IMAGO International History, Sweden, Assassination of Olof Palme 1986

Jul 3, 2025

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The murder of Olof Palme Witness Ralf Andersson with a phantom image of the so-called Shadow STOCKHOLM SWEDEN x2512x Copyright: xGunnarxBergkrantz Aftonbladet TTx Mordet pa Olof Palme, vittnet Ralf Andersson
The murder of Olof Palme, the reconstruction of the murder The police cordoned off six blocks in Stockholm City early one morning Behind the cordons were six witnesses who told about their observations of the murder of Olof Palme STOCKHOLM SWEDEN x2512x Copyright: xGunnarxBergkrantz Aftonbladet TTx Mordet pa Olof Palme, rekonstruktionen av mordet
The murder of Olof Palme, politician S Sweden Prime Minister Picture Ingvar Carlsson, politician party leader S Sweden acting Prime Minister, standing in the snow, by a lake or a stream, looking at ducks in a box Private Unknown photo date Undated picture from March 1986 SWEDEN SWEDEN x2512x Copyright: xGunnarxBergkrantz Aftonbladet TTx Mordet pa Olof Palme. Ingvar Carlsson
The murder of Olof Palme The police investigation in the Palme room in the police headquarters on Kungsholmen Hans Holmär, police Sweden head of the Security Police, Säpo STOCKHOLM SWEDEN x2512x Copyright: xGunnarxBergkrantz Aftonbladet TTx Palmerummet i polishuset
Sven Aspling, politician S Sweden, about the murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme It is still unimaginable that it happened Olof, he was in the middle of life, in the middle of his great deed He gave the movement his strength, his soul, his years We, his friends and sympathizers, must be grateful for that, n Copyright: xGunnarxBergkrantz Aftonbladet TTx SVEN ASPLING
AFTONBLADET OUT
Stockholm 1986 04 06 Palme murder Police reconstruction of the murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme at the intersection of Tunnelgatan and Sveavägen Stockholm Sweden x12014x Copyright: xTomasxOneborg SvD TTx PALMEMORDET REKONSTRUKTION
The murder of Olof Palme Witness Lars Jeppsson who followed the murderer when he fled up Malmskillnadsgatan 1986 03 03 c LINDGREN THOR Aftonbladet TT EXPRESSEN OUT AFTONBLADET 4826 Stockholm Sweden x2512x Copyright: xLINDGRENxTHOR Aftonbladetx Mordet pa Olof Palme, vittnet Lars Jeppsson
STOCKHOLM 1986 02 28 The murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme S According to witnesses, a man was seen running away from the scene after firing several shots at Olof Palme STOCKHOLM SWEDEN x63x Copyright: xRolfxSöderberg DN TTx PALMEMORDET 1986
STOCKHOLM 2020 06 10 Chief Prosecutor Krister Petersson has named the so called Skandiamannen , Stig Engstrom, as the killer of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme Stig Engstrom died in 2000 The investigation will therefore be Copyright: xGöranxÄrnbäck EXP TTx OLOF PALME MURDER STIG ENGSTROM
Prime Minister Olof Palme s wife Lisbeth Palme is comforted by her son Marten Palme as they leave Sabbatsberg hospital after the murder of Olof Palme, who was shot on Sveavägen after a visit to the cinema on February 28, 1986 The Social Democrats press secretary Kjell Lindström is also in the car Stockholm SWEDEN ttexport x989x Copyright: xKarlxMelander ExpressenTTx PALME MURDER 1986
1986 The murder of Olof Palme sites SWEDEN Sweden sp sw x5600x Copyright: xBENGTxOxNORDINxBONx CARTRIDGE
Stig Engström, the Olof Palme murder witness, photographed on Monday April 7, 1986 Called Skandiamannen the Skandia man Stig Engström in a cap and with a handbag photographed outside his workplace Skandia on Tunnelgatan Sveavägen Stockholm SWEDEN ttexport x50x Copyright: xGöranxÄrnbäck Expressen TTx PALME MURDER STIG ENGSTROM
Mordet pa Olof Palme Mördarens flyktväg The killer runs after the murder up the stairs from Tunnelgatan to Malmskillnadsgatan Just as he comes up, a police picket swings around the corner, but the police never see the killer Reconstruction 1986 05 28 c BERGKRANTZ GUNNAR Aftonbladet TT EXPRESSEN OUT AFTONBLADET 2723 Stockholm Sweden x2512x Copyright: xBERGKRANTZxGUNNAR Aftonbladetx Mordet pa Olof Palme, mördarens flyktväg
The murder of Olof Palme Pictures taken at the murder scene on Sveavägen immediately after the murder 1986 02 28 c SCHMIDT JANNE Aftonbladet TT EXPRESSEN OUT AFTONBLADET 5600 Stockholm Sweden x2512x Copyright: xSCHMIDTxJANNE Aftonbladetx Mordet pa Olof Palme
1986 The murder of Olof Palme persons OLOF PALME sites SWEDEN Sweden sp sw x5600x Copyright: xx PALME S GLASSES
The murder of Olof Palme Pictures taken at the murder scene on Sveavägen immediately after the murder 1986 02 28 c SCHMIDT JANNE Aftonbladet TT EXPRESSEN OUT AFTONBLADET 5600 Stockholm Sweden x2512x Copyright: xSCHMIDTxJANNE Aftonbladetx Mordet pa Olof Palme
19860301 Stockholm The murder of Olof Palme Flowers at the murder site Justice x2524x Copyright: xKamerareportage TTx
1986 The murder of Olof Palme sites SWEDEN Sweden sp sw x5600x Copyright: xBENGTxOxNORDINxBONx CARTRIDGE
860303 Stockholm The murder of Olof Palme 357 magnum Smith Wesson Revolver, pistol, bullets, cartridges, weapons Justice x2524x Copyright: xKamerareportage TTx
Mordet pa Olof Palme Murder site at the corner of Sveavägen and Tunnelgatan 1986 03 02 c THURESSON BÖRJE Aftonbladet TT EXPRESSEN OUT AFTONBLADET 6036 Stockholm Sweden x2512x Copyright: xTHURESSONxBÖRJE Aftonbladetx Mordet pa Olof Palme, mordplatsen
1986 The murder of Olof Palme sites SWEDEN Sweden sp sw x5600x Copyright: xBENGTxOxNORDINxBONx AMMUNITION BOX WITH CARTRIDGES
The murder of Olof Palme Pictures taken at the murder scene on Sveavägen immediately after the murder 1986 02 28 c SCHMIDT JANNE Aftonbladet TT EXPRESSEN OUT AFTONBLADET 5600 Stockholm Sweden x2512x Copyright: xSCHMIDTxJANNE Aftonbladetx Mordet pa Olof Palme
The murder of Olof Palme, politician S Sweden Prime Minister Hans Holmer, civil servant, author Sweden County Police Chief in Stockholm County holds a press conference and shows a phantom image depicting the so-called Shadow, the man who is said to have shadowed Olof Palme the time before the murder 1986 03 24 c ELGSTRA Copyright: xELGSTRANDxBJÖRN Aftonbladetx Mordet pa Olof Palme
STOCKHOLM 19860309 The murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme At the intersection of Kungsgatan Sveavägen, not far from the murder scene, traffic came to a standstill Drivers got out of their cars and joined pedestrians for a minute STOCKHOLM SWEDEN x15x Copyright: xLeifxEngberg DN TTx PALMEMORDET TYST MINUT
