Björn Söderberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swedish syndicalist who was murdered in Sätra, Stockholm on October 12, 1999
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Place of Birth: Spånga, Svealand, Sweden
About Björn Söderberg
- Björn Söderberg (April 1, 1958-October 12, 1999) was a Swedish union active syndicalist who was murdered in Sätra, Stockholm on October 12, 1999.Björn Söderberg had made a tip to the newspaper Arbetaren owned by Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation (SAC) about his colleague Robert Vesterlund.
- This tip led to an article in Arbetaren on September 16, 1999 revealing Vesterlund, member of the board of the local union, as a member of the fascist organisation Nationell Ungdom.
- As a result of this Robert Vesterlund resigned his job and was forced out of the union.This was the motive for the two men, Hampus Hellekant and Björn Lindberg-Hernlund (both with strong ties to Nationell Ungdom), who visited Björn Söderberg at his apartment in Sätra on October 12 and shot him to death.Hampus Hellekant and Björn Lindberg-Hernlund were convicted of murder in the Court of Appeal and Jimmy Niklasson, also a member of Nationell Ungdom, was convicted of “grovt vapenbrott och skyddande av brottsling” - serious weapon-related crime and protecting a criminal.On October 23, 20.000 people gathered on Medborgarplatsen to take part in an anti-fascist meeting and October 12 was appointed Day of Civil Courage by SAC.
- On that day a prize in civil courage is given in memory of Söderberg’s murder.
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