US EditionSweden: 40 Years Later, the Assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme Remains an Enigma
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CHRONICLE. The assassination of Olof Palme serves as an emblem for our common approach to knowledge. It probably made it easier for the man in the fluttering coat to escape.
The Prime Minister shot to death in the open street. Today it can still feel unreal. For those of you who have almost forgotten, for those of you who were barely born, for those of you who can't bear to read thousands of pages on Flashback, or for those of you who have already solved the Palme murder. Here is a quick recap in pictures from the 40 years that have eluded us since then.
This Saturday, February 28, 2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme. He was killed on February 28, 1986 at 11:21 p.m. with a bullet in his back in the heart of Stockholm. Olof Palme returned from the cinema on foot with his wife when he was shot. An unsolved murder, now a national trauma in Sweden.
Step by step through Stockholm on the fateful evening of 1986
The Royal News from all over the world in the GALA ticker: King Carl Gustaf ignites memorial candle for murdered Olof Palme +++ Princess Leonor receives great gold-plated recognition +++ King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia: Olympionikin remembers party night .Royal News from all over the world in the GALA tickerMarch 1, 2026Four decades after assassination: King Carl Gustaf's silent gesture goes under the skinFour decades after the murder of Olof …
The USrael attack on Iran and 40th Anniversary of the murder of Olof Palme
Jan Oberg TFF director February 28, 2026 Today, USrael attacked Iran, for the second time within just one year. Today also marks the 40th Anniversary of the murder of Swedish PM Olof Palme (1927-1986). In the video below, Palme condemns the US bombings of Hanoi, Vietnam, at Xmas 1972. He paid a price for it. […] The post The USrael attack on Iran and 40th Anniversary of the murder of Olof Palme appeared first on The Transnational.
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