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Christer Pettersson

1947 - 2004

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Carl Gustaf Christer Pettersson (23 April 1947 – 29 September 2004) was a Swedish criminal who was a suspect in the 1986 assassination of Olof Palme, the Prime Minister of Sweden. In 1989 he was convicted of the murder in district court but acquitted on appeal the following year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christer Pettersson is the 12,933rd most popular politician (down from 11,554th in 2019), the 571st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 478th in 2019) and the 124th most popular Swedish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Christer Pettersson ranks 12,933 out of 19,576. Before him are José María Bocanegra, Mirza Kuchik Khan, Ottokar II of Styria, Gyula Breyer, Arsenio Martínez Campos, and Lucius Opimius. After him are Louis Bastien, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, Jakup Krasniqi, Ariobarzanes of Persis, Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and Licinius Macer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Christer Pettersson ranks 395. Before him are Željko Franulović, Clare Torry, Joseph Daul, Larry Kudlow, Julien Clerc, and Peter Banks. After him are Margaret Geller, İlber Ortaylı, Rikky von Opel, Wenche Myhre, Rémi Brague, and Mirza Khazar. Among people deceased in 2004, Christer Pettersson ranks 173. Before him are M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carlo Rustichelli, Chiang Fang-liang, Gennadi Strekalov, Ryszard Kukliński, and Torsten Hägerstrand. After him are Albert Brülls, John Randolph, Evelyn Mase, Angus Ogilvy, Mildred McDaniel, and Alexander Ragulin.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Christer Pettersson ranks 571 out of 1,879. Before him are Torsten Hägerstrand (1916), Lina Sandell (1832), Sven Wollter (1934), Mårten Eskil Winge (1825), Erik Adlerz (1892), and Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718). After him are Karl-Erik Nilsson (1922), Ernst Trygger (1857), Sigrid Hjertén (1885), Måns Zelmerlöw (1986), Lisbeth Palme (1931), and Ragnar Gustavsson (1907).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Christer Pettersson ranks 124. Before him are Rickard Sandler (1884), Karl Staaff (1860), Thomas Hammarberg (1942), Fredrik von Otter (1833), Lea Ahlborn (1826), and Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken (1626). After him are Ernst Trygger (1857), Gustaf Åkerhielm (1833), Carl Bonde (1872), Gillis Bildt (1820), Ulf Andersson (1951), and Mona Sahlin (1957).

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