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![Olof Palme was Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and from 1982 to 1986.]()
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Olof Palme was Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and from 1982 to 1986.
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AFP
![On February 28, 1986, Palme was shot in Stockholm.]()
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On February 28, 1986, Palme was shot in Stockholm.
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keystone-sda.ch
![The police sloppy in the investigation, insufficiently closing off the crime scene.]()
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The police sloppy in the investigation, insufficiently closing off the crime scene.
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Keystone
![Investigators came into focus: Stig Engström, who was one of the first witnesses at the scene.]()
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Investigators came into focus: Stig Engström, who was one of the first witnesses at the scene.
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imago
![South Africa's President Nelson Mandela in 1999 with a bust of Olof Palme in Stockholm. Palme had helped Mandela fight the apartheid regime.]()
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South Africa’s President Nelson Mandela in 1999 with a bust of Olof Palme in Stockholm. Palme had helped Mandela fight the apartheid regime.
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Tomorrow morning, the Swedes are gazing at Stockholm. There on Wednesday, prosecutor Krister Petersson (59) informed about the murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme (1927-1986), who was killed on February 28, 1986 on the corner of Sveavägen and Tunnelgatan in Stockholm.
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Will the case, for the dissolution of which a reward of 50 million crowns (still around 5.2 million Swiss francs) have been suspended, finally solved after 34 years of sloppiness?
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Palme and his wife Lisbet (1931–2018) watched the Swedish comedy “The Mozart Brothers” at the Grand cinema. When the two entered the street after the performance, a stranger shot him in the back at 11.31 p.m. Palme was instantly dead. Lisbet Palme suffered minor injuries from a second graze on the shoulder. The perpetrator ran away undetected.
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Hair-raising investigation
The police came under criticism for being unsafe. Example: The crime scene was cordoned off too little, the two projectiles found passers-by. Chief investigator Hans Holmér (1930-2002) had to vacate the position in 1987 due to negligence and contradictions and handed it over to Hans Ölvebro (75).
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In 1989 it was believed to have the culprit. On the basis of testimony, the drug-dependent Christer Pettersson (1947–2004) was first sentenced to life in prison, but was acquitted in the second instance. In 2018, prosecutor Krister Petersson, who has now been investigated, said that he did not believe he was guilty. Christer Pettersson died in 2004.
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NATO? Right-wing extremists?
There was always speculation about new motives as to why palm trees could have been murdered. So there were theories that palm was eliminated from NATO circles because he was too determined to defy the Soviet Union.
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Other reasons for the murder were seen in prevented arms deals with India or criticism of the Vietnam War by the Americans. Right-wing extremist palm-haters also came under suspicion because of Palme’s left politics.
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Was it the witness?
With regard to today’s information, two theories have been given new impetus. One is about graphic artist Stig Engström († 66), who was one of the first witnesses to appear at the scene. The “Skandia Mann,” as he is known, had inside knowledge and had access to a 357-caliber Magnum revolver, the model used in the crime. Engström committed suicide in 2000.
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Secret documents from South Africa
The fact that the South African secret service could be behind the attack has again become an issue. It was only in March that Swedish investigators traveled to Pretoria, where South African intelligence officials handed over documents.
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Palme had massively criticized the then apartheid regime and helped the African National Congress to stop arms and oil smuggling. Was the regime then trying to get the critical prime minister out of the way?
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Prosecutor Krister Petersson had promised ahead of this week’s information either to present the perpetrator or to definitively end the investigation. The hour of truth is supposed to strike on Wednesday. It is the moment the Swedes have longed for 34 years.
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