Caption
The Norrmalmstorg robbery 23-28 august 1973. Kreditbanken on Normmalmstorg in Stockholm. The first criminal event in Sweden to be covered by live television. Jan-Erik Olsson was the robber and was joined by former cellmate and friend Clark Olofsson in the bank. The robbers gave up after that the police used teargas, no one of the hostages was hurt. A bank robbery and hostage crisis best known as the origin of the term Stockholm syndrome that is a proposed condition in which hostages develop a physological bond with their captors. Picture shows the police gathered in the square during the robbery
Date
Aug 23, 1973
Credit line
Photo12/imageBROKER/Sjoberg
Reference
BRK25G03_443
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No
Property release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
23,1Mb (2,0Mb) / 11,7in x 7,7in / 3500 x 2310 (300dpi)