Ebbe Carlsson scandal ( ) was a major political scandal in Sweden occurring during mid-1988 . The affair came to public knowledge on 1 June 1988 , when the evening newspaper '' Expressen '' revealed that Ebbe Carlsson , a journalist and publisher and former secretary at the Swedish Government , was carrying out an independent and illegal investigation into the assassination of prime minister Olof Palme , secretly supported by the minister for justice Anna-Greta Leijon
assassination of prime minister
Assassination of Olof Palme
Ebbe Carlsson affair