Birth of Olaf Palme30 January 1927
Birth of Olaf Palme
Historical person
Sven Olof Joachim Palme Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Sven Olof Joachim Palme, based on 15 World History Database records associated with Sweden.
15 records1927–198611 events2 places
Chronological biography
1927
1948
Education1948
Studies at Kenyon College, Ohio 1947-1948, graduating with a B.A. in less than a year
1952
NUS1952
Elected President of the Swedish National Union of Students
1955
Youth Leader1955
Appointed Youth Leader od the SDLP
Youth Leader1955
A board member of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League and lectured at the Youth League College Bommersvi
1957
Election1957
Elected as an MP
1967
Minister of Education1967
Appointed Minister of Education
1968
Committee for Vietnam1968
Protesy is organized by the Swedish Committee for Vietnam and Palme and Nguyen were both invited as speakers
Diplomatic Mission at Stockholm1968
Protesy is organized by the Swedish Committee for Vietnam and Palme and Nguyen were both invited as speakers. Participates in a protest in Stockholm against the US involvement in the war in Vietnam together with the North Vietnamese Ambassador of the Soviet Union Nguyen Tho Chan
1969
Party Leader1969
Appointed Party Leader of the Social Democratic Labour Party
Prime Minister of Sweden1969
Appointed Prime Minister of Sweden, 1st term
1980
Peace20 November 1980
Olaf Palme begins a peace shuttle between Tehran & Baghdad
1982
Prime Minister of Sweden1982
Appointed Prime Minister of Sweden, 2nd term
PeaceFebruary 1982
Olaf Palme makes his 5th unsuccessful United Nations peace bid
1986
Prime Minister of Sweden28 February 1986
Swedens Prime Minister is assassinated
Titles and roles
Party Leader of SDLP · Prime Minister of Sweden · Youth Leader-SDLP
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.