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Pale, pop-eyed Erik Berggreen stood at the bar of a Swedish court last week charged with robbery, to wit: the theft of a number of watches, pieces of jewelry. As the evidence was reported, Swedish travelers for the past six months on the crack Norrland Express, between Stockholm and Narvik in Norway, tingled at the thought that they had been riding on a train driven not only by a thief, but by a madman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWEDEN: Mad Erik | 2/9/1931 | See Source »

...jumped out with my knife to put the wounded deer out of misery* and called to Berggreen to come and help me. In a fit of rage he swung his big knife and said he was going to kill me first. I was too frightened to report the case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWEDEN: Mad Erik | 2/9/1931 | See Source »

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