Олоф Пальме әйелі, балалар психологы Лиссбет Пальме өмірі мен қызметі

Swedish children's psychologist, Wife of former Prime Minister Olof Palme

Anna Lisbeth Christina Palme (née Beck Friis; 14 March 1931 – 18 October 2018) was a Swedish children's psychologist, UNICEF chairwoman and the wife of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme, until his assassination in 1986.

Anna Lisbeth Christina Beck Friis was born to civil engineer and baron Christian Beck Friis and his wife Anna Lisa Beck Friis (née Bolling). After graduating from the Nya Elementarskolan för flickor (New Elementary School for Girls) in Stockholm in 1950, she studied at Stockholm University, graduating in the summer of 1955.

Palme worked as a children's psychologist and was during a period of time employed at Stockholm County Council, and later at the social department for Stockholm county. She was the chairman of the Swedish UNICEF committee between 1987 and 1999, and in that role campaigned against the sexual exploitation of children. She became the international chairwoman for UNICEF between 1990 and 1991. She was a member of the Organisation of African Unity committee of investigation into the Rwandan genocide which reported its findings in 2000.

Lisbeth married politician Olof Palme on 9 June 1956. He later became Sweden's prime minister; firstly between 1969 and 1976, and again between 1982 and 1986. Together they had three sons: Joakim, Mårten and Mattias. The couple had been married for almost 30 years when Olof Palme was assassinated in 1986. The comments were interpreted by some as if she had been informed that the suspect was an alcoholic and a drug addict.

Palme died on 18 October 2018, after suffering from an unspecified illness for some time. She was 87.