Criminal who helped inspire Stockholm Syndrome term dies aged 78

Getty Images A black and white photograph of Clark Olofsson in the 1970s. He is dressed in a flowery shirt with a dark suit. He has a bushy beard and is staring a the camera.

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One of the two charismatic criminals involved in the kidnapping that gave the world the term “Stockholm syndrome” has died aged 78, his family has said.

Clark Olofsson – who rose to global notoriety in 1973 following a kidnapping and bank robbery in the Swedish capital – died…

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