Swedish ski star Frida Karlsson says she stood up for ladies in stalker case

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Frida Karlsson, a Swedish cross-country snowboarding world champion, stated she was standing up for ladies by bringing the difficulty of stalking into the general public gaze after being “victimized” by a person in an ordeal lasting greater than a yr.

A person in his 60s was given a suspended sentence and ordered to pay 40,000 kronor ($4,100) in damages after being convicted of stalking Karlsson for a yr and 4 months, in accordance with Swedish information company TT.

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In accordance with the indictment, the person referred to as Karlsson 207 instances, left her voicemails and textual content messages and approached her, together with exterior her residence, TT reported. Greater than 7,000 photos have been discovered on the person’s telephone, most of them of Karlsson.

The 25-year-old Karlsson, who was a workforce bronze medalist on the 2022 Beijing Olympics and has simply received her first particular person world championship title, spoke about her stalking case for the primary time this week whereas at a coaching camp for Sweden’s winter athletes within the Greek island of Crete.

“This specific subject of stalking is one thing that impacts many individuals and that was one of many causes we reported this to the police,” Karlsson stated at a information convention.

“It impacts extra than simply public figures. It’s primarily girls who’re being victimized and that’s additionally why I’m doing this now.”

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Karlsson was glad to have gone by means of the trial and “had my say.”

“Everybody ought to converse up when one thing is incorrect and when somebody crosses the road,” she added. “And I hope that everybody who’s victimized does so.”

In February, a person who was discovered responsible of stalking U.S. Open tennis champion Emma Raducanu was given a five-year restraining order. He additionally was sentenced to an 18-month group service order that features 200 hours of unpaid work.

In Karlsson’s case, each events have appealed the decision. The prosecutor, Christina Edlund Nilsson, desires to see the person go to jail.

Karlsson is hoping the person will get “the punishment he deserves.”

“Then it might probably set a type of normal, not just for me however for everybody else who’s victimized as effectively.”

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