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The Ebbe Carlsson affair (Swedish: Ebbe Carlsson-affären) was a major political scandal in Sweden occurring during mid-1988. The affair came to public knowledge on 1 June 1988, when the evening newspaper Expressen revealed that Ebbe Carlsson, a journalist and publisher and former secretary at the Swedish government, was carrying out an independent and illegal investigation into the assassination of prime minister Olof Palme, secretly supported by the minister for justice Anna-Greta Leijon.

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  • Ebbe Carlsson affair (en)
  • Affaire Ebbe Carlsson (fr)
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  • The Ebbe Carlsson affair (Swedish: Ebbe Carlsson-affären) was a major political scandal in Sweden occurring during mid-1988. The affair came to public knowledge on 1 June 1988, when the evening newspaper Expressen revealed that Ebbe Carlsson, a journalist and publisher and former secretary at the Swedish government, was carrying out an independent and illegal investigation into the assassination of prime minister Olof Palme, secretly supported by the minister for justice Anna-Greta Leijon. (en)
  • L'affaire Ebbe Carlsson est un scandale politico-judiciaire suédois qui éclate le 1er juin 1988. Le quotidien Expressen révèle que l'éditeur Ebbe Carlsson mène, avec le soutien de la ministre de la Justice Anna-Greta Leijon, une enquête sur l'implication de l'organisation kurde PKK dans l'assassinat d'Olof Palme. Ebbe Carlsson est de plus en possession d'informations confidentielles, et de matériel d'écoute illégal. (fr)
  • Ebbe Carlsson-affären var en politisk skandal i Sverige som inleddes den 1 juni 1988, då Per Wendel i tidningen Expressen avslöjade att bokförläggaren Ebbe Carlsson utredde PKK-spåret, det vill säga en teori om att den kurdiska gerillaorganisationen PKK skulle varit delaktiga i Palmemordet. Ebbe Carlsson skulle agerat med stöd från Sveriges dåvarande justitieminister Anna-Greta Leijon (s), och hade tillgång till hemlig information och olaglig avlyssningsutrustning. (sv)
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  • The Ebbe Carlsson affair (Swedish: Ebbe Carlsson-affären) was a major political scandal in Sweden occurring during mid-1988. The affair came to public knowledge on 1 June 1988, when the evening newspaper Expressen revealed that Ebbe Carlsson, a journalist and publisher and former secretary at the Swedish government, was carrying out an independent and illegal investigation into the assassination of prime minister Olof Palme, secretly supported by the minister for justice Anna-Greta Leijon. The scandal forced Leijon to resign a week later, and was finally concluded with Carlsson, by then dying with AIDS, being fined for smuggling in 1992. Long before it landed in criminal court, however, an investigation of his role was launched by the constitutional committee of the parliament, its hearings broadcast live on Sveriges Television, the public television service. The matter became embarrassing to the government, appearing to expose an "old boys culture" encompassing people both in the senior ranks of the Social Democratic Party and in the police, and careless handling in highly sensitive police work. (en)
  • L'affaire Ebbe Carlsson est un scandale politico-judiciaire suédois qui éclate le 1er juin 1988. Le quotidien Expressen révèle que l'éditeur Ebbe Carlsson mène, avec le soutien de la ministre de la Justice Anna-Greta Leijon, une enquête sur l'implication de l'organisation kurde PKK dans l'assassinat d'Olof Palme. Ebbe Carlsson est de plus en possession d'informations confidentielles, et de matériel d'écoute illégal. L'affaire conduit entre autres à la démission d'Anna-Greta Leijon au début du mois de juin 1988, et à la condamnation d'Ebbe Carlsson à une amende pour contrebande en mars 1992. La commission constitutionnelle du parlement suédois, chargée d'enquêter sur l'affaire, effectue à partir d'août 1988 une série d'auditions retransmises en direct à la télévision. Les échanges très vifs entre l'ancien ministre Carl Lidbom et le vice-président de la commission Anders Björck créent la sensation dans les médias. (fr)
  • Ebbe Carlsson-affären var en politisk skandal i Sverige som inleddes den 1 juni 1988, då Per Wendel i tidningen Expressen avslöjade att bokförläggaren Ebbe Carlsson utredde PKK-spåret, det vill säga en teori om att den kurdiska gerillaorganisationen PKK skulle varit delaktiga i Palmemordet. Ebbe Carlsson skulle agerat med stöd från Sveriges dåvarande justitieminister Anna-Greta Leijon (s), och hade tillgång till hemlig information och olaglig avlyssningsutrustning. Affären ledde bland annat till att Anna-Greta Leijon tvingades avgå i början av juni 1988, samt att Ebbe Carlsson dömdes till böter för varusmuggling i mars 1992. Riksdagens konstitutionsutskott granskade affären genom utfrågningar som direktsändes i TV med början i augusti 1988. En irriterad ordväxling mellan Carl Lidbom och utskottets vice ordförande Anders Björck fick betydande uppmärksamhet i massmedia. (sv)
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