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'Stockholm Syndrome' bank robber Clark Olofsson dies

The Free Press Journal - Mumbai

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June 28, 2025

Clark Olofsson, a Swedish bank robber who held four people hostage for six days in a 1973 Stockholm bank siege that coined the term "Stockholm Syndrome", has died aged 78, his family said on Thursday.

- Agencies

Olofsson, one of Sweden's most notorious repeat offenders and the subject of the 2022 Netflix series "Clark", died at a Swedish hospital after a lengthy illness, his family told online media outlet Dagens ETC.

Olofsson had a slew of convictions including robbery, attempted murder, drug dealing and assault, and spent more than half of his life in prison.

He was best known for his role in the August 23, 1973 siege of Kreditbanken in central Stockholm.

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