The now convicted man must have appeared completely unannounced at the other man's home on Midsummer's Day.
The victim told the district court that he was accused of being unfaithful to the man's girlfriend.
He denied this but was not believed but received blows and was also balded so badly that the nasal bone fell off.
After that, the man is said to have taken out a knife and handed out several sticks at the same time as he threatened him with death.
The man in his 40s claimed in court that he wanted to injure but not kill. Eksjö District Court thus still convicts him of attempted murder and the punishment will be ten years' imprisonment and damages of SEK 132,000 to the victim.