The criminal who helped inspire the term Stockholm syndrome dies 78

His family said that one of the charismatic criminals involved in the kidnapping, which gave the world the term “Stockholm”, died at the age of 78.

Clark Olovson – who rose to a global reputation in 1973 died after a robbery and the bank in the Swedish capital – after a long illness, and his family told Dagens on the Internet.

During a six -day siege, Oloffson’s hostage began to sympathize with him and his partner, defending their actions while growing more hostile to the police abroad.

The incident gives its name to a psychological theoretical condition, as the victims of the victims develop emotions to their hijackers.

The siege was incited by the famous bank by another man, Jan-Erik Olsson. After the seizure of three women and heads of hostage, Olymphson – who had been a former friend of his prison – demanded to the bank from prison.

The Swedish authorities agreed to his request, and Olovson entered the bank that was surrounded by the police.

Years later, in an interview with the newspaper Aftonbladet, he claimed that he was asked to work as an internal man to maintain the safety of the prisoners in exchange for a decrease in prison sentence, but he accused officials of not honoring the agreement.

Olovson persuaded one of the hostages, Christine Enark, to speak to the Swedish Prime Minister on the phone on behalf of the thieves.

She begged her to leave the bank in a smuggled car with the kidnappers.

“On the contrary, they were very nice … they believe or do not believe, but we spent a great time here.”

Over the course of many phone calls, Enmark said she feared the police will learn by the police and have repeatedly defended their actions.

“He promised that he would make sure nothing happened to me and decided to believe it. I was 23 years old and I am afraid of my life.”

The hostage situation ended six days after police officers stormed the ceiling and used tear gas to subjugate the husband.

Initially, the hostages refused to leave their kidnappers because of their fears by the police. The hostages later refused to testify against Olovson and Olson.

Experts have since discussed whether Stockholm syndrome is an actual psychological condition, as some argue that it is a defense mechanism to deal with painful situations.

The term was formulated in the wake of the siege by the Swedish crime scientist and psychiatrist Nils Pegrut to explain the illogical affection, some of the prisoners towards their hostages.

The theory reached a broader audience the following year when the California Batti Hurst is inherited It was kidnapped by revolutionary militants.

Talk to BBC side podcasts in 2021She has operated the concept of Stockholm syndrome, saying: “It is a way to blame the victim. I have done what I could to survive.”

Olovson was the perpetrator of the perpetrator and spent most of his life in prison. He was released for the last time in 2018 after spent a sentence for drug crime in Belgium.

In 2022, actor Bill Scarsgard was filmed in the Netflix Clarak drama series.