A 1973 Bank Robbery Gave the World ‘Stockholm Syndrome’—But There’s More to the Story Than That

Press photographers and police snipers lie side by side on a roof opposite the Kreditbanken bank on Norrmalmstorg square in ...
Arizona Daily Star

What is Stockholm syndrome? It all started with a bank robbery 50 years ago

STOCKHOLM — It's a common term these days, deployed to describe the bond that victims of kidnappings or hostage situations sometimes develop with their captors: “Stockholm syndrome.” And it got its ...
Seattle Times

Clark Olofsson, 78, dies; bank robber helped inspire ‘Stockholm syndrome’

Nothing about the holdup of a Stockholm bank in 1973 followed any expected story line. Firing shots into the ceiling and shouting in English, “The party starts!,” an ex-convict named Jan-Erik Olsson ...
AOL

Clark Olofsson, Notorious Criminal Who Helped Inspire the ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ Phrase, Dies at 78

Clark Olofsson, the notorious Swedish criminal who partly inspired the phrase “Stockholm syndrome,” has died. He was 78. Olofsson died after a prolonged illness at Sweden’s Arvika Hospital on June 24, ...
The Hill

American Stockholm syndrome: When politics becomes psychological warfare

This op-ed is part of The Hill’s “How to Fix America” series exploring solutions to some of the country’s most pressing problems. Many years ago, when I was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier in ...