STOCKHOLM (AP) — Frida Karlsson, a Swedish cross-country skiing world champion, said she was standing up for women by bringing the issue of stalking into the public gaze after being “victimized” by a man in an ordeal lasting more than a year.
A man in his 60s was given a suspended sentence and ordered to pay 40,000 kronor ($4,100) in damages after being convicted of stalking Karlsson for a year and four months, according to Swedish news agency TT.
According to the indictment, the man called Karlsson 207 times, left her voicemails and text messages and approached her, including outside her apartment, TT reported.