Anna Lisbeth Christina Palme (née baroness 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.
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Biography
Early life and studies
Anna Lisbet Christina Beck-Friis was born on 14 March 1931 in Stockholm, the daughter of civil engineer Ebbe Christian baron Beck-Friis and his wife Anna-Lisa Beck-Friis, née Bolling. She was born into the Beck-Friis branch of the Danish noble Beck family, which became established in Sweden, and her hereditary birth title was friherrinna Beck-Friis (Danish: friherreinde; English: baroness).
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.
Career
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.