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This Happened – February 28: Olof Palme Shot Dead In Stockholm

This Happened - February 28: Olof Palme Shot Dead In Stockholm

Updated Feb. 28, 2024 at 1:15 p.m. On this day in 1986, Sweden’s Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot dead while he was walking home from a movie theater with his wife. Who was suspected of killing Olof Palme? The investigation into Palme’s murder has been widely debated and there are several theories about who […]

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Germany or Sweden? Two Models Of Social Democracy Put To The Test

anuela Schwesig (SPD), Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, (l-r) take a selfie with Chancellor-elect Olaf Scholz (SPD)
Incoming Chancellor Olaf Scholz poses for a selfie Michael Kappeler/dpa/ZUMA

From afar, new Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and incoming German Chancellor Olaf Scholz share much, both in their views and the political system where they rule. But subtle differences, which arose in the rubble of World War II, can be everything.

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