Bloody End on Theatre Night

After a long stay abroad, author Henning Berger returns to Stockholm in September 1908 to attend the premiere of his play The Fallen at Dramaten. The play is a success, but Berger's joy over his long-awaited breakthrough is sadly short-lived. On a wet evening at the tavern, Berger decides to invite friends Henning Melstedt and Hans Magnus Nordlindh to room 401 at Hotel Anglais, which at the time faces Stureplan. The evening ends in a tragedy. According to the interrogation records, it is Nordlindh who first takes Berger's revolver from the desk drawer. However, according to the same records, Berger is the one holding the gun when Nordlindh is accidentally shot in the eye. Nordlindh later passes away at Serafimerlasarettet. Berger is sentenced to one month in prison. After his release he leaves Sweden, never to return. Left-behind letters reveal that he was planning to move back home, to a three-room apartment at S:t Paulsgatan 18.