LC control no. | no2019132196 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Wall, Kim, 1987-2017 |
Birth date | 1987-03-23 |
Death date | [2017-08-10,2018-07-11] |
Place of birth | Trelleborg (Sweden) |
Place of death | Køge Bay (Denmark) |
Field of activity | Journalism |
Affiliation | London School of Economics and Political Science Columbia University |
Profession or occupation | Journalists |
Found in | Wall, Ingrid. Boken om Kim Wall, 2018: title page (Kim Wall) Wikipedia, viewed September 9, 2019 (Kim Isabel Fredrika Wall (23 March 1987-10 or 11 August 2017) was a Swedish freelance journalist, active 2013-2017. She was born in Trelleborg, Scania, to Ingrid and Joachim Wall and died in Køge Bay, Denamrk. After graduating from high school in Malmö, she received a bachelor's degree in international relations at the London School of Economics and a dual master's degree in journalism and international relations at Columbia University in New York City. On August 10, 2017, she boarded the midget submarine UC3 Nautilus with the intent of interviewing its owner, entrepreneur Peter Madsen. She was reported missing after the submarine failed to return to Refshaleøen, Copenhagen. The submarine was found sunken the following morning and Madsen was arrested upon being rescued from the water. Between 21 August and 29 November, Wall's dismembered body parts were found in different locations around the area. Charged with her murder, Madsen was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 2018 Wall's parents published a book in her memory titled Boken om Kim Wall: När orden tar slut.) |