Albert Gustaf Dahlman
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Albert Gustaf Dahlman (born Anders Gustaf Dalman), (17 February 1848 - 30 July 1920). Swedish executioner and the last one to carry out a capital punishment in Sweden.
After a military career (he was stationed with Västmanlands regiment and reached the rank of corporal), Dahlman was selected for the position of executioner for the capital Stockholm from 200 applicants on 5 August 1885. From 1887 he was the sole executioner in the country, after Per Petter Christiansson Steineck had emigrated to the USA.
Dahlman carried out the last six executions in Sweden, five with the axe and one with the guillotine.
- 7 August 1890 - carried out the execution of Anna Månsdotter in Kristianstad.
- 17 March 1893 - carried out the execution of Per Johan Pettersson in Gävle.
- 5 July 1900 - carried out the execution of Julius Sallrot in Karlskrona.
- 23 August 1900 - carried out the execution of Lars Nilsson in Malmö.
- 10 December 1900 - carried out the execution of John Filip Nordlund in Västerås.
- 23 November 1910 - carried out the execution of Johan Alfred Ander in Stockholm.
During the final 10 years of his tenure as executioner in Sweden he carried out no executions. In the year after his death, the capital punishment was abolished in Sweden for crimes committed during peace. In 1973 it was abolished for crimes committed during war.
