Ulf Olsson

Who was Ulf Olsson?

Ulf Olsson, also known as Helénmannen in Sweden, was convicted for the murders of 10-year old Helén Nilsson and 26-year old Jannica Ekblad in 1989. Found after a DNA test in 2004, Olsson was convicted and sentenced to psychiatric care in 2005. Although he was first brought to the attention of the police in 2002, he had been in contact with two different police officers through anonymous letters and phone calls since only a couple of months after the murders. The investigation is the second-largest in Swedish history, only surpassed by the investigation of the 1986 assassination of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme.