Olof Palme: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Official Site of Olof Palme International Center. Oct 02, 2026
Updated with latest information on assassination. Sep 30, 2026
Add new Web site: South African History Online - Olof Palme and the liberation of Southern Africa by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1988. Aug 14, 2026
Anniversary information added. Feb 24, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jan 26, 2026
Add new Web site: UToledo News - Olof Palme: JFK of Sweden. Jan 29, 2025
Add new Web site: CNN World - Sweden closes 30-year murder mystery over killing of PM Olof Palme. Dec 05, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Who killed the prime minister? The unsolved murder that still haunts Sweden. Sep 27, 2024
Add new Web site: Independent - Olof Palme: Sweden drops 34-year investigation into murder of prime minister. Aug 16, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 01, 2024
Add new Web site: Reuters - Factbox: Swedish Prime Minister Palme, the man and the murder. Nov 02, 2023
Add new Web site: BBC - Olof Palme: Who killed Sweden's prime minister? Aug 22, 2023
Noted that Swedish authorities believed that Stig Engström had assassinated Palme. Jun 10, 2020
Replaced photograph. Jan 12, 2017
Add new Web site: The New York Times - Olof Palme, Aristocrat Turned Socialist, Dominated the Politics of Sweden. Mar 28, 2016
Add new Web site: Official Site of Olof Palme International Center. Mar 10, 2016
Noted the conviction of Christer Pettersson and the fact that his conviction was later overturned. Jan 06, 2016
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Olof Palme. Dec 28, 2012
Media added. Dec 31, 2008
Article revised and updated. Dec 01, 2006
Added new Web site: African National Congress - World Leaders Against Apartheid. Jul 12, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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