When he left Sweden he was going to be himself again, a free self for the first time since the shooting.
Some noblemen, still loyal to the king, chose to leave Sweden, while others were killed.
I have been alone since I left Sweden, two years already.
The characters illustrate some of the motives that prompted people to leave Sweden in the 19th century.
Between the time after the coup and before the royal family left Sweden, they were held under house arrest.
In 1860, the indigent artist left Sweden, never to return.
She left Sweden with her husband in 1818 and went to Italy.
No court order was issued to prevent them leaving Sweden.
"I left Sweden in 1982," he said to reporters this week.
After a few years they left Sweden again, since her husband was placed overseas in his work.