In the final episode of the series, Joakim Lundell explains that the memories of torture and neglect only emerged when, at the age of 31, he saw excerpts from social services documents in 2016.
That's why I crashed when I read the papers, because things appeared that I don't know where they came from, says Lundell in the SVT documentary.
The media profile made accusations against the mother in her 2017 autobiography "Monster." Something she has denied. Another documentary series on TV4 where Lundell made the accusations was condemned on Monday by the Media Ethics Board for violating good journalistic practice.
No support
In the SVT series, Bo-Göran Bodin has depicted an escalating conflict surrounding Lundell and his brother that unfolded on YouTube. He has also reviewed Lundell's medical records from social services and child and adolescent psychiatry and concluded that there is no evidence for Lundell's claims of abuse.
Bo-Göran Bodin also dismisses Joakim Lundell's explanation about how the memories came to him at the age of 31.
"There is no scientific support for the existence of repressed memories. There is a great risk that historical memories are false," he tells TT.
After the publication of the documentary, Joakim Lundell wrote on Instagram that he had always had some of his memories, but had suppressed them because he wanted to belong to his family.
"When I then read the papers and saw that everything my mother said was false, I felt that I would rather be alone than belong to such a family," writes Lundell, who also accuses SVT of "making fun of trauma."
Dismisses criticism
Bo-Göran Bodin does not understand the criticism.
I really don't think we do. He talks about these memories that come to him when he's 31 and reads the journals – and we're reporting on that. So I find it hard to see how that would in any way make fun of trauma.
The reactions to the documentary series have been strong. Many have questioned why a private individual should be so harshly criticized by one of Sweden's most award-winning journalists.
But Bo-Göran Bodin emphasizes that the debate of recent weeks has shown that Lundell is a man in power. Then what he does on YouTube must be able to be scrutinized.
I think a lot of people, at least from the reactions I've received, have been very surprised that it's done this way, says Bodin.
