Helge Fossmo was sentenced to life imprisonment for the instigation of the rewritten murder and the attempted murder in Knutby in 2004. Today he is a free man.
In January 2004, murdered Alexandra Fossmo In his home in Knutby outside Uppsala. The same night, her neighbor was shot Daniel Linde.
With the murder and attempted murder, a ruthless and dark power play within the Philadelphia Assembly was discovered in the small town.
Under the term “Knutby drama” became the murder and the events within the congregation – as well as its members – one of the most rewritten cases in Sweden.
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One of the most central figures in the Knutby Assembly was pastor Helge Fossmo, who was also married to murdered Alexandra Fossmo.
“Helge was obsessed with his power in the congregation, obsessed with his power over the women and his incredible ability to manipulate people,” said chamber prosecutor said Elin Blank in its final plea in Svea High Court in 2004, according to UNT.
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Helge Fossmo was sentenced to life imprisonment
Later, Helge Fossmo was sentenced to life imprisonment for the instigation of murder and attempted murder. In the district court’s judgment, it was ruled that Fossmo “through intensive, purposeful and long -term impact” persuaded the child girl Sara Svensson To commit the murder and attempted murder she subsequently was convicted of.
“His influence and acts have, in the district court’s opinion, been absolutely necessary for Sara Svensson’s crime and is close to the compassion. However, this is outside the scope of the prosecution. Helge Fossmo’s participation should therefore be considered as the instigation of attempted murder, instigation for murder and the instigation of attempted murder” Aftonbladet.
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Helge Fossmo was conditionally released in 2022
In 2019, Helge Fossmo, who was thus sentenced to life imprisonment, received his sentence timed and in January 2022 he was conditionally released.
“After serving 18 years now, he himself has had to cut his footcuff and now goes out to a life as a free man,” Fossmo’s lawyer said Anton Strand to Express when.
The former Knutby pastor had then been sitting on an exclusion accommodation for some time.
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Helge Fossmo today – has changed its name and working on accommodation
Even before the conditional release, Helge Fossmo changed last name to Iversen And for some time he has been working at one of the Prison Service’s procured exclusions.
At Mikaelsgården’s half-road house and support accommodation in Södermanland, the former Knutby pastor works as a caretaker. But according to both the manager of the accommodation as well as people who have been placed at Mikaelsgården, Fossmo also participates in morning meetings and holds talks with new clients – something that Express revealed in January 2025.
In the morning meetings, Fossmo handed out chores to clients and one of them testifies that the former pastor was not late in addressing errors.
– He has an extremely special style, it is so obvious that he likes to decide. If not everything is exactly as he wants, then it is wrong, and then you hear it to everyone. Helge is the one who controls what job you get so if it is someone he does not like then it may be that okay, Kalle, you have to clean the toilets. It is very strange that he should sit and decide and have an introductory call with people. I mean, what the hell does he have for such a thing?, Has the client in question told Expressen.
While some of the clients described it as “unpleasant” that Fossmo worked at the accommodation, others have been positive.
– It worked well, I think. I experienced him as sensible. He was nice, no wonder. You could have fun with him. I never felt insecure with him, I just felt that he wanted to take care of his, a person told Expressen.
Pastor Sindre in the Knutby series
TV4’s series “Knutby” and the subsequent season “Knutby – Christ’s bride” are loosely based on the real events in Knutby and in these also depicts Helge Fossmo. The character, who is also a pastor in the congregation, is then called Sindre and is played by Einar Bredefeldt.
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