After serving his sentence, the man must be deported.
It was at the end of February this year that the police, after an alarm about a suspected shooting near the cathedral in Västerås, found a shot man with life-threatening injuries.
DNA from the man now convicted of the act was found on both a weapon and a cartridge found nearby.
District Attorney Jessica Wenna told the radio that she was pleased with how the district court valued the evidence and that they shared the view that it was a serious crime.