Over 30 years after Sweden’s prime minister was gunned down on the streets of Stockholm, the mystery may finally be solved
By John R. Schindler • 11/16/16 2:30pm
A 1980s portrait of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in Stockholm. AFP/Getty Images
A 1980s portrait of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in Stockholm. AFP/Getty Images
It was a shocking crime by any standards, but in placid Sweden it was unthinkable. On the cold and wintry evening of February 28, 1986, Olof Palme, the country’s longtime prime minister, was walking home from the cinema, through downtown Stockholm, with his wife. The couple had gone out for the evening, on short notice, without a bodyguard.
