Ulofa Pal'me Street
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Western Administrative Okrug
Western Administrative District, or Zapadny Administrative Okrug , is one of the ten administrative okrugs of Moscow. The district was founded in 1991 and has an area of...
, Moscow. The street was named after Olof Palme
Olof Palme
Sven Olof Joachim Palme was a Swedish politician. A long-time protegé of Prime Minister Tage Erlander, Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 to his assassination, and was a two-term Prime Minister of Sweden, heading a Privy Council Government from 1969 to 1976 and a cabinet...
, the assassinated Prime Minister of Sweden
Prime Minister of Sweden
The Prime Minister is the head of government in the Kingdom of Sweden. Before the creation of the office of a Prime Minister in 1876, Sweden did not have a head of government separate from its head of state, namely the King, in whom the executive authority was vested...
.
Lay-out
Effectively, Ulofa Pal'me Street is an extension of Universitetsky Prospekt, the latter ending at a crossroads with Mosfilmovskaya StreetMosfilmovskaya Street
Mosfilmovskaya Street is a street in Ramenki District, West Administrative District, Moscow, where the Mosfilm Studios and many foreign embassies are located.The name Mosfilmovskaya was officially adopted in 1939...
. Ulofa Pal'me Street runs further north-west downhill towards Setun River
Setun River
The Setun is a river in the west of Moscow and the largest tributary of the Moskva River in Moscow. The length of the river is , of which is in Moscow itself. Its basin has an area of . The Setun River originates in the village of Salariyevo in Moscow Oblast and flows into the Moskva River near...
and turns to the right after crossing Dovzhenko Street.
Notable buildings
- 4 - Embassy of the United Arab Emirates
- 6 - Embassy of Angola
The embassy of Sweden
Embassy of Sweden in Moscow
The Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden in Moscow is the chief diplomatic mission of Sweden in the Russian Federation. It is located at 60 Mosfilmovskaya Street , on the corner of Ulofa Pal'me Street , in the Ramenki District of Moscow.- External links :...
is located at the crossing of Mosfilmovskaya Street
Mosfilmovskaya Street
Mosfilmovskaya Street is a street in Ramenki District, West Administrative District, Moscow, where the Mosfilm Studios and many foreign embassies are located.The name Mosfilmovskaya was officially adopted in 1939...
and Ulofa Pal'me Street, the actual address being 60 Mosfilmovskaya Street
Mosfilmovskaya Street
Mosfilmovskaya Street is a street in Ramenki District, West Administrative District, Moscow, where the Mosfilm Studios and many foreign embassies are located.The name Mosfilmovskaya was officially adopted in 1939...
.
Other streets named after Olof Palme
A considerable number of streets around the world have been named after Olof PalmeOlof Palme
Sven Olof Joachim Palme was a Swedish politician. A long-time protegé of Prime Minister Tage Erlander, Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 to his assassination, and was a two-term Prime Minister of Sweden, heading a Privy Council Government from 1969 to 1976 and a cabinet...
, particularly in Sweden
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....
. See the disambiguation page Olof Palme Street
Olof Palme Street
The name Olof Palme Street may refer to the following streets named after the assassinated Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme:The first street was renamed on April 23, 1986, in Sveavägen, Stockholm....
and the Memorials section of the Olof Palme
Olof Palme
Sven Olof Joachim Palme was a Swedish politician. A long-time protegé of Prime Minister Tage Erlander, Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 to his assassination, and was a two-term Prime Minister of Sweden, heading a Privy Council Government from 1969 to 1976 and a cabinet...
page for more information.