John Ingvar Lövgren
John Ingvar Lövgren | |
|---|---|
 Lövgren in an undated photo | |
| Born | October 22, 1930 |
| Died | February 9, 2002 (aged 71) Salberga prison, Sweden |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Other names | "Flickmördaren" John Ingvar Andersson |
| Conviction(s) | Murder |
| Criminal penalty | Closed psychiatric treatment |
| Details | |
| Victims | 4 |
Span of crimes | 1958–1963 |
| Country | Sweden |
| State(s) | Stockholm |
Date apprehended | 1963 |
John Ingvar Lövgren, later renamed John Ingvar Andersson (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]
Biography
Lövgren's childhood was really tragic. Both of his parents died while he was very young, and was subsequently placed in a foster home. When he grew up, Lövgren became infamous for drinking heavily and exposing himself to women, for which he was convicted several times. Because of this he was enrolled in several different mental hospitals between 1953 and 1961. The authorities described him as childish and weak, probably with a mild intellectual disability. During the murders, Lövgren held a job as a gardener. After the last murder of Ann-Kristin Svensson in September 1963, her playmates pointed out Lövgren as the perpetrator. In addition, while fleeing the crime scene, he left traces in the form of Svensson's clothes in desperate attempt to get rid of them, with these traces leading the authorities to Lövgren's residential area.
After he was arrested, Lövgren confessed to another murder: the unsolved murder of 26-year-old Agneta Nyholm in Fruängen in June 1958. Despite this, Lövgren was never convicted of her murder and her case has since been closed and prescribated. Police however considers it solved and Lövgren as the assailant.
Literature
- The novel The Man on the Balcony released by Sjöwall/Wahlöö in 1967 was based on John Ingvar Lövgren and his crimes.[4]
- The true face of the assassination: a criminal commisioner's memories by Gösta W. Larsson (1971), published by Stockholm: Bonniers
Victims
- Agneta Nyholm, 26. - murdered on the night of 27 June 1957 at her home in Fruängen.
- Greta Löfgren, 62. - raped and murdered in November 1962 in her home at Kungsholmen.
- Berit Glesing, 6. - raped and murdered on 6 August 1963 in Vita Bergen at Södermalm.[2]
- Ann-Kristin Svensson, 4. - raped and murdered on 2 September 1964 in Aspudden.
References
- ^ CD Sveriges dödbok 1901-2009
- ^ a b c d 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.
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- ^ "Stockholm – en guide till kultur, sevärdheter och - Vi kartlägger Fleminggatan nummer för nummer". Stockholm.edublogs.org. 2012-12-17. Retrieved 2014-01-17.