The murder of Olof Palme, the reconstruction of the murderers escape From the murder scene at Tunnelgatan Sveavägen, the murderer ran the 89 steps up to Malmskillnadsgatan so fast that the witness who pursued him lost him 1986 03 01 c SCHREIBER BO Aftonbladet TT EXPRESSEN OUT AFTONBLADET 2186 Stockholm Sweden x2512x Copyright: xSCHREIBERxBO Aftonbladetx Mordet pa Olof Palme, rekonstruktion av mördarens flykt
Stockholm 1986 04 07 palmemordet witness the murder of olof palme expressen Monday, April 7, 1986 skandiamannen skandia man stig engström in cap and with wrist bag photographed at his workplace at skandia on tunnelgatan sveavägen running as he used to do after the killer on tunnelgatan lat Copyright: xGöranxÄrnbäck Expressen TTx SKANDIAMANNEN
STOCKHOLM 1986-03-24 Mordet pa statsminister Olof Palme (S). I mannens bagage fanns bland annat gummistövlar, en bok om terror, jacka, rock, kavaj och tvamössor. Var det Skuggan som bodde pa hotellet? En tysktalande man bodde under nio nätter pa Hotell Klara i centrala Stockholm, Dagen före mordet lämnade han plötsligt hotellet -utan att ta med sig den stora packningen. Mannen liknade polisens bild av Skuggan, säger hotellpersonalen till Expressen. Hotell Klara pa Gamla Brogatan, ett par kvarter fran Sveavägen, är ett litet enkelt hotell med 27 rum. För 185 kronor per natt far man ett litet enkelrum utan toalett och dusch. Den 18 februari kom en man till hotellet, skrev in sig under ett tyskt namn, och angav Copyright: xCorneliaxNordström Expressen TTx PALMEMORDET 1986 SPANINGAR
THE MURDER OF OLOF PALME, POLITICIAN, SWEDISH MINISTER OF STATE HE WAS KILLED ON SVEAVÄGEN, FEBRUARY 28, 1986 POLICE AT THE MURDER SITE 1986 02 28 c ALMQVIST STIG Aftonbladet TT EXPRESSEN OUT AFTONBLADET 2120 Stockholm Sweden x2512x Copyright: xALMQVISTxSTIG Aftonbladetx MORDET PA OLOF PALME. MORDPLATSEN
The murder of Olof Palme Photos taken of a pool of blood on the ground at the murder scene on Sveavägen in Stockholm, Sweden, on February 28, 1986, directly after the murder STOCKHOLM SWEDEN ttexport x2512x Copyright: xJannexSchmidtx xAftonbladetx xTTx OLOF PALME MURDER SCENE
The murder of Olof Palme, the Palme couples route on the night of the murder From home to the cinema and to the murder scene Sveavägen Biografen Grand 1986 03 02 c SCHREIBER BO Aftonbladet TT EXPRESSEN OUT AFTONBLADET 2186 Stockholm Sweden x2512x Copyright: xSCHREIBERxBO Aftonbladetx Mordet pa Olof Palme, paret Palmes väg pa mordkvällen
The murder of Olof Palme, politician S Sweden Prime Minister The day after the murder Picture Ingvar Carlsson, politician S Sweden Deputy Prime Minister, sitting in a car outside the government chancellery Rosenbad There is a long queue of mourners outside, waiting to leave their condolences, writing in the condolence book Stockholm Sweden x2512x Copyright: xPerxBjörnx xAftonbladetx xTTx INGVAR CARLSSON
THE PALM MURDER CHRISTER PETTERSSON, SUSPECTED OF THE MURDER OF OLOF PALME SWEDEN, IS EXAMINED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF AFTONBLADET AND THE NAME CHRISTER PETTERSSON BECOMES PUBLIC 1989 07 27 c Aftonbladet TT EXPRESSEN OUT AFTONBLADET 5600 Stockholm Sweden x2512x Copyright: x Aftonbladetx CHRISTER PETTERSSON
