Why is it called "Stockholm Syndrome"?
In a situation of Stockholm syndrome, a hostage develops a feeling of empathy and occasionally even friendship with his captor. This syndrome owes its name to a hostage situation that took place in Stockholm in 1973. On August 23rd, a prisoner on parole, Jan Erik Olsson, attempted to rob a bank. He had to retreat into the branch and ended up taking four people hostage. Negotiations were held with the authorities and after 6 days he freed everyone. Having spent almost a week with him, the hostages developed a curious behavior during the arrest, going so far as to stand in front of the policemen who came to arrest him, separating them from Olsson... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.