"It is with great pleasure that I can announce that Johan Gustafsson has been released and can return to Sweden," Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said in a statement, Xinhua news agency reported.
"Johan's situation has touched many of us, and extensive efforts have been made to secure his release," she said.
It was during a motorcycle vacation through Africa when Gustafsson was kidnapped in the city of Timbuktu by the terrorist group. Since then, he has been a prisoner of the group.
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