This is a list of Olof Palme memorials: places named in honor of Olof Palme, the assassinated Prime Minister of Sweden.
Country | Description | Name | Location |
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Algeria | Street | Olof Palme Street | Algiers 36°45′14″N3°02′32″E / 36.753843°N 3.042327°E |
Algeria | Garden | Olof Palme Garden | Algiers 36°44′31″N3°01′52″E / 36.741810°N 3.031020°E |
Argentina | Street | Calle Olof Palme | Buenos Aires |
Austria | Square | Olof-Palme-Platz | Traiskirchen and Wiener Neustadt |
Brazil | School | Olof Palme | Rio de Janeiro |
Cuba | School | Escuela Olof Palme | Havana |
Denmark | Street | Olof Palmes gade | Copenhagen |
Denmark | Avenue | Olof Palmes allé | Århus |
Dominican Republic | Street | Calle Olof Palme | Santo Domingo |
France | Street | Boulevard Olof Palme | Émerainville, Hénin-Beaumont and Pau |
France | Street | Rue Olof Palme | Créteil, Clichy, Montpellier and Rezé |
Germany | Square | Olof-Palme-Platz | Berlin, Nuremberg and Stralsund |
Germany | Street | Olof-Palme-Allee | Bonn |
Germany | Park | Olof-Palme-Park | Cologne |
Germany | School | Olof Palme Schule | Hiddenhausen |
Germany | Town hall (to be demolished) [1] | Olof Palme Haus | Kassel |
Germany | Street | Olof-Palme-Damm | Kiel |
Germany | Street | Olof-Palme-Straße | Augsburg, Frankfurt am Main, Leverkusen and Messestadt Riem |
Greece | Street | Olof Palme | Athens |
Greece | Park | Olof Palme | Thessaloniki |
Hungary | Street | Olof Palme sétány | Budapest |
India | Road | Olof Palme marg | New Delhi |
Iraq | Park | Hadiket Olof Palme | Sulemania |
Italy | Road | Via Olof Palme | Bitonto, Cesena, Chiaravalle, Ferrara and Nuoro |
Mexico | College | Colegio Olof Palme | Tlalpan, Mexico City |
Mozambique | Street | Avenida Olof Palme | Maputo |
Namibia | Street | Olof Palmestraat | Windhoek |
Namibia | School | Olof Palme Primary School | Katutura, Windhoek |
Netherlands | School | Basisschool Olof Palme | Drunen |
Netherlands | Street | Olof Palmeplein | Amsterdam |
Netherlands | Street | Olof Palmestraat | Delft |
Netherlands | Street | Olof Palmelaan | Beverwijk and Zoetermeer |
Netherlands | Street | S.O.J. (Sven Olof Joachim) Palmelaan | Groningen |
Nicaragua | Convention | Olof Palme Convention Centre | Managua |
Russia | Street | Ulitsa Ulofa Pal'me | Moscow |
Serbia | Street | Ulica Ulofa Palmea | Belgrade |
Spain | Park | Olof Palme Park | Madrid |
Spain | Street | Calle Olof Palme | Alicante, Badajoz, Las Palmas, Murcia, Sabadell and Valencia |
Spain | Square | Plaza Olof Palme | Siero |
Sweden | Street | Olof Palmes gata | Stockholm and several other Swedish cities |
Sweden | Square | Olof Palmes torg | Örebro, Västerås and Sundsvall |
Sweden | Square | Olof Palmes plats | Gothenburg, Jönköping, Malmö, Södertälje and Uppsala |
Turkey | Street | Olof Palme caddesi | Kulu |
Turkey | Park | Olof Palme Human Rights Park | İzmir |
United Kingdom | Street | Olof Palme Grove | Longton, Staffordshire, England |
United States | College | Kenyon College- Palme House | Gambier, Ohio |
Uruguay | Square | Olof Palme Square | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Vietnam | Hospital | Olof Palme pediatric hospital | Hanoi, Vietnam |
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