Jan-Erik Olsson
{{Short description|Retired Swedish criminal (born 1941)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jan-Erik Olsson
| other_names = Janne Olsson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|04|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bjuv, Sweden
| known_for = Norrmalmstorg robbery
}}
Jan-Erik "Janne" Olsson (born 16 April 1941) is a Swedish criminal, born and raised in Ekeby, outside Helsingborg.{{Cite news|url = http://www.expressen.se/kvp/att-oppna-kassaskap-ar-fantastiskt/|title = Att öppna kassaskåp är fantastiskt|last = Alsén|first = Daniel|date = 20 August 2012|work = Expressen|access-date = 17 June 2015|trans-title = To open safes are amazing|language = sv}} He was the main culprit in the 1973 Norrmalmstorg robbery in Stockholm, for which the term Stockholm syndrome was named.
Kalmar Prison
Olsson met the known criminal Clark Olofsson at the Swedish correctional facility in Kalmar,{{cite news|title = Rymlingarnas högborg en gång i tiden|trans-title = Once upon a time, the stronghold of the fugitives|last = Arenius|first = Emma|date = 11 March 2014|work = Barometern|pages = 24–25|language = sv}}{{Cite news|url = https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/clark-olofsson-stal-allt-han-kom-over-vid-gisslandramat/|title = Clark Olofsson stal allt han kom över vid gisslandramat|last = Lisinski|first = Stefan|date = 30 August 2003|work = Dagens Nyheter|access-date = 17 June 2015|language = sv|trans-title = Clark Olofsson stole everything he came across during the hostage situation}} and they became friends. Olsson was fascinated by Clark Olofsson's criminal past as a bank robber. After Olsson later disappeared during a furlough, he carried out a failed rescue attempt of Clark Olofsson on 7 January 1973, attempting to blow up the wall with dynamite that he had smuggled in earlier. Olsson sat in a car outside during the attempt. However, Olofsson failed to detonate the dynamite, which caused the rescue attempt to fail.
Norrmalmstorg robbery
{{Main|Norrmalmstorg robbery}}
Olsson was the main culprit at the Norrmalmstorg robbery in Stockholm on 23–28 August 1973.{{cite encyclopedia |title = Norrmalmstorgsdramat|encyclopedia = Nationalencyklopedin|language = sv|url = http://www.ne.se/norrmalmstorgsdramat|access-date = 30 October 2010|url-access=subscription |trans-title=Norrmalmstorg robbery}} On 23 August 1973, he was inside the Pressbyrån store in central Stockholm, where he masked himself.{{Cite news|url = http://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/jag-minns-allt-som-om-det-vore-i-gar|title = Jag minns allt som om det vore i går|last = Berger|first = Ella|date = 23 August 2013|work = svt.se|access-date = 17 June 2015|language = sv|trans-title = I remember everything as if it were yesterday}} He then entered Kreditbanken with a submachine gun{{cite news|title = Polisbussen som skrev historia|last = Emanuelsson|first = Eric|date = 9 June 2015|work = Mitt i Upplands Väsby|page = 21|language = sv|trans-title = The police bus that made history}} under his jacket and took four people hostage, demanding that Clark Olofsson be brought to him along with 3 million Swedish krona. Olofsson was a repeat offender who had committed several armed robberies and acts of violence, the first at the age of 16.{{cite news|url = http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/dokument/40-ar-sedan-dramat-vid-norrmalmstorg/|title = 40 år sedan dramat vid Norrmalmstorg|last = Udovic|first = Ana|date = 22 August 2013|work = Expressen|access-date = 17 June 2015|type = video|language = sv|trans-title = 40 years after the Norrmalmstorg robbery}} During the robbery, Olsson fired multiple times at the police, injuring one officer in the hand and another in the face and arms. He spoke twice with Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme. The robbery ended on 28 August after the police deployed gas. Olsson, as well as the hostages and Clark Olofsson, all survived unharmed. Olsson was sentenced to ten years in prison; he was released in the early 1980s.
Since the robbery, Olsson has not been convicted of any other crimes. He lived in Thailand for 15 years with his wife and son, where they ran a supermarket.{{Cite news|url = http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article11884871.ab|title = 36 år senare möts de igen|last = Cantwell|first = Oisín|date = 22 June 2009|work = Aftonbladet|access-date = 17 June 2015|trans-title = 36 years later they meet again|language = sv}} He has since returned to Helsingborg, where he has operated an automobile repair shop, and is now retired.
Bibliography
- {{cite book|last1=Olsson|first1=Janne|title=Stockholmssyndromet|date=2009|publisher=Telegram Bokförlag AB|location=Stockholm|isbn=978-91-86183-04-2}}
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