Mr. Lundstrom was a supporter of far-right causes and, at one point, an unsuccessful candidate for office. He was convicted of aiding copyright infringement in 2009.

Carl Lundstorm was a financier who backed Pirate Bay when it was launched in 2003 in Sweden by Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde and Gottfrid Svartholm.

Carl Lundström, the Swedish businessman and early financial backer of The Pirate Bay, tragically lost his life in a plane crash while piloting his Piper Mooney Ovation M20R. Lundström, 64, was flying from Zagreb, Croatia, to Zurich, Switzerland, when his aircraft crashed into a wooden cabin in the Velika Planina mountains of northern Slovenia.

Pirate Bay co-founder Carl Lundstrom dies in Slovenia plane crash - Bad weather prevents rescue teams from discovering body until a day after crash

Carl Lundstrom was 64. The co-founder and financial backer of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, Carl Lundstrom, has died after a plane he was flying crashed in Northern Slovenia. Lundstrom was flying solo.

Carl Lundström, co-founder and early backer of the notorious file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, has died following a plane crash in the Slovenian highlands. He was 64 years old.

One of the initial backers of infamous torrenting site The Pirate Bay, Carl Lundström, has died after crashing his aircraft in bad weather.… He took off in his Mooney M20 propeller plane from Zagreb,

LJUBLJANA : Swedish businessman Carl Lundstrom, owner of the internet provider that hosted the illegal file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, has died in an airplane crash in Slovenia, according to the far-right party he was linked to.