Stig Engström

Stig Engström, a.k.a. Skandiamannen/The Skandia Man, born in Bombay, India in 1934, was a Swedish graphic designer. Engström was on June 10, 2020, named by Chief Prosecutor Krister Petersson as the person responsible for the assassination of Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden, on 28 February 1986. Stig Engström was the son of Folke and Ruth Engström, born during the couple's time in Bombay, his brother Per was born 1940 in Calcutta. Stig Engström returned to Sweden in 1946 when he was twelve years old and lived with relatives of the family until his parents also returned a few years later. He attended an elite school, but while he showed artistic and athletic talent, he did not excel academically and never graduated or went to university. He did military service before starting his studies to become a graphic designer. During the late 1960s he was hired as a graphic designer first by The Swedish Broadcasting Systems publishing house and later by the insurance company Skandia. Stig Engström was politically active in Moderaterna/the Moderate Party, he was married twice. In 1999 his second marriage dissolved and in June 2000, he committed suicide at the age of 66.