Olof Palme
| Olof Palme | |
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| 26th Prime Minister of Sweden | |
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In office 14 October 1969 – 8 October 1976 (6 years, 360 days) |
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| Monarch |
Gustaf VI Adolf Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Preceded by | Tage Erlander |
| Succeeded by | Thorbjörn Fälldin |
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In office 8 October 1982 – 28 February 1986 (3 years, 143 days) |
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| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Deputy | Ingvar Carlsson |
| Preceded by | Thorbjörn Fälldin |
| Succeeded by | Ingvar Carlsson |
| Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party |
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In office 14 October 1969 – 28 February 1986 (16 years, 137 days) |
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| Preceded by | Tage Erlander |
| Succeeded by | Ingvar Carlsson |
| President of the Nordic Council | |
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In office 1979–1979 |
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| Preceded by | Trygve Bratteli |
| Succeeded by | Matthías Árni Mathiesen |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Sven Olof Joachim Palme 30 January 1927 , Sweden |
| Died | 28 February 1986 (aged 59) , Sweden |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Jelena Rennerova (1948–1952) Lisbet Palme (1956–1986) |
| Children |
Joakim Mårten Mattias |
| Alma mater |
Stockholm College, Kenyon College |
| Signature |  |
| Website | Olof Palme International Center |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Sweden |
| Service/branch | Swedish Army |
| Years of service | 1945–1947 Reservist : 1947–1977 |
| Rank |
 Kapten
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| Unit | Svealand Artillery Regiment |
Sven Olof Joachim Palme (Swedish: [²uːlɔf ²palmɛ]; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician, statesman and prime minister. A longtime protégé of Prime Minister Tage Erlander, Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party (S) 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 1982 until his death. Electoral defeats in 1976 and 1979 marked the end of Social Democratic hegemony in Swedish politics, which had seen 40 years of unbroken rule by the party. While leader of the opposition, he parted domestic and international interests and served as special mediator of the United Nations in the Iran–Iraq War, and was President of the Nordic Council in 1979. He returned as Prime Minister after electoral victories in 1982 and 1985.
Palme was a pivotal, renowned, and polarizing figure domestically as well as in international politics since the 1960s. He was steadfast in his non-alignment policy towards the superpowers, accompanied by support for numerous third world liberation movements following decolonization including, most controversially, economic and vocal support for a number of Third World governments which were guilty of gross violations of human rights. Most famously, he was the first Western head of government to visit Cuba after its revolution, giving a speech in Santiago praising contemporary Cuban and Cambodian revolutionaries.
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