Yep, completely true. And if memory serves me right, I read in the newspapers that he had a history of mental issues. Not entirely sure about it though. What I do know for sure was that it turned into a MAJOR thing in media in Sweden. The show was called "bullying tv", and the producers instantly declared they would re-cut all the episodes before showing them. They did, people hated it for the first few episodes, but by the end of season one pretty much everybody was hooked. The success was a fact.