Assassination of Olof Palme 1849144 Assassination of Olof Palme by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Murder of swedish prime minister Olof Palme : here place of murder which took place on february 28, 1986 in Stockholm). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 1849144
ARCHIVE 19860304 Mourners lay flowers at the murder site at the corner of Sveavägen and Tunnelgatan on March 4, 1986, in honour of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme who was shot dead at the scene at about twenty minutes past eleven on the evening of February 28, 1986, as he and his wife Lisbet were walking home after a visit to the cinema earl Copyright: xLarsxHedbergx xTTx x PALMEMORDET-MORDPLATSEN
Stockholm 1989 02 28 3rd anniversary of the assassination of Olof Palme A woman with flowers at the scene of the murder at Sveavägen Stockholm Sweden x20360x Copyright: xAndersxKallersand TTx PALMEMORDET ARSDAG
SCANPIX SWEDEN, 1986 03 31 Hans HolmÃ r, former head of the investigation of the assassination of Olof Palme, show two Smith Wesson 357 Magnum revolvers during a press conference in Stockholm, March 31, 1986 palmemordet xSTFx Copyright: xHakanxRodÃ n TTx OLOF PALME INVESTIGATION
STOCKHOLM 2020 0610 Chief Prosecutor Krister Petersson has named the so called Skandiamannen , Stig Engstrom, as the killer of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme Stig Engstrom died in 2000 The investigation will therefore be closed down Original caption STOCKHOLM 1986 09 02 Stig Engstrom, AKA the Skandia man Copyright: xWeinexLexius EXP TTx OLOF PALME MURDER STIG ENGSTROM
STOCKHOLM 2020 0610 Chief Prosecutor Krister Petersson has named the so called Skandiamannen , Stig Engstrom, as the killer of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme Stig Engstrom died in 2000 The investigation will therefore be closed down Original caption STOCKHOLM 1986 09 02 Stig Engstrom, AKA the Skandia man Copyright: xWeinexLexius EXP TTx OLOF PALME MURDER STIG ENGSTROM
STOCKHOLM 2020 06 10 Chief Prosecutor Krister Petersson has named the so called Skandiamannen , Stig Engstrom, as the killer of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme Stig Engstrom died in 2000 The investigation will therefore be closed d Copyright: xGöranxÄrnbäck EXP TTx OLOF PALME MURDER STIG ENGSTROM
STOCKHOLM 2020 06 10 Chief Prosecutor Krister Petersson has named the so called Skandiamannen , Stig Engstrom, as the killer of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme Stig Engstrom died in 2000 The investigation will therefore be closed d Copyright: xGöranxÄrnbäck EXP TTx OLOF PALME MURDER STIG ENGSTROM
STOCKHOLM 2020 06 10 Chief Prosecutor Krister Petersson has named the so called Skandiamannen , Stig Engstrom, as the killer of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme Stig Engstrom died in 2000 The investigation will therefore be closed down Copyright: xGöranxÄrnbäck EXP TTx OLOF PALME MURDER STIG ENGSTROM
STOCKHOLM 2020 06 10 Chief Prosecutor Krister Petersson has named the so called Skandiamannen , Stig Engstrom, as the killer of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme Stig Engstrom died in 2000 The investigation will therefore be closed down Copyright: xGöranxÄrnbäck EXP TTx OLOF PALME MURDER STIG ENGSTROM

