Fatal aircraft crash: Swedish right -wing extremist dies in Slovenia

Fatal aircraft crash: Swedish right -wing extremist dies in Slovenia

Velika Planina, Slowenien - A tragic aircraft accident shaken Slovenia when the Swedish entrepreneur and right -wing extremist activist Carl Lundström died on March 10, 2025 in a crash. The 64-year-old owner of The Pirate Bay was a well-known face in Sweden, which was often associated with right-wing populist and extreme right movements. According to reports, Lundström flew to Switzerland with his small aircraft from Zagreb, Croatia, when he crashed into the Velika Planina mountain region due to bad weather and crashed directly into a mountain hut. At that time he was the only passenger on board. The rescue teams needed until March 11 to recover his body from the rubble, as the Krone reported.

The identity of the fatally crashed pilot was initially not publicly made by the Slovenian police, but Swedish media soon confirmed that it was Lundström. He was known as a key member of the right -wing extremist Alternative for Sweden, who posthumously honored him as a "legend and veteran of Swedish nationalism". Lundström had actively moved in right-wing extremist circles for years and was a member of the anti-Imigrant movement in Bevara Sverige in the 1980s. He was also a co -owner of the telecommunications company Rix Telecom, which made the start of The Pirate Bay possible, and in 2009 he was convicted of copyright infringement. According to the Slovenian Investigative Portal Necenzurirano, Lundström has been based in Switzerland since 2008 and recently initiated a project to develop a cryptocurrency exchange in Croatia, as from rtvslo reported.