Word: adelsohn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...political violence. Stunned Swedes tossed red roses on the murder site; some placed candles on the sidewalk. By Saturday morning, the lines of mourners wound around the block. On a wall a banner was hung, reading: WHY MURDER A TRUE DEMOCRAT? "It is an almost unbelievable shock," said Ulf Adelsohn, leader of the conservative opposition in the country's one-house parliament. "Sweden will never be the same after this." Following an all-night meeting of key Swedish leaders, Acting Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson, 51, who was promptly designated Palme's successor as party chief, announced that the government would...