Lars Peter Karlsson (17 February 1966 – 11 March 1995) was a Swedish professional ice hockey player.
Peter Karlsson was murdered on the night of 11 March 1995 in Västerås by a 19-year-old man he encountered while walking.
His attacker, a 19-year-old white power skinhead, claimed that the two men had begun walking in the same direction and at some point, Karlsson made sexual advances towards him.
A responding police officer who had coached Karlsson in his youth was unable to identify him due to the extent of his injuries.
The killer's sentence, which was eight years, outraged some in the Swedish gay community who thought that the murder occurred because of Karlsson's sexuality.