Mårten Palme

Mårten Palme
Palme with his father in 1967
Born
Mårten Olof Palme

(1961-10-31) 31 October 1961 (age 63)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
OccupationProfessor of Economics
SpouseMaria Palme
Children5
Parents
RelativesJoakim Palme (brother)

Mårten Olof Palme (born 31 October 1961) is a Swedish economist focusing on labor economics. He is a professor of economics at Stockholm University.[1]

Education and career

After earning a degree from Stockholm University in 1988, Palme completed a PhD at the Stockholm School of Economics in 1993. He worked at the Stockholm School of Economics before joining the Stockholm University faculty, and is a fellow of the IZA Institute of Labor Economics.[2]

Personal life

Palme belongs to the Palme family and is the second son of the late Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme and his wife Lisbeth Palme, and the brother of Joakim and Mattias Palme.

On the evening of Olof Palme's assassination, Mårten Palme and his girlfriend had joined his parents and had been at the cinema Grand, where they watched The Mozart Brothers.[3] When Mårten and his girlfriend left his parents after the cinema, they saw a man who followed Olof Palme. This man was recognized as the murderer of Olof Palme and has been called "Grandmannen". On 6 June in 2020, Stig Engström was recognized as the possible murderer.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Mårten Palme, Professor". Our researchers. Stockholm University Department of Economics. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Mårten Palme, Research Fellow". IZA Institute of Labor Economics. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Olof Palme murder: Sweden believes it knows who killed PM in 1986". BBC News. 10 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Sweden names suspect in 1986 murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme". The Local SE. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.


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