Olof Palme

**Olof Palme** (30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician. He was the leader of the Social Democratic Party from 1969 until his assassination and Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986.

## Death

Palme was shot and killed in Stockholm after going to the cinema on 28 February 1986. He was 59 years old. His wife was also shot but she survived. The gunman has never been identified, and the gun has never been found. His murder is still a mystery for Swedish police, even though people have been arrested in connection with it.

He was a pacifist and against _apartheid_, The Vietnam War, and nuclear weapons. He made efforts to improve welfare and economic, social and cultural rights for workers.

## Other websites

- Olofpalme.org Official page of the Olof Palme Archives with various documents.
- Selected Speeches by Olof Palme  - Speeches on Africa in English.
- Olof Palme's visit to Cuba - Speech by Fidel Castro on the Swedish-Cuban friendship, 1975.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **birthname**: Sven Olof Joachim Palme
- **image**: (Olof Palme) Felipe González ofrece una rueda de prensa junto al primer ministro de Suecia. Pool Moncloa. 28 de septiembre de 1984 (cropped).jpeg
- **caption**: Palme in 1984
- **office**: Prime Minister of Sweden
- **term start**: 8 October 1982
- **term end**: 28 February 1986
- **monarch1**: Carl XVI Gustaf
- **predecessor1**: Thorbjörn Fälldin
- **deputy1**: Ingvar Carlsson
- **successor1**: Ingvar Carlsson
- **term start2**: 14 October 1969
- **term end2**: 8 October 1976
- **monarch2**: Gustaf VI Adolf
Carl XVI Gustaf
- **predecessor2**: Tage Erlander
- **successor2**: Thorbjörn Fälldin
- **order3**: Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party
- **term start3**: 14 October 1969
- **term end3**: 28 February 1986
- **predecessor3**: Tage Erlander
- **successor3**: Ingvar Carlsson
- **office4**: President of the Nordic Council
- **term start4**: 1 January 1979
- **term end4**: 31 December 1979
- **predecessor4**: Trygve Bratteli
- **successor4**: Matthías Árni Mathiesen
- **office5**: Minister for Education (Sweden), Minister of Education
- **primeminister5**: Tage Erlander
- **term start5**: 1 January 1968
- **term end5**: 14 October 1969
- **predecessor5**: Himself <small>(as Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs)</small>
- **successor5**: Ingvar Carlsson
- **office6**: Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs
- **primeminister6**: Tage Erlander
- **term start6**: 29 September 1967
- **term end6**: 31 December 1967
- **predecessor6**: Ragnar Edenman
- **successor6**: Himself <small>(as Minister of Education)</small>
- **office7**: Minister for Infrastructure (Sweden), Minister of Communications (Transport)
- **term start7**: 25 November 1965
- **term end7**: 29 September 1967
- **primeminister7**: Tage Erlander
- **predecessor7**: Gösta Skoglund
- **successor7**: Svante Lundkvist
- **birth place**: Stockholm, Sweden
- **death place**: Stockholm, Sweden
- **death cause**: Assassination of Olof Palme, Gunshot wound
- **resting place**: Adolf Fredrik Church
- **education**: Kenyon College (Bachelor of Arts, BA)
Stockholm University (Master of Laws, LLM)
- **party**: Swedish Social Democratic Party, Social Democratic
- **website**: [http://www.palmecenter.org/ Olof Palme International Center]
- **signature**: Olof Palme Signature.svg
- **allegiance**: Sweden
- **relatives**: Rajani Palme Dutt (first-cousin, once removed)
- **branch**:  Swedish Army
- **serviceyears**: 1945–1947 (active)
1947–1977 (reserve)
- **rank**: Kapten, Captain
- **unit**: Svea Artillery Regiment