Palme family

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The Palme Family
Current region Sweden
Members Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden
Rajani Palme Dutt, General Secretary of Communist Party of Great Britain
Connected families von Sydow family, Wallenberg family, Kreuger family, Lagercrantz family

The Palme family is a prominent Swedish family. A family with many members who have evolved into successful persons, the family includes one Swedish prime minister. The most notable member of the Palme family is Olof Palme who served two terms as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and from 1982 until his assassination in 1986.

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The Palme family is derived from a skipper, the Dutch Palme Lyder, who settled in Ystad, Sweden in the 1600s. The family is related to several other prominent Swedish families such as the von Sydow family, the Wallenberg family, the Kreuger family and the Lagercrantz family.

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This list contains only one branch of the Palme family:

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This article is mainly based on Swedish Wikipedia. See the Palme family on Swedish Wikipedia.