Henrik Evertsson
 Henrik Evertsson     ( documentary film maker) | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1987 Östersund, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Exposed |  Sinking of the MS Estonia |
Swedish documentary film maker who was convicted after exposing the official narrative of the Sinking of the MS Estonia | |
Henrik Evertsson is a Swedish documentary film maker who exposedt the official narrative of the 1994 Sinking of the MS Estonia which killed over 800 people. Officially an accident, his evidence did definitely not coincide with this narrative.
Activities
The official narrative based on the 1997 investigation – that there had been a failure of the vessel's retractable ramp – had been disputed for years by the survivors and relatives of the victims. Broadcast on 28 September 2020 on Discovery Channel, the documentary entitled Estonia: the discovery that changes everything revealed the existence of a previously unknown four-metre hole in the hull of the ship. It was filmed with a remotely-operated camera attached to an underwater vehicle.
Evertsson and his co-producer Linus Andersson were accused of illegally entering a protected site considered as a grave following the 1995 agreement between Sweden, Estonia and Finland and the UK, which bans any exploration of the area.[1]
In September 2022, the Gothenburg district court sentenced Evertsson and wreck expert Linus Andersson to 40 day fines. A judgment of the Court of Appeal in March 2023 upped the sentence to 80 daily fines.[2]
