stisen was born in Mandal, a small town in southern Norway, and grew up in a family of seven. He was the oldest in the family. Daniel is inspiration was his father, who himself was a bodybuilder running his own gym. He was involved in body building techniques, which paved way for Daniel to enter the bodybuilding arena. Daniel spend most of his childhood learning from his father, the art of bodybuilding. Literally, it would be correct to say that he grew up in the gym and that is how he developed a passion for body building and power sports. Daniel competed for the first time in powerlifting when he was 16 and got second place in Norwegian Championship, and he started to compete in body building when he was 20.