The pile of newspapers, letters and flyers on the hall floor testifies that the man has been lying for a long time.
An unopened letter is dated to February 2019, a local newspaper to August of the same year.
When the police entered the apartment in southern Stockholm, the mail pile reached all the way up to the letter box.
On Monday night, the body was retrieved.
According to information to SVT, the man, who was in his 75s, is believed to have been dead for at least two years.
No suspicion of crime
Neighbors that SVT has met had not seen the man for a long time.
A few days ago, one of them contacted the police.
- I have not been able to sleep all night.
What is life?
It's awful, says neighbor Karwan.
Lars-Erik Hedberg, group manager at the Stockholm Police's section for serious crimes, confirms to SVT that a man has been found in an apartment.
- According to our assessments, there is no suspicion of crime.
The person seems to have been dead for a long time, I do not want to go into it further than that.
The relatives who are present have been notified.