The first and so far only aircraft hijacking in Sweden , that of the Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130 took place at Bulltofta Airport on 15 September 1972 . It was hijacked because the six Croats who were imprisoned for the murder of Yugoslav ambassador Rolović in Stockholm in 1971 would be released . The aircraft hijacking was already planned before the attack on the Yugoslav Embassy . Stojanov said in an interview in 2004 that if they were to get caught , their comrades would get them free by hijacking an airplane . Three Croatian men , Tomislav Rebrina ( 36 ) , Nicola Lisac ( 44 ) and Rudolf Prskalo ( 29 ) , from the fascist Ustashe movement held 86 passengers and 4 crew members hostage . In the end , six of the detained terrorists who were taken to Malmö were exchanged for hostages to be released . The hijackers also received half a million Swedish crowns , which they demanded . A seventh of those involved in the ambassador 's murder refused to come along . The plane took off and flew to Madrid . The hijackers and their comrades were arrested and received extremely symbolic punishments - rather protection - in Spain which was then a fascist dictatorship under Francisco Franco . They were eventually released and scattered across the world . Some returned to Croatia in connection with the breakup of Yugoslavia
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130
1971 Yugoslav Embassy shooting