The kidnapping of Ulrika Bidegård, a member of the Swedish national show jumping team, took place on 20 January 1993 in front of her family's home in Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium.
Cash withdrawals made with her credit card led the police to the kidnapper, a man living in a downtown Brussels apartment, where Bidegård was kept captive.
The man was arrested, and his victim rescued, after over four days of a captivity that made headlines in both Sweden and Belgium.
Tried in 1995, the kidnapper was sentenced to fifteen years of penal labour.
Lars Nilsson, a Swede in his thirties, had no prior convictions and was unanimously described by his family and friends as a kind and socially active person.