The Man Who Played with Fire: Stieg Larsson's Lost Files and the Hunt for an Assassin

by Jan Stocklassa

Newspapers published caricatures of Palme with a hooked nose, bad teeth, and dark rings under his eyes. That said, there were clearly others who didn’t think there was anything wrong with his appearance. As women such as actress Shirley MacLaine, among others, came forward and claimed to have had affairs with Olof Palme, rumors of his extramarital infidelities spread, though they were likely exaggerated.