Olof Palme was assassinated in 1986 when he was Prime Minister of which country?
Olof Palme Party, which he held until 1996. Two years later, Christer Pettersson (d. 2004), a small-time criminal and drug addict, was convicted of Palme's murder, but his conviction was overturned. The crime remains unsolved. Olof Palme Sven Olof Joachim Palme (; ; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician and statesman. A longtime protégé of Prime Minister Tage Erlander, Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until his assassination in 1986, and was a two-term Prime Minister of Sweden, heading a Privy Council Government from 1969 to 1976 and a cabinet government from
Olof Palme Olof Palme often went about without a bodyguard. Close to midnight on 28 February 1986, he was walking home from a cinema with his wife Lisbet Palme in the central Stockholm street Sveavägen when he was shot in the back at close range. A second shot grazed Lisbet's back. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Sabbatsbergs sjukhus hospital at 00:06 CET. Lisbet survived without serious injuries. Deputy Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson immediately assumed the duties of Prime Minister, a post he retained until 1991 (and then again in 19941996). He also took over the leadership of the Social Democratic