Hampus Hellekant

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subject_name = Hampus Hellekant


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date_of_birth = birth date |1976|1|30|
place_of_birth = Danderyd, Sweden
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charge = murder
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penalty = Imprisonment
status = released on probation
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Karl Helge "Hampus" Hellekant, later "Karl" Svensson,cite news
first = Lawrence K.
last = Altman
title = Swedes Ponder Whether Killer Can Be a Doctor
url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/science/25student.html
publisher = The New York Times
date = 2008-01-25
accessdate = 2008-03-29 ] born January 30, 1976 in Danderyd, Sweden is a neo-Nazi who was sentenced to 11 years of prison for the murder of syndicalist union member Björn Söderberg on October 12, 1999.cite news
first = Magnus
last = Hellberg
title = Känd nazist gick rakt i polisfällan
url = http://www.expressen.se/1.187910
publisher = Expressen
date = 2005-03-23
accessdate = 2008-03-28
language = Swedish ]

Shortly before the murder, Hellekant and some of his friends created "death lists" of more than 1200 Swedish individuals they wanted dead.cite news
first = Britt
last = Peruzzi
title = Hundratals svenskar kartlagda av nazister
url = http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/0007/29/kartlaggning.html
publisher = Aftonbladet
date = 2000-07-29
accessdate = 2008-03-29
language = Swedish ] cite news
first = Andreas
last = Harne
title = Morddömd nazist får gå på datakurs
url = http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article95109.ab
publisher = Aftonbladet
date = 2002-09-17
accessdate = 2008-03-29
language = Swedish ] Because of the content of the lists, his friends were also sentenced and the murder was declared a hate crime.cite news
first = Erika
last = Svantesson
title = Morddömd läkarstudent utkastad
url = http://www.dn.se/?a=736042
publisher = Dagens Nyheter
date = 2008-01-24
accessdate = 2008-03-29
language = Swedish ]

Murder of Björn Söderberg

On September 16, 1999, the syndicalist newspaper Arbetaren revealed that Robert Vesterlund, a prominent figure in the Swedish neo-Nazi movement, held a chair in the board of the local chapter of the Swedish Commercial Employees' UnionFact|date=April 2008 at "Svanströms lager"Fact|date=April 2008 in Stockholm.cite news
first = Richard
last = Aschberg
coauthors = Wallin, Ulf
title = "Omfattande bevis mot nazisterna"
url = http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/0002/11/nazmord.html
publisher = Aftonbladet
date = 2000-02-11
accessdate = 2008-04-04
language = Swedish ] Arbetaren had received the information from a co-worker of Vesterlund, the syndicalist union member Björn Söderberg. A week later, Vesterlund was expelled from his union, and quit his job.

Because of this, Hellekant and two friends, Björn Lindberg-Hernlund and Jimmy Niklasson came to Söderberg's home in Sätra on October 12.cite news
author = TT
title = Björn Söderberg hedrad i hela landet
url = http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/0010/12/bjorn.html
publisher = Aftonbladet
date = 2000-10-12
accessdate = 2008-04-04
language = Swedish ] Hellekant has admitted that he, ordered by another person, called Söderberg a few hours earlier.cite news
first = Richard
last = Aschberg
title = Han ringde offret strax före mordet
url = http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/0003/01/nazmord.html
publisher = Aftonbladet
date = 2000-03-01
accessdate = 2008-04-06
language = Swedish ] A brawl ensued, and a few minutes later, Söderberg had been shot multiple times, including in the head.

After prison

In 2005, he was caught while on temporary release from the prison, suspected of assisting a fellow inmate at the Hall prison in an escape attempt.

In February 2007, he was released on probation. In the fall of 2007 he started medical school at the Karolinska University Hospital. When his prior crimes became known to the university as well as the media in early November, a debate ensued as to whether a convicted murderer should be allowed to practice medicine. While some commentators called for an expulsion from the university, Karolinska decided that he would be allowed to continue studies, with head master Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson stating there was no legal way to expel him, as "no national policy covers the situation". She did however state that she considers it unethical to let convicted murderers practice medicine, and that it would be hard for Hellekant to get a physicians license from the National Board of health and welfare, which is required to practice. It was eventually revealed that he had falsified his high school grades to get in - this led to his expulsion.

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