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Olof Palme

1927 - 1986

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Sven Olof Joachim Palme (; Swedish: [ˈûːlɔf ˈpâlːmɛ] ; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until his assassination in 1986. A longtime protégé of Prime Minister Tage Erlander, he became Prime Minister of Sweden in 1969, heading a Privy Council Government. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olof Palme has received more than 2,529,511 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Olof Palme is the 409th most popular politician (down from 235th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 9th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swedish Politician.

Olof Palme was a Swedish politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and again from 1982 until his assassination in 1986.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Olof Palme ranks 409 out of 19,576. Before him are Frederick IX of Denmark, Priam, Philip VI of France, Miklós Horthy, Mahmud I, and Clara Zetkin. After him are Edward IV of England, Charles the Fat, Malik-Shah I, Ibn Saud, Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib, and Herod Antipas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Olof Palme ranks 7. Before him are Gabriel García Márquez, Pope Benedict XVI, Ferenc Puskás, Gina Lollobrigida, Günter Grass, and Bhumibol Adulyadej. After him are Roger Moore, Samuel P. Huntington, Peter Falk, Vladimir Komarov, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Turgut Özal. Among people deceased in 1986, Olof Palme ranks 6. Before him are Simone de Beauvoir, Wallis Simpson, Jorge Luis Borges, Vyacheslav Molotov, and Andrei Tarkovsky. After him are Mircea Eliade, Tenzing Norgay, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Joseph Beuys, Cliff Burton, and Jean Genet.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Olof Palme ranks 18 out of 1,879. Before him are Charles XII of Sweden (1682), Ingvar Kamprad (1926), Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779), Sigismund III Vasa (1566), Gustaf V of Sweden (1858), and Svante Arrhenius (1859). After him are Ingrid Bergman (1915), Greta Garbo (1905), Gustav I of Sweden (1496), Bridget of Sweden (1303), Dag Hammarskjöld (1905), and Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Olof Palme ranks 7. Before him are Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594), Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946), Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882), Charles XII of Sweden (1682), Sigismund III Vasa (1566), and Gustaf V of Sweden (1858). After him are Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626), Oscar II of Sweden (1829), Oleg of Novgorod (900), Charles IX of Sweden (1550), John III of Sweden (1537), and Charles XIII of Sweden (1748).

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