Clark Olofsson, the notorious Swedish bank robber whose role in a 1973 Stockholm hostage crisis helped inspire the term ...

Olofsson died in a hospital in Sweden after a prolonged illness Olofsson rose to worldwide infamy in 1973 when he helped hold four people hostage in a bank in Stockholm and seemingly gained the ...

FILE - In this photo released by police, three of the four hostages and bank robber Clark Olofsson, standing right, are seen in a bank in Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 27, 1973, shortly before the gunmen ...

In a 1973 heist, he and another man held hostages who surprisingly came to defend them, drawing attention to a puzzling psychological phenomenon.

Stockholm syndrome is a mainstay in pop culture. It inspired movies like “Labor Day” and “Stockholm,” books like “Stolen” by Lucy Christopher and the famous Wattpad story turned New York Times ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. STOCKHOLM (AP) — It’s a common term these ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — It’s a common term these days, deployed to describe the bond that victims of kidnappings or hostage situations sometimes develop with their captors: “Stockholm syndrome.” And it got ...