title: Malexander
text: # Malexander
  
  Malexander is a small village in Boxholm Municipality, Sweden, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) southwest of Linköping and 27 km (17 mi) southeast of Boxholm. It is located close to the lake Sommen and has a jetty where the steamboat S/S Boxholm II stops. It is well known for the 1999 Police Murders.
  
  ## History
  
  There is evidence of a church in Malexander from at least the 13th century. The current church, Malexander Church, was built in 1881 and partly rebuilt following a fire in 1929.
  
  ## Malexander murders
  
  On 28 May 1999, one of the most high-profile murders in Sweden took place in Malexander when two police officers were executed following a bank robbery in Kisa.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Hilding Hagberg, chairman of the Swedish Communist Party (1951–1963)
  * Sven Stolpe, author
  * Bengt Åkerblom, author of Åkerblomstolen
  * Pelle Björnlert, riksspelman.
  