Christer Pettersson

Christer Pettersson
Police photo of Christer Pettersson
Born
Carl Gustaf Christer Pettersson

(1947-04-23)23 April 1947
Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
Died29 September 2004(2004-09-29) (aged 57)

Carl Gustaf Christer Pettersson (23 April 1947 – 29 September 2004) was a Swedish criminal who was a suspect in the 1986 assassination of Olof Palme, the Prime Minister of Sweden. In 1989 he was convicted of the murder in district court but acquitted on appeal the following year.