Olof Palme

Born 30 January 1927 in Stockholm, Sweden

Died 28 February 1986 (aged 59)

Olof Palme was a Swedish Social Democratic politician and statesman. A longtime protégé of Prime Minister Tage Erlander, Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until his assassination in 1986, and was a two-term Prime Minister of Sweden.