Very handsome Swedish gangster who makes women fall in love with him while committing crimes: Clark Olofsson

He was convicted of attempted murder, assault, robbery and drug dealing and spent more than half his life in correctional institutions in Sweden. Olofsson has been called Sweden's first "famous gangster".

You may not have heard of Clark Olofsson before, but after watching Netflix's six-episode miniseries, you'll be surprised how you haven't heard of it. Because Olofsson is the person who caused the emergence of the term “Stockholm Syndrome” used as a term in psychology! Also known as Sweden's most famous gangster, Olofsson's sympathy and devotion to the hostages in a bank robbery led to the emergence of this term. And the series both covers this event and brings to the screen the many ups and downs of Olofsson's childhood, teenage years, adulthood, and his life as a "family man".

Clark Olofsson's story is so shocking, illogical, and ridiculous that it's no wonder the world heard his name at the time. In fact, the series is a fictional retelling rather than a true crime documentary, and ultimately it manages to be interesting because of it. As he tricks Olofsson into falling in love with all of Sweden despite numerous thefts, drug dealing and dozens of bank robberies; we watch in a story based on facts and lies in his interesting life journey from childhood to adulthood.

To summarize the story briefly, Sweden's first famous gangster, Clark Oderth Olofsson, was born in February 1947. Olofsson, who was born into a family of alcoholic parents with undiagnosed mental problems, did not have a normal childhood. His father beats him and his mother for every ridiculous reason you can think of, and that's why Olofsson starts doing all kinds of work to earn money from a very young age; Of course, he starts to commit minor crimes at this age. Entering the juvenile detention center at the age of 16, Clark soon manages to escape from prison, breaking a record seventeen times in his lifetime.

The character of Clark initially comes across as a malevolent gangster who started his criminal career in the 1960s. Convicted of many crimes, including assault, theft, attempted murder, multiple bank robberies, Clark eventually becomes one of the most controversial figures in Swedish history. His recurring crimes such as bank robbery and prison breakouts make him a public figure, as search posters with his photos are featured in newspapers and across the country, and Clark also spends more than half of his life behind bars. But the event that made him world-famous was the Normalmstrong bank robbery in 1973.

When his strange friend Janne Olsson, whom he met from his days in prison, takes four people hostage in a bank and asks for 3 million Swedish kronor, a Mustang and Clark Olofsson to be brought to the bank, Olofsson is involved in the heist to cooperate with the police to remove the hostages safely. But when Janne complicates matters, she's stuck in the bank vault for six days with Clark and the hostages. In the process, Clark's exaggerated kindness to the hostages causes them to testify against the Swedish Prime Minister and defend Clark in court when it's all over. The hostages' sympathy for Clark and making him a weakness makes the term Stockholm Syndrome popular, as defined by criminologist Nils Bejerot.

The decision to release Olofsson came after parole negotiations were held in Belgium at the end of May 2018. Olofsson landed as a free man at Landvetter Airport outside Gothenburg, Sweden, on 30 July 2018.

On July 7, 1967, Olofsson became engaged to Madiorie Britmer in prison. He married Marijke from Belgium in 1976; they occasionally lived in a larger house in the Belgian countryside. His marriage to Marijke ended in 1999. He has six children, the youngest son with his current fiancee; three eldest sons and two pre-nuptial daughters from his ex-wife Marijke.