Jan-Erik Olsson

Jan-Erik "Janne" Olsson (born 16 April 1941) is a Swedish criminal, born and raised in Ekeby, outside Helsingborg. He was the main culprit in the 1973 Norrmalmstorg robbery in Stockholm, for which the term Stockholm syndrome was named.

Kalmar Prison Olsson met the known criminal Clark Olofsson at the Swedish correctional facility in Kalmar, and they became friends. On 23 August 1973, he was inside the Pressbyrån store in central Stockholm, where he masked himself. He then entered Kreditbanken with a submachine gun under his jacket During the robbery, Olsson fired multiple times at the police, injuring one officer in the hand and another in the face and arms. He spoke twice with Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme. The robbery ended on 28 August after the police deployed gas. Olsson, as well as the hostages and Clark Olofsson, all survived unharmed. Olsson was sentenced to ten years in prison; he was released in the early 1980s. He has since returned to Helsingborg, where he has operated an automobile repair shop, and is now retired.