Editing Norrmalmstorg robbery (section)

== Events ==
Jan-Erik Olsson was on leave from prison on August 23, 1973, when he went into [[Kreditbanken]] on [[Norrmalmstorg]], [[Stockholm]] and attempted to rob it.<ref name="ne">{{cite encyclopedia |title = Norrmalmstorgsdramat|encyclopedia = [[Nationalencyklopedin]]|language = sv|url = http://www.ne.se/norrmalmstorgsdramat|accessdate = 30 October 2010|url-access=subscription}}</ref> [[Swedish police]] were notified shortly after and arrived on the scene. One officer, Ingemar Warpefeldt, suffered injuries to his hand after Olsson opened fire,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url = http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/9905/02/clark.html|title = Rånarens krav: släpp Clark fri|last = Karlsson|first = Jan|date = 2 May 1999|work = [[Aftonbladet]]|access-date = 16 June 2015|language = sv|trans-title = The robbers demand: set Clark free|page = 17}}</ref> while another was ordered to sit in a chair and sing a song.<ref name=":0"/> Olsson then took four bank employees hostage: Birgitta Lundblad, Elisabeth Oldgren, Kristin Enmark, and Sven Säfström.<ref name="the-bank-drama"/> He demanded his friend Clark Olofsson be brought there,<ref>{{cite news |title=Stockholm Police Lock Gunman, Others in a Vault |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/26/archives/stockholm-police-lock-gunman-others-in-a-vault.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |issue=42218|volume=122 |date=26 August 1973}}</ref> along with three million [[Swedish kronor]], two guns, bulletproof vests, helmets and a [[Ford Mustang]].<ref name=ne /><ref>Serena, Katie. [https://allthatsinteresting.com/stockholm-syndrome Stockholm Syndrome And The Strange Bank Robbery Behind It] ''All That’s Interesting'', February 19, 2018, updated May 1, 2019.</ref>

Olsson was initially misidentified as Kaj Hansson,<ref>{{cite news |title=Swedish Robber Holds Hostages 2d Day |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=24 August 1973|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/25/archives/swedish-robber-holds-hostages-2d-day.html }}</ref> another escaped prisoner, and someone who specialized in bank robberies.<ref name="the-bank-drama">{{cite magazine |last= Lang|first= Daniel|date= November 18, 1974|title= The Bank Drama|magazine= [[The New Yorker]]|url= https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1974/11/25/the-bank-drama|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221023020818/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1974/11/25/the-bank-drama|archive-date= Oct 23, 2022}}</ref> Olsson was a repeat offender who had committed several armed robberies and acts of violence, the first when he was 16.<ref name="40-ar-sedan">{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/tv/nyheter/40-ar-sedan-dramat-vid-norrmalmstorg/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701071332/http://www.expressen.se/tv/nyheter/inrikes/40-ar-sedan-dramat-vid-norrmalmstorg/|url-status=dead|title=40 år sedan dramat vid Norrmalmstorg|archivedate=July 1, 2015|website=[[Expressen]]}}</ref>

The government gave permission for Olofsson to be brought as a communication link with the police negotiators. The hostage Kristin Enmark said that she felt safe with Olsson and Olofsson but feared that the police might escalate the situation by using violent methods.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.com/news/stockholm-syndrome|title=The Birth of "Stockholm Syndrome," 40 Years Ago – History in the Headlines|access-date=14 August 2016}}</ref> Olsson and Olofsson barricaded the inner main vault in which they kept the hostages. Negotiators agreed that they could have a car to escape but would not allow them to take hostages with them if they tried to leave.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nilsbejerot.se/sexdagar.pdf |title=Nils Bejerot: Strategin i sexdagarskriget vid Norrmalmstorg |accessdate=2019-08-05 |archive-date=2016-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418131500/http://www.nilsbejerot.se/sexdagar.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Olsson called [[Swedish Prime Minister]] [[Olof Palme]] and said that he would kill the hostages and backed up his threat by grabbing one of them in a stranglehold. She was heard screaming as he hung up.<ref name=":0"/> The next day, the hostage Kristin Enmark called Palme and said that she was very displeased with his attitude and asked him to let the robbers and the hostages leave.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{cite web|website= [[Sveriges Radio]]|language=sv |title= Lyssna på Kristin Enmark prata med Olof Palme under gisslandramat|trans-title= Listen to Kristin Enmark talk to Olof Palme during the hostage drama|date= 5 Oct 2015|url= https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/6270898}}</ref>

Olofsson walked around the vault and sang [[Roberta Flack]]'s "[[Killing Me Softly with His Song|Killing Me Softly]]".<ref name=":0"/> On August 26, the police drilled a hole into the main vault from the apartment above and took a widely circulated photograph of the hostages with Olofsson.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1974/11/25/the-bank-drama</ref> Olsson fired his weapon into the hole on two occasions and wounded a police officer in the hand and face.<ref name="40-ar-sedan"/>

Olsson had fired his weapon and threatened to kill the hostages if any gas attack was attempted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=1602&artikel=5622207|title=40 år sedan Norrmalmstorgsdramat – Avgörande ögonblick|website=[[Sveriges Radio]]|language=sv|access-date=2019-06-07}}</ref> Nonetheless, on August 28 police used [[tear gas]], and Olsson and Olofsson surrendered after an hour. None of the hostages sustained permanent injuries.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kamm |first1=Henry |title=Stockholm Police Seize 2 in Vault, Free 4 Hostages |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/29/archives/stockholm-police-seize-2-in-vault-free-4-hostages-3-women-leave.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |issue=42221|volume=122 |date=29 August 1973}}</ref>