Adolf Hjalmar

von Sydow von Sydow, often used in German and Swedish with the word "von" meaning "of", is a locational surname, which originally meant simply a person from one of several places called Sydow in northern Germany.''Dictionary of American Family Names''"Von Syd ...

(22 August 1862 – 7 March 1932) was a

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lawyer and

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. He was

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ed into the

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in 1901.

Death

On 7 March 1932, in the so-called

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, von Sydow was

murder Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification (jurisprudence), justification or valid excuse (legal), excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person wit ...

ed, along with two of his employees, at his house in

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. His son, Fredrik von Sydow, committed

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later on the day of the murders and was the only suspect and the presumed murderer.

Selected publications

*A. H. von Sydow, ''Om Stockholms rättskipning, polis och fångvård'' (Stockholm, 1897) *A. H. von Sydow, ''Öfversikt af stadsfiskalernas i Stockholm ställning från äldsta till närvarande tid'' (Stockholm, 1897)

References

1862 births 1932 deaths Assassinated Swedish politicians Male murder victims Members of the Första kammaren Swedish jurists Swedish murder victims Unsolved murders in Sweden {{Sweden-bio-stub