Velika Planina (Slovenia) - The Swedish right-wing extremist and heir to the crispbread giant Wasabröd Carl Lundström has died in a plane crash in Slovenia at the age of 64.

According to media reports, such as the Slovenian news site"24UR.com", a small private propeller plane disappeared on Monday morning, March 10, after taking off from the Croatian capital Zagreb over the Slovenian mountain region of Velika planina. The plane was on its way to Switzerland.

Rescue workers found parts of the crashed plane. Photos show the crash site and a house torn in half by the plane. Investigators also discovered the body of one person. As it turned out: the pilot of the plane.

As Swedish media, such as"Expressen", later reported, the deceased pilot was the Swedish right-wing extremist Carl Lundström. According to reports, he was the only person on the plane.

Authorities are investigating the background to the crash. The cause of the accident is not yet known. According to "24Ur.com", air accident investigator Toni Stojčevski emphasized that the investigation into the incident was extremely challenging and that the weather conditions on site were difficult.

Carl Lundström was the grandson of the founder of the crispbread manufacturer Wasabröd, Karl Edvard Lundström (1887-1963). In 1982, the family sold the company to the Swiss firm Sandoz. Lundström received the equivalent of around 10 million euros from the sale.

He was an entrepreneur and owned the telecommunications provider Rix Telecom. In 2009, he was convicted of aiding and abetting copyright infringements as a financier of the internet file-sharing platform The Pirate Bay.

Lundström was also an avowed supporter of right-wing extremist parties and movements in Sweden. For example, he was a member of the racist Bevara Sverige Svenskt (Sweden should remain Swedish). The "Alternativ för Sverige" party, the Swedish AfD counterpart, published an obituary for the late Carl Lundström on Facebook.

In it, the party called him a "legend and veteran of Swedish nationalism". Lundström was involved in "Alternativ för Sverige" and stood as a candidate in the 2021 church elections.