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Cold Cases in Sweden

ColdCaseIndex documents 1 case in Sweden, dated 1986. 1 is recorded as unsolved.

Regions covered: Stockholm (1).

Status of the 1 case in this index
  • Unsolved 1 (100%)

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1 Homicide

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Unsolved 1986

Olof Palme

Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot dead on February 28, 1986 while walking home from a cinema in Stockholm without bodyguards. Christer Pettersson was convicted in 1989 but acquitted on appeal the same year.

Stockholm Homicide Age 59
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