Niklas Lindgren
Swedish serial rapist
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- Kurt Niklas Lindgren , known in the media prior to his arrest as Hagamannen , is a convicted Swedish serial rapist.
- The attacks were all made outdoors, involved physical violence and in some cases attempts to kill his victims.
Kurt Niklas Lindgren, known in the media prior to his arrest as Hagamannen, is a convicted Swedish serial rapist. Lindgren was convicted of nine counts of sexual assault in 2006, two of which were labeled attempted murder, in relation to attacks in the city of Umeå from 1998 to 2005. The attacks were all made outdoors, involved physical violence and in some cases attempts to kill his victims. The nickname "Hagamannen" refers to the area in Umeå named Haga where Lindgren made his first assault.
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