It was in 2018 that the cultural administration Västarvet decided that human remains that were in the museum's collections would be thinned out.

Among them a grown-up pair of twins from 1863 who were to be buried.

Superintendent Magnus Gelang, and others on the staff, were deeply critical.

"It is not compatible with the Museum Act to make such a decision without involving experts," he said at the time.

But the thinning took place and at the end of 2019, several media reported that the twins' cremation and burial - which was to take place in secret - was very close.

Divided opinions on "legal situation"

But in September 2020, the twins were still not buried, according to an email from the Cemetery Administration.

There were divided views between the administration and Västarvet as to whether it was necessary to wait for a possible "legal situation" - exactly what that would mean is unclear.

But now the twins have been buried, the administration confirms.

"The funeral community now believes that the legal situation has been clarified and Västarvet's order has been taken care of," writes Cissi Hammer in an email to Kulturnyheterna.