Hans Holmér(1930-2002)
- Actor
- Writer
Holmér made a career in the Swedish police, starting from walking the
beat and later taking a degree in law and becoming Chief of the Swedish
National Security Police Agency ("Secret police") and later on, head of
the Stockholm Municipal Police. At the assassination of Prime Minister
Olof Palme on February 28, 1986, Holmér quickly became head of the
investigations and held a number of legendary press briefings. He was
forced out after a big police raid on exile Kurds living in Sweden had
failed to substantiate his theory that this group had been involved in
the murder. Later he worked for the UN on questions of the trade in
narcotics.
