January 7, 1927 - Tore Hedin
Over the course of a single night in rural Skåne, he carried out what would stand for more than seven decades as the deadliest mass killing in Swedish criminal history. The attacks, which claimed ten lives, unfolded with a combination of violence and arson that left a lasting mark on Swedish collective memory and criminal record.
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Tore Hedin (7 January 1927 – 22 August 1952) was a Swedish mass murderer and serial arsonist who killed ten people in a spree killing in Skåne County, Sweden, on the night of 21–22 August 1952. The killings, known as the Hurvamorden ("Hurva murders"), were the deadliest instance of mass murder in Swedish criminal history until the 2025 Risbergska school shooting. Hedin, who worked as a police officer, had committed a murder in the year prior to the spree killing, taking part in the investigation and being prominently featured in news reports, particularly due to his employ of a medium, itself unique for a Swedish homicide investigation.
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