During the Cold War, the Soviets used to send their submarines up Swedish fiords to train their crews on stealth. The Swedes couldn't catch them.
It appears that the descendants of all the Vikings with warrior genes now reside somewhere other than Sweden. As Madame Lindh had time to run up an escalator, she may have had time to draw a derringer and shoot her attacker. But, that would require a belief in self defense and guns, a warrior trait.
Minnesota.