{"id":3121,"date":"2011-03-03T21:09:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T21:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=3121"},"modified":"2011-03-03T21:09:06","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T21:09:06","slug":"the-unsolved-murder-of-olof-palme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/the-unsolved-murder-of-olof-palme\/","title":{"rendered":"The unsolved murder of Olof Palme"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I clearly remember the morning of\u00a0 Febuary 28 1986. It was a Saturday, and my sister and I were up early to watch the famous morning show “Godmorgon Sverige” (Good morning Sweden). We snuggled up in the sofa and\u00a0put the telly on. But\u00a0there was no Godmorgon Sverige. Instead, a very serious man starred back at us from the screen, announcing that “Sveriges stadsminister Olof Palme \u00e4r d\u00f6d” (Sweden’s prime minister Olof Palme s dead). Being only six, I got more upset over the fact that my beloved morning show was cancelled, and ran upstairs to my parent’s bedroom. I rememeber jumping into their big bed and telling them that Olof Palme was dead and Godmorgon Sverige was cancelled. They didn’t believe me. But dad\u00a0put the\u00a0radio on on his bedside table. A similar voice announced the exact same message. Sweden’s prime minister was dead, shot on his way home from the cinema on Sveav\u00e4gen in Stockholm.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Olof Palme is considered one of the great heroes ofSwedish social democracy.\u00a0 He was the leader of the Social Democracy Party from 1969 to his murder, and Sweden’s prime minister twice, between 1969-1976 and from 1982 until his death. Justice, equality and peace were very close to his heart. He refused to be bound by the narrow-minded Cold War mentality, taking a strong stand against the Vietnam War and fought for liberation of oppressed people in Third World countries. Because of Palme’s\u00a0strong opinions about the Cold War and the Vietnam War, the Swedish-American relations were at a record low during Palme’s term. Therefore, it’s a popular conspiracy theory <\/sup>that he was assassinated by the KGB or the CIA.<\/p>\n

In 1988, Christer Pettersson, a\u00a0small time crook, alcoholic andrug addict, was\u00a0convicted for Palme’s murder.\u00a0It has been speculated that he was supposed to kill drug dealer that normally used to hang around Sveav\u00e4gen, but\u00a0 he misstakenly killed Olof Palme instead.\u00a0The conviction was overturned in 1989 and Christer Pettersson was released. He died in 2004.<\/p>\n

25 years has passed since that day and the murder of Olof Palme\u00a0remains unsolved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

I clearly remember the morning of\u00a0 Febuary 28 1986. It was a Saturday, and my sister and I were up early to watch the famous morning show “Godmorgon Sverige” (Good morning Sweden). We snuggled up in the sofa and\u00a0put the telly on. But\u00a0there was no Godmorgon Sverige. Instead, a very serious man starred back at…<\/p>\n

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