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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. He left office after failing to form a government after the 1976 general election, which ended 40 years of unbroken rule by the Social Democratic Party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Olof Palme is the 394th most popular politician (up from 409th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 18th in 2019) and the 5th 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, Olof Palme ranks 394 out of 19,576. Before him are Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Rudolf Höss, Vyacheslav Molotov, Peter III of Russia, Charles I of Anjou, and Peisistratos. After him are Bahadur Shah Zafar, Ashurbanipal, Stephen I of Hungary, Gerhard Schröder, Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, and Alexander Dubček.

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Among people born in 1927, Olof Palme ranks 6. Before him are Pope Benedict XVI, Gabriel García Márquez, Ferenc Puskás, Bhumibol Adulyadej, and Günter Grass. After him are Gina Lollobrigida, K. Alex Müller, F. Sherwood Rowland, Peter Falk, Roger Moore, and Samuel P. Huntington. Among people deceased in 1986, Olof Palme ranks 5. Before him are Simone de Beauvoir, Jorge Luis Borges, Wallis Simpson, and Vyacheslav Molotov. After him are Andrei Tarkovsky, Cary Grant, Mircea Eliade, Tenzing Norgay, Jiddu Krishnamurti, James Rainwater, and Robert S. Mulliken.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Olof Palme ranks 14 out of 1,879. Before him are Tycho Brahe (1546), Anders Celsius (1701), Ingmar Bergman (1918), Svante Arrhenius (1859), Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882), and August Strindberg (1849). After him are Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779), Oscar II of Sweden (1829), Dag Hammarskjöld (1905), Charles XII of Sweden (1682), Ingrid Bergman (1915), and Bridget of Sweden (1303).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Olof Palme ranks 5. Before him are Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946), Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594), Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626), and Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882). After him are Oscar II of Sweden (1829), Charles XII of Sweden (1682), Sigismund III Vasa (1566), Gustaf V of Sweden (1858), Charles XV of Sweden (1826), Charles XIII of Sweden (1748), and Gustav III of Sweden (1746).

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