US Edition‘Stockholm Syndrome’ Bank Robber Clark Olofsson Dies
- Clark Olofsson, a notorious Swedish bank robber, died at age 78 after gaining global notoriety for a six-day hostage siege in Stockholm in 1973.
- The standoff began when Jan-Erik Olsson entered Kreditbanken, capturing several hostages and insisting that Clark Olofsson, who was incarcerated at the time, be released from prison and brought to the bank—a demand that Swedish authorities accepted.
- During the ordeal, hostages, including Kristin Enmark, sympathized with Olofsson, defended their captors, feared police actions, and refused to testify against them after release.
- The term 'Stockholm syndrome' was coined by criminologist Nils Bejerot to describe captives' emotional bonds with kidnappers, though experts debate if it is a psychiatric condition.
- Olofsson's death comes as the 50th anniversary of the siege coincides with renewed public interest, including a 2022 Netflix series and ongoing discussions about his criminal legacy.
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Olofsson became recognized as one of those responsible for a kidnapping at a bank in Stockholm
Clark Olofsson, who died Tuesday at the age of 78, was perhaps Sweden's most famous criminal. But his fame did not come from a murder or a robbery. In August 1973, he suddenly found himself at the center of a 131-hour hostage drama in Stockholm that became known worldwide as the birth of Stockholm syndrome.
Kristin Ehnmark took more than 10 years to understand what had happened to her during her kidnapping, why she had acted that way. And when she finally knew it, she felt relief. “They say that one can freeze from fear, and I think my mind was disconnected,” the Swiss cashier said years later, during an interview. It was 52 years since the day she and three other comrades were taken hostage inside the vault of the bank where they were working. The…
His figure is indissolubly linked to one of the most singular episodes in the history of modern crime and inspired the expression Stockholm Syndrome. He died at 78 years old Clark Olofsson, the Swedish criminal whose face has gone through decades of black chronicle and criminal psychology. It was the seizure in a bank in Stockholm that gave rise to the famous expression. News of his death, after a long illness, was the family, through the Swedis…
The Swedish criminal is notably known for his involvement in the robbery of a Swedish bank in 1973.
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