NSD was the first to interview her and here she tells SVT what she has been through but she does not want to be in the picture.

- I was out on my first own kayak trip and it was exciting enough as it was ...

Got scared

Christina Larsdotter Linder paddled near the island of Kraaseli, on the water border with Finland, just south of central Haparanda, when she saw something by the shore.

- It was a prey that was partly in the water and partly in the reeds and I thought quite immediately that it was a body, so I got scared and paddled to the cottage to pick up my partner.

Together they sat in a boat and went to the place where Christina Linder Larsdotter saw the macabre find.

- It was really a body and then we called 112 and after a while both police and rescue services came to the scene, says Christina Larsdotter Linder.

Slept badly

The police do not currently suspect that the person who was found dead has been subjected to a crime, but the body must be identified and analyzed.

- It seemed that the body had been lying there for a long time. There must be relatives who miss the person, says Christina Larsdotter Linder.

How have you been affected by the incident?

- I have slept badly and will probably carry this with me for a while and I will probably not want to paddle alone in the future ...