On December 22, 2000, three men walked into the Swedish National Museum, one of them holding a machine gun. It seemed like a simple plan, walk in, subdue the guards, take what you want and leave; but this was one of the most elaborate heists in history. Fri 22 Dec 2000 21.07 EST First published on Fri 22 Dec 2000 ... "The whole robbery is absurd," he told Swedish news agency TT. The gang then snatched a self-portrait by Rembrandt and two small paintings by Renoir off the walls, before escaping in … Value:… Before entering the Swedish National Museum with a machine gun, three masked robbers planted decoy bombs around the city to distract the police. ... New Gardner museum video may show thieves 24 hours before art heist. They held up security and went in for the artwork they had planned to steal.

They held up security and went in for the artwork they had planned to steal. The National Museum Stockholm, 2000 The art theft that happened in Stockholm in 2000 is worthy of a James Bond movie. S T O C K H O L M, Sweden, Dec. 22, 2000 -- Gunmen snatched Rembrandt and Renoir paintings worth about $30 million from Stockholm’s National Museum today, police said. STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Thieves who stole Renoir and Rembrandt paintings in an audacious Christmas in Sweden have been sentenced to up to six years in prison and ordered to pay $30 million. In December 2000, thieves armed with submachine guns stormed Sweden’s National Museum in Stockholm in broad daylight and took the security guards hostage. In what is regarded as the single largest art heist in history, thieves made off with scores of valuable antiquities from Mexico City’s National Museum of Anthropology in 1983. Three raiders entered the museum on Stockholm’s waterfront at about 5:15 p.m. local time, while it was still open, and seized the pictures, a police spokesman said. Sweden’s National Museum Loses Two Renoirs and a Rembrandt (2000) In December 2000, a gang of thieves used sensational tactics to rob the National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm. Swedish Art Heist On December 22, 2000, three men walked into the Swedish National Museum, one of them holding a machine gun. Stolen: View of Sea at Scheveningen, Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen. When: December 7, 2002. It seemed like a simple plan, walk in, subdue the guards, take what you want and leave; but this was one of the most elaborate heists in history.

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