On the 18 May 1876 he executed Konrad Petterson Lundqvist Tector (1838–1876) for murder in Stenkumla on Gotland.
It fell, death appeared to have followed immediately, but the blow was – obliquely.
Yet another must be made; this one hit better, but for the third time, the broadax must be raised and lowered, before the head was completely separated from the torso..."[1] After the execution of Tector he was enlisted to carry out one more execution, that of the Glimminge killer (Glimmingemördaren), Nils Peter Hagström, (1853–1887) on the 29 March 1887 in Kristianstad, in Skåne County.
The couple emigrated from Kristina parish, Jönköping County through the Port of Gothenburg to New York City.
Drömmen om Amerika or The dream of America is translated in to English, is a Swedish film from 1976, depicts the events of the last public executions in Sweden.