Clark Olofsson

Clark Olofsson, new name Daniel Demuynck, (born 1947) is a famous criminal who grew up in an alcoholic household in Trollhättan, Sweden. When he was 8 years old, he and his two other siblings were temporarily placed in a foster home. When his mother recovered from her social problematics and got a job as a sales clark, she gathered the family once again in a flat at Hisingen in Gothenburg.

Clark Olofsson has spent more than half his life behind bars. Here follows a summary of his criminal career:

• In 1963, 16 years old, he was institutionalized by the criminal justice system for minor crimes in a Reform School.
• In 1966 he became notorious for his involvement in the murder of Police Constable Ragnar Sandahl. His partner in crime Gunnar Nordgren was arrested under dramatic circumstances. Olofsson was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment for among other things attempted murder.
• During the Norrmalmstorg robbery in August 1973, Olofsson was taken to the bank by the police at the demand of the robber Janne Olsson. Clark Olofsson was later charged as accessory to kidnapping of the bank clerks.
• During flight from Norrköping Prison in 1975, he robbed almost 1 million SKR from Handelsbanken in Gothenburg. At the time of the robbery it was the biggest in Swedish criminal history. Most of the money was never found and Olofsson claims he hid it where motorway E6 runs today. For the record robbery, another 8 years were added to his sentence.
• In 1979 Olofsson started studying at the Journalist School in Stockholm.
• In 1980, while on leave from prison, he got into a brawl with some fishermen on Midsummer Night's Eve and got a 2-year sentence for bodily harm.
• In spite of another sentence, he managed to finish his education at the Journalist School in 1983.
• He was released the same year and moved to Belgium with his Belgian wife.
• In 1984 he was apprehended attempting to smuggle 25 kg of Amphetamine into Sweden. He pleaded not guilty but was senteced to 10 years imprisonment.
• Released from prison in October 1991, things were quiet around him for a number of years with the exception of a bar room brawl.
• In June 1996, he was arrested outside a bank in Oslo by the Norwegian police, suspected of planning a robbery. He was released the next day.
• 1999, Clark Olofsson was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment in Denmark for drug trafficking. He was released in 2005.

Source

• Template:Sv icon Interview with Olofsson in Aftonbladet, 21 May, 2000. Accessed 28 June, 2007. This is the source for the entire article except the last sentence, about his release, an uncontroversial fact which could have come from anywhere.