page_title: Norrmalmstorg robbery
hierarchical_section_title: Norrmalmstorg robbery
caption_attribution_description: Office building (orig. residential building) Skravelberget Mindre 9/Norrmalmstorg 2. Built in 1884-86, architect O Eriksson, constructor I Hirsch, general contractor Johansson &amp; Hamarlund. 1920; new facade etc (architect T Grut). The building where Kreditbanken was at Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm, Sweden. In Kreditbanken the Norrmalmstorgsdrama took place and the Stockholm syndrome was "created".
context_page_description: The Norrmalmstorg robbery was a bank robbery and hostage crisis best known as the origin of the term Stockholm syndrome. It occurred at the Norrmalmstorg square in Stockholm, Sweden in August 1973, and was the first criminal event in Sweden covered by live television. Jan-Erik Olsson was a convicted criminal who had disappeared while on furlough from prison; who then held up a bank and took four hostages. During the ensuing negotiations, the Swedish Attorney General, Lennart Geijer allowed Olsson's former cellmate and friend Clark Olofsson to be brought from prison to the bank. Olofsson was himself a long time career criminal, but it's doubtful he was in league with Olsson. Famously, the hostages then bonded with their captors and acted to protect them despite their repeated threats to kill them all. Police finally mounted a tear gas attack five days into the crisis, and the robbers surrendered. Olsson was sentenced to 10 years for the robbery, while Olofsson was ultimately acquitted. The paradoxical actions of the hostages led to a great deal of academic and public interest in the case, including a 2003 Swedish television film and a 2018 Canadian film.
context_section_description: The Norrmalmstorg robbery was a bank robbery and hostage crisis best known as the origin of the term Stockholm syndrome. It occurred at the Norrmalmstorg square in Stockholm, Sweden in August 1973, and was the first criminal event in Sweden covered by live television. Jan-Erik Olsson was a convicted criminal who had disappeared while on furlough from prison; who then held up a bank and took four hostages. During the ensuing negotiations, the Swedish Attorney General, Lennart Geijer allowed  Olsson's former cellmate and friend Clark Olofsson to be brought from  prison to the bank. Olofsson was himself a long time career criminal, but it's doubtful he was in league with Olsson. Famously, the hostages then bonded with their captors and acted to protect them despite their repeated threats to kill them all. Police finally mounted a tear gas attack five days into the crisis, and the robbers surrendered. Olsson was sentenced to 10 years for the robbery, while Olofsson was ultimately acquitted. The paradoxical actions of the hostages led to a great deal of academic and public interest in the case, including a 2003 Swedish television film and a 2018 Canadian film.
caption: The former Kreditbanken building at Norrmalmstorg 2005.
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