It was in July last summer that the man walked around with a bear spear in a grocery store in Luleå.
In connection with a police patrol intervening, he resisted and is now convicted on two counts:
violation of the law prohibiting knives and other objects
violent resistance
Gave away healing squirrel
On 18 January this year, a bronze squirrel was stolen from Kulturens hus in Luleå, a case that SVT has previously reported on.
The 60-year-old says that he received the statue from an unknown person who asked for a cigarette.
He says he did not reflect on the situation when he received it and then went home to a woman and gave it away.
Punished with daily fines
The district court convicts the man of receiving offense as they believe they should have understood that the statue was stolen.
For the three crimes, he is sentenced to a 50-day fine of SEK 50 - or SEK 2,500 in total.
He has lost the right to the seized bear spear.
The verdict can be appealed no later than 11 May 2022.
The artist took the theft calmly
In the clip below, you hear Mats Wikström, the artist behind the healing bronze chorus, who thought the whole story was dreary when it happened.
When SVT interviewed him then, he already had a clear picture of how it had happened.
- My theory is that it was handed over to a person who then gave it to the woman I know received it as a gift.
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Mats Wikström is the artist behind the hailing bronze squirrel that was stolen from the Art Gallery in Luleå.
Hear him talk about the idea of the artwork in the clip.
Photo: Anders Hjertström