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The murder of Olof Palme Witness Ralf Andersson with a phantom image of the so-called Shadow STOCKHOLM SWEDEN x2512x Copyright: xGunnarxBergkrantz Aftonbladet TTx Mordet pa Olof Palme, vittnet Ralf Andersson

The murder of Olof Palme The police investigation in the Palme room in the police headquarters on Kungsholmen Hans Holmär, police Sweden head of the Security Police, Säpo STOCKHOLM SWEDEN x2512x Copyright: xGunnarxBergkrantz Aftonbladet TTx Palmerummet i polishuset

AFTONBLADET OUT

Stockholm 1986 04 06 Palme murder Police reconstruction of the murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme at the intersection of Tunnelgatan and Sveavägen Stockholm Sweden x12014x Copyright: xTomasxOneborg SvD TTx PALMEMORDET REKONSTRUKTION

The murder of Olof Palme Witness Lars Jeppsson who followed the murderer when he fled up Malmskillnadsgatan 1986 03 03 c LINDGREN THOR Aftonbladet TT EXPRESSEN OUT AFTONBLADET 4826 Stockholm Sweden x2512x Copyright: xLINDGRENxTHOR Aftonbladetx Mordet pa Olof Palme, vittnet Lars Jeppsson

STOCKHOLM 1986 02 28 The murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme S According to witnesses, a man was seen running away from the scene after firing several shots at Olof Palme STOCKHOLM SWEDEN x63x Copyright: xRolfxSöderberg DN TTx PALMEMORDET 1986

STOCKHOLM 2020 06 10 Chief Prosecutor Krister Petersson has named the so called Skandiamannen , Stig Engstrom, as the killer of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme Stig Engstrom died in 2000 The investigation will therefore be Copyright: xGöranxÄrnbäck EXP TTx OLOF PALME MURDER STIG ENGSTROM

1986 The murder of Olof Palme sites SWEDEN Sweden sp sw x5600x Copyright: xBENGTxOxNORDINxBONx CARTRIDGE

The murder of Olof Palme Pictures taken at the murder scene on Sveavägen immediately after the murder 1986 02 28 c SCHMIDT JANNE Aftonbladet TT EXPRESSEN OUT AFTONBLADET 5600 Stockholm Sweden x2512x Copyright: xSCHMIDTxJANNE Aftonbladetx Mordet pa Olof Palme

1986 The murder of Olof Palme persons OLOF PALME sites SWEDEN Sweden sp sw x5600x Copyright: xx PALME S GLASSES

The murder of Olof Palme Pictures taken at the murder scene on Sveavägen immediately after the murder 1986 02 28 c SCHMIDT JANNE Aftonbladet TT EXPRESSEN OUT AFTONBLADET 5600 Stockholm Sweden x2512x Copyright: xSCHMIDTxJANNE Aftonbladetx Mordet pa Olof Palme

19860301 Stockholm The murder of Olof Palme Flowers at the murder site Justice x2524x Copyright: xKamerareportage TTx

1986 The murder of Olof Palme sites SWEDEN Sweden sp sw x5600x Copyright: xBENGTxOxNORDINxBONx CARTRIDGE

860303 Stockholm The murder of Olof Palme 357 magnum Smith Wesson Revolver, pistol, bullets, cartridges, weapons Justice x2524x Copyright: xKamerareportage TTx

Mordet pa Olof Palme Murder site at the corner of Sveavägen and Tunnelgatan 1986 03 02 c THURESSON BÖRJE Aftonbladet TT EXPRESSEN OUT AFTONBLADET 6036 Stockholm Sweden x2512x Copyright: xTHURESSONxBÖRJE Aftonbladetx Mordet pa Olof Palme, mordplatsen

1986 The murder of Olof Palme sites SWEDEN Sweden sp sw x5600x Copyright: xBENGTxOxNORDINxBONx AMMUNITION BOX WITH CARTRIDGES

The murder of Olof Palme Pictures taken at the murder scene on Sveavägen immediately after the murder 1986 02 28 c SCHMIDT JANNE Aftonbladet TT EXPRESSEN OUT AFTONBLADET 5600 Stockholm Sweden x2512x Copyright: xSCHMIDTxJANNE Aftonbladetx Mordet pa Olof Palme

The murder of Olof Palme Photos taken of a pool of blood on the ground at the murder scene on Sveavägen in Stockholm, Sweden, on February 28, 1986, directly after the murder STOCKHOLM SWEDEN ttexport x2512x Copyright: xJannexSchmidtx xAftonbladetx xTTx OLOF PALME MURDER SCENE

Assassination of Olof Palme 1849144 Assassination of Olof Palme by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Murder of swedish prime minister Olof Palme : here place of murder which took place on february 28, 1986 in Stockholm). Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 1849144

Stockholm 1989 02 28 3rd anniversary of the assassination of Olof Palme A woman with flowers at the scene of the murder at Sveavägen Stockholm Sweden x20360x Copyright: xAndersxKallersand TTx PALMEMORDET ARSDAG

SCANPIX SWEDEN, 1986 03 31 Hans HolmÃ r, former head of the investigation of the assassination of Olof Palme, show two Smith Wesson 357 Magnum revolvers during a press conference in Stockholm, March 31, 1986 palmemordet xSTFx Copyright: xHakanxRodÃ n TTx OLOF PALME INVESTIGATION