Birth of Olaf Palme
Birth of Olaf Palme
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Sven Olof Joachim Palme Biography and Timeline
Follow Sven Olof Joachim Palme through 15 dated historical records for Sweden.
Sven Olof Joachim Palme, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
15Distinct records
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1927–1986Years on this page
1927
1948
Education
Studies at Kenyon College, Ohio 1947-1948, graduating with a B.A. in less than a year
1952
NUS
Elected President of the Swedish National Union of Students
1955
Youth Leader
Appointed Youth Leader od the SDLP
Role range: 1955-1961
Youth Leader
A board member of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League and lectured at the Youth League College Bommersvi
1957
Election
Elected as an MP
1967
Minister of Education
Appointed Minister of Education
1968
Committee for Vietnam
Protesy is organized by the Swedish Committee for Vietnam and Palme and Nguyen were both invited as speakers
Diplomatic Mission at Stockholm
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
Prime Minister of Sweden
Appointed Prime Minister of Sweden, 1st term
Role range: 1969-1976
Party Leader
Appointed Party Leader of the Social Democratic Labour Party
Role range: 1955-1985
1980
Peace
Olaf Palme begins a peace shuttle between Tehran & Baghdad
Role range: 1980-1988
1982
Peace
Olaf Palme makes his 5th unsuccessful United Nations peace bid
Role range: 1980-1988
Prime Minister of Sweden
Appointed Prime Minister of Sweden, 2nd term
Role range: 1982-1986
1986
Prime Minister of Sweden
Swedens Prime Minister is assassinated
Role range: 1982-1986
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.