Claës Palme

Male, Deceased Person

1917 – 2006

71

Who was Claës Palme?

Johan Claës Woldemar Palme was a Swedish lawyer who was specialized in maritime law. He was the son of Gunnar Palme and the brother of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme and of Catharina Palme Nilzén.

Claës Palme was maritime law expert and ran his own law firm. He was also a reservist in the Swedish Navy. The Soviet Union hired him to sue the Swedish Government as the Soviet ship Tsesis run aground at the entrance of Södertälje. He won the case, which attracted much attention because of his brother Olof Palme, who, concurrently served as Prime Minister of Sweden. Claës Palme was also the author of maritime items and a long-time representant for the Swedish Maritime Administration while in court.

He was an active politician of the Moderate Party and was for a period chairman of the parish council in Engelbrekts church assembly in central Stockholm. He took part in the demonstration against the employee funds that the October 4th Movement arranged on the day that employee funds would be dealt in the Swedish Riksdag. During certain periods, Palme lived at on French Riviera.

Claës Palme was one of the initiators of the transfer of the family estate Skangal in Latvia to the Salvation Army.

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Born
May 31, 1917
Stockholm
Also known as
  • Johan Claës Woldemar Palme
Siblings
Nationality
  • Sweden
Died
Apr 21, 2006
Stockholm

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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