Escape from prison Stig Bergling

opel ascona 1 of escape vehicles used during bergling s prison escape in october, 1987.

on 6 october 1987, while on conjugal visit norrköping prison, , wife, elisabeth, managed escape. bergling had been planning escape prison 3 years. on monday morning, 5 october, bergling left prison on conjugal visit prison overseer. had met wife during day , later in evening, 3 had eaten dinner @ restaurant stallmästaregården. prison overseer had left couple in wife s apartment in rinkeby @ 23:00 in evening , return 13:00 day after. surveillance bergling had säpo s surveillance team in car in front of house. wife had arranged 3 rental cars serve escape vehicles. first 1 parked in front of house attract surveillance team. @ midnight, put plans action. first, wife left apartment disguised , passed säpo s surveillance car. then, bergling went down garage of house dressed in jogger outfit , went out of gate. there fog , surveillance team not see him.

the plan meet @ second escape vehicle, in parking lot in rinkeby, 1 kilometer away. before reach second car, säpo s surveillance car had stopped behind because checked on cars in area. wife went off third escape vehicle parked in djursholm. bergling ran on järvafältet towards tensta , reached e18, found vacant taxi. ordered taxi djursholms Ösby , ran there last bit djursholm square. met up, planned, @ third escape vehicle, opel ascona, had been parked 50 meters convicted spy stig wennerström lived.

from djursholm made way further north grisslehamn Ålandsfärjan departed @ 09.00. made way through eckerö in Åland soviet consulate in mariehamn, arrived @ 13:00, @ same time prison overseer knocked on door of apartment in rinkeby. here couple instructed take ferry finnish mainland , on soviet embassy in helsinki. stayed there week. in district of tapiola in espoo, police found couple s escape vehicle. took more 10 hours before swedish authorities issued official alert bergling. bergling transported in trunk of diplomatic car 200 kilometres (120 mi) finnish–soviet border station vaalimaa , old clients.

the government offices informed of bergling s escape during afternoon of 6 october 1987, telephone message director general of national prison , probation administration minister of justice sten wickbom. approximately @ 16.00 justice minister had spoken director general, , half hour later bureau chief p-g näss @ police security department. justice minister , colleagues was, throughout night of wednesday, until @ 05:30 in morning, working in department. had had regular contact with, säpo. @ first contact security department @ 16:30, justice minister wickbom asked if official alert (rikslarm) had been issued , got answer no such alert had been issued, be. official alert first issued @ 22:14, 24 hours after prison overseer had left couple in apartment in rinkeby.