Carl Lundström
Carl Ulf Sture Lundström (b. 13 April 1960 in Filipstad; d. 10 March 2025 at Velika Planina, Slovenia) was a Swedish businessman, political activist and philanthropist for many causes including Swedish nationalism and free speech.
Life
Lundstrom was heir to the Swedish ‘crispbread’ brand Wasabröd.[1] He is famously known for his contributions and backing of the Pirate Bay file sharing website, financing of the Swedish Progress Party in 1991 and later, the Sweden Democrats. As a backer of Swedish culture, people, and their preservation, Lundstrom was often described by his detractors as "far-right".
Death
Lundström was an avid sports pilot and crashed his plane at Velika Planina, Slovenia on 10 March 2025. Lundström was behind the controls and was alone in the plane, which was en route from the Croatian capital Zagreb to Switzerland.
- One of the initial backers of infamous torrenting site The Pirate Bay, Carl Lundström, has died after crashing his aircraft in bad weather. He took off in his Mooney M20 propeller plane from Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, en route to Zürich in Switzerland, but local media reports that he crashed into a cabin on Slovenia's Velika Planina mountain, splitting the hut in two. Although rescue efforts were hampered by bad weather, the authorities have now confirmed that a body has been found. Alternative for Sweden, the political party Lundström helped to organize, confirmed his death on Wednesday. "Carl Lundström, a legend and veteran of Swedish nationalism, died in a plane crash on Monday," the party said in a statement.[2]
