After the assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986 , two state commissions were appointed that looked over Sweden counter-terrorism capabilities . As a result , the government gave the task to the Swedish National Police Board to organize the " Standby Force Against Terrorism " ( '' Beredskapsstyrkan mot terrorism '' ) within the Stockholm County Police Authority in 1990 . The group was soon renamed '' Nationella insatsstyrkan '' and became also a resource for the whole of Sweden . The right to make decisions about when they were used was delegated by the government to the Swedish National Police Board . After a parliamentary decision in 2002 , the NTF was transferred from the Stockholm County Police Authority to the National Criminal Police ( '' Rikskriminalpolisen '' ) . In connection with the reorganization of the police in 2015 , the NTF was placed under the National Operations Department
assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme
Assassination of Olof Palme
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