A Swedish woman has come to Thailand in search of her six-year-old daughter, who has been missing since June last year.

Alicia Elfversson, pictured above with her mother, is believed to have been abducted by her father, Norwegian Torgeir Nordbo, 47.

Interpol has reportedly alerted police in Thailand and Cambodia about Nordbo, and Alicia, after it was discovered last month they had been living in the Cambodian seaside resort of Sihanoukville.

Nordbo also owned two pickup trucks and had a boat in Pattaya, Elfversson, 35, said in an interview yesterday.

Elfversson, 35, from Gothenburg, said she was awarded sole custody of her daughter after her relationship with Nordbo broke down. She said he was "furious" about her and Alicia moving back to Sweden from Thailand in April last year.

Last seen in Cambodia

In June 2007, she agreed to let him take their daughter to Norway to visit his family for 14 days, but said police had learnt since that he drove south to Morocco and flew to Cambodia via Malaysia and Shanghai.

"Alicia was last seen in Sihanoukville last month. We now think that Torgeir has taken Alicia to Thailand because he has business there.

"He owned a condo at the Sunshine Beach Condotel near the Ocean Marina.

"I haven't seen or spoken to my daughter in 9 months. I'm getting desperate. My despair is endless. Day and night I think of Alicia."

She said it appeared Alicia - who speaks Thai, Khmer, some Swedish and Norwegian, plus English - had "been dressed like a boy" and had her blonde hair cut short while living in Cambodia with her father, who was allegedly calling her "Al".

Nordbo had been charged with abduction last August, according to Elfversson. She will hold a press conference at the Rembrandt Hotel in Sukhumvit 18 at 2pm today.