Joakim Fohlman
Swedish activist
Joakim Fohlman (born 19 July 1979) is an entrepreneur and activist best known for his initiative to help those affected by crime in Sweden, including the movements Safer Uppsala County and the Foundation for a Safer Sweden. Fohlman's crusade against crime was motivated by his own experience of being attacked.
Early life and career
Fohlman was born in 1979 in Uppsala County, Sweden. He started his first business, an advertising agency, at 19 years old and when he was 25 his business grossed over a million dollars. By this time he had also started an internet technology business and the tourist magazine for the city where he lived.
Attack
Fohlman was returning from dinner at a restaurant with his girlfriend and some friends when some men started bothering his girlfriend. Fohlman asked the men to stop, and one of them punched him in the nose three times. Fohlman went to the hospital where he was told to come back after the weekend. Then he went to the police and was told that it would take several weeks to process his complaint. He received no information about his right to legal counsel or victim services.
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