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ARTICLES RELATED TO Olof Palme - Early life and education | | | |  Olof Palme - Early life and education: Encyclopedia II - Olof Palme - Early life and educationPalme was born in Östermalm, Stockholm, Sweden. He came from an upper-class background. However, his political orientation came to be influenced by Social Democratic ideas and ideals. This was mainly the effect of his travels in developing countries as a student leader (see below).
On a scholarship, he studied at Kenyon College, Ohio 1947-1948, graduating with a B.A. in less than a year. Inspired by the radical debate in the student community, he wrote a critical essay on Friedrich Hayek's The Road to Serfdom. After hitchhikin ...
See also:Olof Palme, Olof Palme - Early life and education, Olof Palme - Political career, Olof Palme - Controversy, Olof Palme - Assassination, Olof Palme - Conspiracy theories, Olof Palme - Right-wing extremists, Olof Palme - Kurdish connection, Olof Palme - Christer Pettersson, Olof Palme - South Africa connection, Olof Palme - P2 and Irangate, Olof Palme - Memorials Read more here: » Olof Palme: Encyclopedia II - Olof Palme - Early life and education |
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| | | | Olof Palme - Early life and education: Encyclopedia II - Olof Palme - Conspiracy theories Palme's assassination remains unsolved, with a number of conspiracy theories surrounding the murder.
Olof Palme - Right-wing extremists.
A Swedish right-wing extremist, Victor Gunnarsson, was quickly arrested for the murder but was soon released, after a dispute between the police and prosecuting attorneys. John Ausonius, in those days named John Stannerman, was also one of the police's suspects for the murder. However, Stannerman could not be linked to the murder because he was locked up in prison the night Palme was shot.
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See also:Olof Palme, Olof Palme - Early life and education, Olof Palme - Political career, Olof Palme - Controversy, Olof Palme - Assassination, Olof Palme - Conspiracy theories, Olof Palme - Right-wing extremists, Olof Palme - Kurdish connection, Olof Palme - Christer Pettersson, Olof Palme - South Africa connection, Olof Palme - P2 and Irangate, Olof Palme - Memorials Read more here: » Olof Palme: Encyclopedia II - Olof Palme - Conspiracy theories |
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| | | | Olof Palme - Early life and education: Encyclopedia II - Olof Palme - Assassination Olof Palme could often be seen without any bodyguard protection, and the night of his murder was one such occasion. Walking home from a movie theatre with his wife Lisbet on the central Stockholm street Sveavägen, close to midnight on February 28, 1986, the couple were attacked by a lone gunman. Palme was shot twice in the stomach, his wife was shot in the back.
Police said that a taxi-driver used his mobile radio to raise the alarm. Two young girls sitting in a car close to the scene of the shooting tried to help the Prime Minister. ...
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| | | | Olof Palme - Early life and education: Encyclopedia II - Olof Palme - Controversy Palme was a controversial political figure on the international scene: his trenchant criticism of the United States for the Vietnam war; campaigning against nuclear weapons proliferation; condemnation of apartheid and advocating economic sanctions against South Africa; his support—both political and financial—for the African National Congress (ANC) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO); meeting with Fidel Castro of Cuba, all ensured tha ...
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| | | | Olof Palme - Early life and education: Encyclopedia II - Olof Palme - Political career In 1953, Palme was recruited by social democratic Prime Minister Tage Erlander to work in his secretariat. From 1955 he was a board member of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League. In 1958 he was elected Member of Parliament.
Olof Palme held several cabinet posts from 1963 and onwards. In 1967 he became Minister of Education, and the following year he was the target of fierce criticism from left-wing students protesting against the government's plans for university reform. When party leader Tage Erlander stepped down in 1969, Palme was unanimously elected as the new leader by the Social Democratic party con ...
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