Composer Stefan Nilsson died a yr in the past. Within the SVT documentary “Min död är min” he tells that he had chosen to take his personal life due to ALS – a illness that weakened his muscle tissue and prompted his beforehand broken hip to ache a lot that he needed to be put to sleep at evening.
– He lay and screamed at evening, “oh, let me die!” regardless that he was sedated, says Lotta Hasselquist Nilsson.
The documentary started filming simply months after the sickness notification he obtained in February 2023. The ALS rapidly broke down his physique and on Could 25 of the identical yr he died at residence in his mattress. Two girls had then come to his residence with a potion that he himself might drink to kill himself.
After Stefan Nilsson’s demise, the police began an investigation and his residence was thought-about against the law scene. Nonetheless, the police investigation was later dropped.
– He needed his demise to turn out to be a bat within the debate. That it’s best to have the appropriate to take your life when you have an sickness like this and there’s no hope in any way, says Lotta Hasselquist Nilsson.
“I, Stefan Nilsson, hereby determine to finish my life… With my very own contacts, I’ve acquired what I would like to go to sleep peacefully.” On a bit of paper, Stefan Nilsson wrote that he did not need to dwell anymore. Picture: SVT
” title for my final movie”
Tom Alandh, who had really produced his final documentary for SVT, says that it nonetheless felt apparent to inform the story of Stefan and Lotta when he was requested by the couple.
– It feels extremely nice when an individual asks should you can inform them how their life ends. And I feel it is a good title for my final movie.
– What stood out was the unimaginable love between Stefan and Lotta. I feel I’ve hardly skilled that in my 54 years at work. It’s not solely a tragic track but additionally a gorgeous love story.
See My demise is mine on SVT Play or on SVT 2 at 20.00 on Thursday 23 Could.
