Jacob Guntlack
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Jacob Guntlack (1744–1771) was a notorious Swedish thief and impostor. He began his thievery in Sweden and Finland at age fifteen; he was a famous criminal by the time he was executed in Stockholm in front of thousands of spectators. His memoirs, entitled Den uti Smedjegårds-häktet nu fängslade ryktbare bedragaren och tjufwen Jacob Guntlacks lefwernes-beskrifning, af honom sjelf författad, were published the same year, either written by himself in prison, or after interviews in prison.
References
[edit]- Gunnar W. Lundberg; Stortjuven Jacob Guntlack: En svensk Cartouche ISBN 91-7008-838-1.