True Crime Sweden

During the night between May 16th and May 17th of the year 1900, a man attacked people onboard of the steamer Prins Carl in the lake Mälaren. It was supposed to be a robbery, but a lot of things went wrong that night. The 25-year-old Filip Nordlund ended up killing 5 people, and wounding another … Continue reading "40. The Steamboat mass murder"

It started out as any other Tuesday morning, but this day was going to be far from normal. It was October 19th, 2004, in a town called Linköping in Sweden. 8-year-old Mohamed leaves his apartment to walk the short distance to school, and at about the same time 56-year-old Anna Lena leaves her home to … Continue reading "39. The double homicide in Linköping"

On September 10, 2003, a man with a knife attacks and brutally stabs the minister of Foreign Affairs, Anna Lindh, inside a department store in the central parts of Stockholm. Anna is rushed to the hospital but dies the next day due to her injuries. This is the beginning of a manhunt to find the … Continue reading "38. Anna Lindh"

At 11:10 pm on August 3rd, 2016, a badly injured woman called 112, the Swedish emergency number. She woke up and saw a man sitting on top of her husband in bed, stabbing him. When the perpetrator realized that she was awake he started stabbing her as well. She was probably unconscious for a while, … Continue reading "37. The Arboga woman – part 3 of 3"

At 11:10 pm on August 3rd, 2016, a badly injured woman called 112, the Swedish emergency number. She woke up and saw a man sitting on top of her husband in bed, stabbing him. When the perpetrator realized that she was awake he started stabbing her as well. She was probably unconscious for a while, … Continue reading "37. The Arboga woman – part 2 of 3"

At 11:10 pm on August 3rd, 2016, a badly injured woman called 112, the Swedish emergency number. She woke up and saw a man sitting on top of her husband in bed, stabbing him. When the perpetrator realized that she was awake he started stabbing her as well. She was probably unconscious for a while, … Continue reading "37. The Arboga woman – part 1 of 3"

Introducing a brand-new podcast called Scene of the Crime, season 1 is on the Delphi case. https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/sceneofthecrime?selected=HIM1005356840 E-mail [email protected] Homepage: http://truecrimesweden.com/

On 22 October 2015, 21-year-old Anton Lundin Pettersson entered the Kronan School in the town of Trollhättan, armed with a huge sword. His mission was to kill, but some students thought he was pranking, I guess the situation was so unreal. We don’t really have school shootings here in Sweden, I guess because it’s much … Continue reading "36. The school attack"

On December 17, 2004, a bank robbery takes place at a local bank in the city of Söderhamn. A man walked into the bank with a gun and demanded the tellers to hand over all the money they had. The robber got away with about 70 000 dollars. When the hunt for the robber begins, the … Continue reading "35. Jaan Norrby"