Palme 's murder on a Stockholm street on 28 February 1986 was the first assassination of a national leader in Sweden since Gustav III , and had a great impact across Scandinavia . Local convict and addict Christer Pettersson was originally convicted of the murder in district court but was acquitted on appeal to the Svea Court of Appeal
Palme 's murder
Assassination of Olof Palme
Olof Palme