V spominIn loving memory

Klemen Kozjek

1994 2026

Prijatelj, na katerega si se lahko vedno zanesel. The friend you could always count on.

Klemen Kozjek je bil programer iz Ljubljane, ki si je ustvaril življenje v Zürichu, in eden najbolj dobrosrčnih in vztrajnih ljudi, kar smo jih poznali. Imel je rad padalstvo, potovanja in ljudi okoli sebe. 17. julija 2026 smo ga veliko prezgodaj izgubili. Ta stran je kraj, kjer se ga spominjamo.

Klemen Kozjek was a software developer from Ljubljana who built his life in Zurich, and one of the kindest and most determined people we knew. He loved skydiving, travel, and the people around him. On 17 July 2026 we lost him far too soon. This page is where we remember him.

Njegova zgodbaHis Story

Od Ljubljane do Züricha

From Ljubljana to Zurich

Klemen se je rodil v Ljubljani 11. januarja 1994, mami Zdenki in očetu Jožetu. Leta 1997 se je rodila njegova sestra Alenka. Obiskoval je Osnovno šolo Bičevje, nato srednjo šolo Vegova in nadaljeval študij na Fakulteti za računalništvo in informatiko.

Klemen was born in Ljubljana on 11 January 1994, to his mother Zdenka and his father Jože. His sister Alenka was born in 1997. He went to Bičevje primary school, then to the Vegova secondary school, and went on to study at the Faculty of Computer and Information Science.

Bil je eden najbolj vztrajnih ljudi, kar jih poznamo, in to se je videlo pri vsem, česar se je lotil, od študija do dela. Leta 2016 je štiri mesece preživel na Japonskem, na izmenjavi v mednarodnem podjetju, leta 2018 pa se je preselil v Zürich, kjer je delal kot programer.

He was one of the most persistent people we knew, and it showed in everything he took on, from his studies to his work. In 2016 he spent four months in Japan on a work exchange, and in 2018 he moved to Zurich, where he worked as a software developer.

Leta 2024 je spoznal svojo partnerko Kai Rong. Ob njej je odkril nove strani sebe. Začel je kuhati in vrtnariti, skupaj sta na balkonu v visokih gredah gojila zelišča in zelenjavo, načrtoval pa je že, da se bo naučil šivati. Rad je delal stvari z lastnimi rokami in jih pripeljal do konca.

In 2024 he met his partner, Kai Rong. With her, he discovered new sides of himself. He took up cooking and gardening, the two of them grew herbs and vegetables in raised beds on their balcony, and he had already started planning to learn how to sew. He liked making things with his own hands and seeing them through.

Kamor koli ga je zaneslo, na dom ni nikoli pozabil. Oboževal je malega nečaka Oskarja, ki je bil vedno prvo ime, po katerem je vprašal, v svojih zadnjih dneh pa je družina pozdravila še drugega nečaka, Lovra.

No matter where he went, he never forgot home. He adored his little nephew Oskar, who was always the first person he asked about, and in his final days his family welcomed a second nephew, Lovro.

Njegovo življenjeHis Life

1994
Rojstvo
Born
Rodil se je v Ljubljani, 11. januarja.
Born in Ljubljana, 11 January.
1997
Sestra Alenka
His sister Alenka
Družina se poveča.
The family grows.
2016
Japonska
Japan
Štiri mesece na izmenjavi.
Four months on a work exchange.
2017
Prvi skok
First jump
Začne s padalstvom.
He takes up skydiving.
2018
Zürich
Zurich
Preseli se v Švico, dela kot programer.
He moves to Switzerland to work as a developer.
2024
Kai Rong
Kai Rong
Spozna svojo partnerko.
He meets his partner.
2026
Nečak Lovro
Nephew Lovro
16. julij: rodi se njegov drugi nečak.
16 July: his second nephew is born.
Slovo
Farewell
17. julij: ob tem, kar je imel najraje.
17 July: doing what he loved most.

Nekaj besed prijateljaA few words from a friend

Kakšen človek je bil

The Person He Was

Klemen je bil eden najbolj vztrajnih ljudi, kar sem jih poznal. To se je videlo pri študiju in pri delu, najbolj pa na programerskih maratonih, hekatonih, ki smo se jih ob koncih tedna udeleževali skupaj. Ko smo drugi že pešali, je Klemen vztrajal vso noč in ni šel spat, dokler ni našel rešitve. Preprosto ni znal odnehati.

Klemen was one of the most persistent people I have ever known. You could see it in his studies and his work, but you saw it most at the weekend programming hackathons we went to together. When the rest of us were fading, Klemen would keep going all night and refuse to sleep until he had found the solution. He simply did not know how to give up.

A tisto, česar se bom najbolj spominjal, je, da je bil vedno tu. Klemen je bil eden tistih redkih ljudi, ki so ob svojih najbližjih prav takrat, ko jih ti najbolj potrebujejo. Ko se je zaradi dela iz Slovenije preselil v Zürich, ni dovolil, da bi razdalja to spremenila. Vložil je veliko truda, da je ostal blizu ljudem, ki so mu bili pomembni doma, in nikoli ni pozabil, od kod prihaja.

But what I will remember most is that he was always there. Klemen was one of those rare people who show up for those closest to them exactly when they are needed. When he moved from Slovenia to Zurich for work, he never let the distance change that. He put a lot of effort into staying close to the people who mattered to him back home, and he never forgot where he came from.

Pustil je sled na vseh nas, ki smo imeli srečo, da smo mu bili blizu. Bil je zgled, tako po tem, kako trdo je delal, kot po tem, kako je ravnal z ljudmi, ki jih je imel rad.

He left a mark on all of us who were lucky enough to be close to him. He set an example, both in how hard he worked and in how he treated the people he loved.

Zapisal prijateljWritten by a friend

Njegova največja strastHis greatest passion

Padalstvo

Skydiving

Padalstvo je bilo Klemnova največja strast. Skakati je začel leta 2017 in od takrat mu nič drugega ni prišlo blizu. Veliko časa je preživel na letališču Šentvid. Prav tam, ob tem, kar je imel najraje, je 17. julija 2026 tudi umrl. V tolažbo nam je, da je bil takrat tam, kjer je najbolj želel biti.

Skydiving was Klemen's greatest passion. He started jumping in 2017, and after that nothing else came close. He spent a lot of his time at the Šentvid airfield. It was there, doing the thing he loved most, that he died on 17 July 2026. It gives us some comfort to know that he was where he most wanted to be.

SpominiMemories