The Österåker Prison ( sv, Anstalten Österåker, commonly known as ''Österåkersanstalten'') is a

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located in Österåker Municipality, thirty kilometers north of

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. It is a Class 2-security prison with a capacity for 146 inmates. The facility also contains a

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with the capacity for 80 inmates. The Österåker Prison was built in 1969 as a replacement for the

Långholmen Prison Långholmen Prison, officially Långholmen Central Prison ( sv, Långholmens centralfängelse), was historically one of the largest prison facilities in Sweden with more than 500 cells, located on the island of Långholmen in Stockholm. It was b ...

in Stockholm. Since 1976 the prison is concentrated on inmates with different types of abuse problems.

Notable inmates

* Christer Pettersson - one of the suspected assassins of Olof Palme,

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- famous Swedish author, convicted of

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. * John Ausonius - Swedish murderer, bank robber and attempted serial killer, transferred from

Kumla Prison Kumla Prison ( sv, Anstalten Kumla) is a prison facility in Kumla Municipality, Sweden. It was opened in 1965 and is Sweden's biggest prison. Kumla is one of three high security prisons in Sweden holding risk inmates (security class 1). On March ...

in 2012. Extradited to Germany between 2016 and January 2019.Germany extradites 'laser man' killer John Ausonius to Sweden

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(

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) * Jon Nödtveidt - Swedish musician, convicted of the murder of Josef ben Meddour in

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case. *

Miro Barešić Miro Barešić (10 September 1950 – 31 July 1991) was a Yugoslav-Croatian émigré and neo-fascist paramilitary who in 1971 murdered a Yugoslav diplomat, Vladimir Rolović, in Sweden. He later served as a soldier in Paraguay and in the Croatian ...

- Croatian nationalist, convicted of the murder of

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in the

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* Oussama Kassir - convicted on illegal firearm charges in Sweden, later on

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charges in the

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Trivia

*American country singer

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performed at the prison on October 3, 1972. The live album ''

På Österåker ''Johnny Cash på Österåker'' () is a live album by country singer Johnny Cash released on Columbia Records in 1973, making it his 43rd overall release. The album features Cash's concert at the Österåker Prison in Sweden held on October 3 ...

'' ("At Österåker"), recorded out of this concert, was released in 1973. Between the songs Cash can be heard speaking Swedish, which is met with roaring approval from the inmates.

References

External links

Österåker - Kriminalvården
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