Ideologies / Social Democrat / Olof Palme
§ The minds · 1927–1986 · Sweden · Prime Minister
Olof Palme
Social democracy's conscience
Welfare, disarmament, and Third-World solidarity from neutral Sweden.
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The defining face of activist post-war social democracy, who made a small neutral country a moral voice in world affairs.
social
Outspokenly progressive: feminism, anti-apartheid, anti–Vietnam War, and solidarity with the global South.
economic
Defended a generous universal welfare state funded by high taxation, while leaving the means of production largely in private hands.
governance
A parliamentary democrat to the core — reform through the ballot, civil liberties, and an open society.
Notable for
- Expanded Sweden's welfare state
- Vocal critic of the Vietnam War and apartheid
- Assassinated in Stockholm, 1986
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