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At 64, Carl Lundstrom, known for his support of far-right politics and financing the infamous Pirate Bay, lost his life in a plane accident in Slovenia. Investigators are still determining the crash's cause.
Carl Lundstrom, the heir to a Swedish crisp bread fortune and financier of the notorious file-sharing site Pirate Bay, tragically died in a plane crash on Monday in Slovenia. The far-right party Alternative for Sweden confirmed his death. Lundstrom, 64, was both the pilot and the only passenger aboard his Mooney M20 aircraft, which departed from Zagreb and was heading to Zurich.Contact was lost with the plane over the Velika Planina mountains, prompting a complicated rescue operation as bad weather halted helicopter access. Rescuers had to trek through rugged terrain to reach the crash site, where they found wreckage embedded in a wooden hut. Sadly, authorities confirmed that Lundstrom's body was found among the debris, while the investigation into the crash's cause is ongoing.Known as the grandson of the founder of Wasabröd, a Swedish crisp bread brand, Lundstrom was also recognized for his far-right political activities, having even run unsuccessfully for public office and faced conviction for aiding copyright infringement in 2009.
