Within a year and four months, the 64-year-old man has, among other things, called Karlsson 207 times and also sought her out on three occasions.
The fact that there was a guilty verdict in the district court is seen as positive by Sven-Erik Alhem, former chief prosecutor and now chairman of the Crime Victim Support.
Partly, you get to know who it actually was. Then you can expect that it can resolve the persecution mania that the perpetrator has, so that they come to realize that it's time to stop what they're doing, he says.
"Very unpleasant"
Frida Karlsson's case is not unique. Gymnast Simone Biles, basketball player Caitlin Clark, and tennis players Emma Raducanu and Coco Gauff are other female sports stars who have testified to being stalked.
If the attention has come because the person is well-known, it's very unpleasant from many angles. Because then there's often nothing at all that suggests you've met or had a contact that has made you get an admirer that way, says Sven-Erik Alhem.
Vulnerable position
That the female sports stars and their stories are taken seriously is seen as important by Alhem. He doesn't buy the argument that as a celebrity, you should "put up with it".
Of course, every person has a full right to their integrity, and that applies to anyone. Then it can become different phenomena when it's a question of someone who is a well-known person. It often gets rewritten and publicized. It can also trigger other people to do something. So it's a more vulnerable position when you're a well-known face.
