Albert Gustaf Dahlman
Albert Gustaf Dahlman (born February 17, 1848 in Norberg , Norberg municipality as Anders Gustaf Dalman , † July 30, 1920 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish executioner and the last to have executed a death sentence in Sweden.
Life
After his military career - he was since 1868 in Västmanland - Regiment stationed and reached the rank of sergeant - Dahlman was on August 5, 1885 as the executioner of the capital Stockholm and the province of Stockholm County used. From 1887 on he was the only executioner in Sweden after Per Petter Christiansson Steineck emigrated to the United States .
Enforcements
Dahlman carried out the last six executions in Sweden, five with the hangman's ax and one with the guillotine .
- August 7, 1890 - Anna Månsdotter was executed in Kristianstad .
- March 17, 1893 - Execution of Per Johan Pettersson in Gävle .
- July 5, 1900 - Julius Sallrot is executed in Karlskrona .
- August 23, 1900 - Lars Nilsson was executed in Malmo .
- December 10, 1900 - Johan Filip Nordlund is executed in Västerås .
- November 23, 1910 - Execution of Alfred Ander in Stockholm with the guillotine.
Others
No executions have been carried out in the last decade of his tenure as an executioner. The year after his death, the death penalty for peacetime crimes was abolished, and in 1973 war-time crimes as well.
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| SURNAME | Dahlman, Albert Gustaf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dalman, Anders Gustaf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish executioner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Norberg (Sweden) |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 30, 1920 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |