Ebbe Carlsson
Encyclopedia
Nils "Ebbe" Knut Carlsson (28 September 1947 – 3 August 1992 in Stockholm
) was a Swedish
journalist
and publisher
with connections within the Social Democratic leadership and the Cabinet of Sweden. He became infamous through the "Ebbe Carlsson affair," when he had got permission to investigate the assassination of Olof Palme.
On 30 November 1991, he made public in an interview with Stina Dabrowski that he was HIV
positive and was suffering from AIDS
. He was one of the first famous Swedish people to make this public. Carlsson received medical treatment at the AIDS clinic of Huddinge Hospital during the last months of his life.
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
) was a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and publisher
Publishing
Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...
with connections within the Social Democratic leadership and the Cabinet of Sweden. He became infamous through the "Ebbe Carlsson affair," when he had got permission to investigate the assassination of Olof Palme.
On 30 November 1991, he made public in an interview with Stina Dabrowski that he was HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
positive and was suffering from AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
. He was one of the first famous Swedish people to make this public. Carlsson received medical treatment at the AIDS clinic of Huddinge Hospital during the last months of his life.