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Some more info on the shooter (G is fail. IG is even lower )



“IG IG IG”: Here are the Örebro shooter's school grades from the Asperger class
Published 2025-02-06
Rickard Andersson, who is suspected of Tuesday's mass murder at Campus Risbergska in Örebro, attended a special class for students with Asperger's syndrome. This is apparent from documents from Örebro Municipality that Samnytt has seen.

A “loner” who “doesn’t like people” and a man who “had mental difficulties.” This is how the 35-year-old who has been singled out for Tuesday’s massacre at the adult school in Örebro has been described in the media.

And there may be a logical explanation for that.

Asperger's class
In high school, Rickard Andersson, or Jonas Simon as he was called at the time, attended a special class at Wadköping's education center called SPASP.

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– It stands for the Social Sciences Program for Students with an Asperger's Diagnosis, explains the program's then principal, Tina Ottosson, to Samnytt.

– That diagnosis was used back then, but as far as I know, it is no longer used. It was a long time ago, she continues.


Rickard Andersson in high school. Photo: Örebro Municipality
Wadköping Education Center was closed in 2012. The reason was that the municipality needed to save money. The school had both regular upper secondary school programs, as well as special classes for students with neuropsychiatric disabilities such as autism and Asperger's.

– The programs were called differently at the time, before Gymnasieskola 2011. It was only the last year we had today's programs there. But there were both equivalents to today's vocational programs and university preparatory programs, says Tina Ottosson.

Failed in all subjects
Before Rickard Andersson started high school, he attended the now-defunct Sörbyängsskolan. When he finished his studies there in 2005, he had not reached the final grade targets in a single subject.


Rickard Andersson in high school. Photo: Örebro Municipality

Facsimile Örebro Municipality
In the special class in high school, things went a little better. Rickard Andersson received a good grade, VG, in Aesthetics, History A and Psychology A.

He did even worse in Sports and Health A; Development, Living Conditions and Socialization; Religious Studies A; Religious Studies B; and Swedish B. In those courses, the would-be mass murderer did not pass, IG.

Andersson graduated in 2008 with incomplete high school grades.


Facsimile Örebro Municipality

Photo: Private
Changing name
A couple of years after graduating, in October 2010, Rickard Andersson moved out of home. Until then, he had lived with his parents in a villa in Brickebacken on the outskirts of Örebro.

His new address is Sancta Birgittagatan in the central parts of the city. The following year he moves to Storgatan 53, on the other side of Örebro city center. He lives there until he commits Tuesday's mass murder.

In May 2017, Rickard Andersson changed his name. Before that, his name was Jonas Rickard Simon, with Jonas as his first name. When changing his name, he removed his first name and changed his last name.

Had four gun licenses
Despite his diagnosis and background in a special class for Asperger's students, Rickard Andersson was granted a firearms license for four hunting weapons. The Police Authority confirmed this during Thursday's press conference.

The 35-year-old had three of these weapons with him to school when the massacre was committed. According to media reports, Andersson was previously enrolled at Campus Risbergska, but according to the Central Student Financial Aid Board, he has no student loans and has not applied for a student grant in the past three years.

The police have not wanted to comment on the weapons licenses that Rickard Andersson has been granted.