John Ingvar Lövgren

Lövgren in an undated photo.

John Ingvar Lövgren (22 October 1930 – 9 February 2002)[1] was a Swedish serial killer and rapist who confessed to four murders committed between 1958 and 1963 in the Stockholm region.[2] Lövgren was convicted and sentenced to closed psychiatric treatment at Salberga prison.[2] He went under the name Flickmördaren ("The Girl Killer"), because his last two victims were young girls.[2] He was, at the time of his death in 2002, no longer in treatment due to poor health, which he had received from his cancer. He was buried at Sala cemetery.[3]

The novel The Man on the Balcony released by Sjöwall/Wahlöö in 1967 was based on John Ingvar Lövgren and his crimes.[4]

Victims

References

  1. CD Sveriges dödbok 1901-2009
  2. 1 2 3 4 Inedahl, Petter (28 March 2012). "En avskydd man" [A despised man]. Magasinet Paragraf (in Swedish). Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
  3. CD Begravda i Sverige
  4. "Stockholm – en guide till kultur, sevärdheter och - Vi kartlägger Fleminggatan nummer för nummer". Stockholm.edublogs.org. 2012-12-17. Retrieved 2014-01-17.


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