Året var 1973

At the end of August 1973 a robber takes hostages at the Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg A week or so later on September 15 King Gustaf VI Adolf dies in Helsingborgs hospital and Sweden gets a new king Carl XVI Gustaf In Chile the military takes power and the popularly elected president Salvador Allende is overthrown That and much more in this column about the year 1973