On January 5, 1910 a foreign currency exchange office in central Stockholm was robbed and young cashier Victoria Hellsten was killed (read more about this notorious crime here https://reveal.world/story/1386 ). The thief and murderer Johan Alfred Andersson Ander was caught by the police on the very same day, put behind bars in Långholmen prison (https://reveal.world/story/1237) and later sentenced to death. He was executed on November 23, 1910 at 8:00 am in the prison’s yard. It was the last execution in the country and it happened to be the one and only time a guillotine was used in Sweden.

The guillotine itself has had an interesting life story. It was manufactured by France's most famous executioner who performed 386 executions during his tenure between 1899-1939. The guillotine arrived in Stockholm by steamboat from Antwerp, and caused a lot of confusion at the customs as there were no instructions for customs clearance of such a device. Finally, it was declared as “agricultural equipment” and the Justice Department had to pay 258,20 Swedish krona in customs duty. 

The guillotine stayed at Långholmen prison until 1921. After the abolition of the death penalty, it was moved to the Stockholm Police Museum. Today it belongs to The Nordic Museum collection but is viewed to the public only on special occasions. For those interested, there is a model at Långholmen's museum.