Harry Söderman

Harry Söderman
Born24 August 1902
Stockholm, Sweden
Died16 March 1956(1956-03-16) (aged 53)
Tanger, Morocco
Resting placeTuringe kyrkogård, Nykvarn
OccupationCriminalist

Harry Söderman (24 August 1902 – 16 March 1956) was a Swedish police officer and criminalist. In his native Sweden, he went by the nickname "Revolver-Harry".

Söderman was a pioneer of modern criminology in Scandinavia, and the first head of the National Swedish Criminal Police Registry and Forensic Laboratories between 1939 and 1953.

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