Terje Johansen was supposed to drive from Nykirke in Vestfold, to his new summer house in northern Norway, but ended up on a remote island in Sweden. His car was found next to a felled tree, but Terje was gone.
What was Terje supposed to do on the Swedish island of Muskø? And why was he driving around the Stockholm area the day before he disappeared? These questions have haunted the Swedish police since December 2021. An important detail in Terje’s car could provide an answer to the crime mystery.
When Åsted Norge visited Terje’s niece last autumn, information emerged which until now has been unknown to both the public and the police.
WANT ANSWERS: Janne Amundsen and sister Line want to know what happened to their uncle Terje Johansen. Photo: Espen Storsve
Janne Amundsen says that she discovered her uncle’s GPS when she was going to retrieve personal belongings from his car. A number of addresses had been entered into the GPS. One of them was the address of his new summer house on Skjervøy in Troms, but several addresses were located near Stockholm.
Retrieved mobile data
Swedish police have obtained data from Terje’s mobile phone which shows where he has driven.
The last mobile connection takes place on the island of Muskø, south of Stockholm, on 1 December.
The police have also searched the island of Muskø and obtained traces of Terje’s car. But an important detail was overlooked when the Swedish police searched Terje’s car. Namely the built-in GPS.
Contained a number of addresses
After the Swedish police had finished their investigations, the car was sold to an insurance company in Norway. Later it was petitioned to be condemned due to the damage. Just before condemnation, Åsted Norge obtained the GPS and secured its contents.
A number of Swedish addresses had been entered on the GPS. Several of them near Stockholm. Åsted Norge’s reporter went to Sweden to look up the addresses in an attempt to get closer to the answer to what Terje was going to in the south of Sweden and on Muskø.
SEARCHED ADDRESSES: Åsted Norge searched the same addresses that Terje probably did in Stockholm before he disappeared Photo: Joakim Kaasen Thoresen.
See the report in Åsted Norge on TV 2 Play.
Regrettably
Swedish police have previously stated that they have turned over all stones in the search for Terje Johansen. They have also stated that they are investigating the case as a murder with an unknown perpetrator. When asked why the GPS was not checked, chief investigator Lotta Thyni replies that it is regrettable.
– Our technicians have carried out advanced searches in the car to see if they could find traces of another person. Hence we have missed the GPS.
SORRY: Chief investigator Lotta Thyni says it is regrettable that the GPS was not checked by the police. Photo: Joakim Kaasen Thoresen.
When you compare the addresses from the GPS and mobile connections, you see that they result in the same places in the Stockholm area.
– The GPS confirms what we already know, that he has been to these places.
SEIZURE: Norwegian police came to Åsted Norge’s offices and seized the GPS in February.
– But, could this provide any more clues or more answers?
– Yes, we hope so. We hope we can get help from the Norwegian police to empty it and see if we can find anything more.
Norwegian police seized the GPS on 9 February to secure evidence. It is now being checked by the police’s computer specialists. The investigation is not finished.
