WARSAW (AFP) - A Swedish neo-Nazi leader who admitted masterminding the theft of the sign from the entrance to the Auschwitz death camp was on Thursday sentenced to 32 months by a Polish court, a court spokesman said.

In November, Anders Högström, 34, who originally faced up to 10 years behind bars, struck a plea bargain by admitting his role in the theft before the case reached court.

On Thursday, a court in the southern Polish city of Krakow, accepted the 32-month prison term agreed in the plea bargain.

"He will serve the sentence in Sweden, in accordance with an agreement with Swedish justice authorities," Polish court spokesman Rafal Lisak told AFP Thursday after the court announced its verdict.