The 45-year-old is being held on probable cause, suspected of both murders, the Ångermanland District Court has decided. The man denies the crime.
For Barbro Öberg, it was important to be present at the hearing.
"I've always said that I'll be there the day they arrest someone," she says.
She received the news on Wednesday that police had arrested a suspect. Before that, she had long since given up hope. Now she is looking forward to the trial.
"I hope he is convicted and gets a long prison sentence. But there was someone else there, so they have to get that person too," she says.
The now 45-year-old man is completely unfamiliar to her.
"The first question I would like to ask is why? Two peaceful pensioners, as it were. No, I don't really understand. I just hope that you get an answer," she continues.
Previous investigator: Unknown
Jan-Ola Nordin was one of the first police officers on the scene in 2005 when Tor Öberg and Gerd Wiklund were found murdered on a farm in Brattås outside Härnösand.
He also does not recognize the name of the man who has now been arrested for murder, neither his current name nor any previous names the man has used.
"I sent it out to my old colleagues who were there when this started, when people were being heard and talked about, but no one recognizes the name," he says.
DNA traces from the man were secured at the crime scene. He was found after DNA-based genealogy was used in the investigation.
"It is possible that someone has been identified, but that the police's own DNA did not pass, and that is why this genealogy research has come in. But he is unknown, he may have gone under the radar completely," says Nordin.
“Like a bomb”
He found out about the breakthrough in the case from Barbro Öberg, with whom he had been in contact even after retirement.
"It came like a bombshell. After so many years, people had begun to despair."
The man has no previous convictions and lived in Härnösand at the time of the murder. Since then, he has changed municipalities several times. When the police arrested him, he was living alone in an apartment in central Sweden. According to the Swedish Tax Agency, he is unmarried and has no children.
Prosecutor Hanna Flordal declined to comment on the suspicions.
"His DNA is at the crime scene, but otherwise I don't want to comment on what the probable cause is."
How is the investigation proceeding?
"Now the suspected perpetrator will be questioned and some technical examinations will be carried out."
