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

Stockholm University Stockholm University (SU) () is a public university, public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, social ...

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.

Personal life

Palme belongs to the Palme family and is the second son of the late

Swedish Prime Minister The prime minister of Sweden (, "minister of state") is the head of government of the Kingdom of Sweden. The prime minister and their cabinet (the government) exercise executive authority in the Kingdom of Sweden and are subject to the Parlia ...

Olof Palme Sven Olof Joachim Palme (; ; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until as ...

and his wife Lisbeth Palme, and the brother of Joakim and Mattias Palme. On the evening of

assassination Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important. It may be prompted by political, ideological, religious, financial, or military motives. Assassinations are orde ...

, Mårten Palme and his girlfriend had joined his parents and had been at the cinema Grand, where they watched '' The Mozart Brothers''. 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.

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Mårten Palmes hemsida vid Stockholms universitet
1961 births Living people Academic staff of Stockholm University Children of prime ministers of Sweden {{Sweden-bio-stub