We follow Olof Palme from his upbringing in an conservative Lutheran family in the district of Östermalm in Stockholm. And we get a deep understanding about his political awakening and how he become to be in-love in Lisbet Palme.
Olof Palme is appointed prime minister in 1969 and the record-breaking economic success for Sweden is followed by increasing contradictions. And the 1973 election campaign is edged by the military coup in Chile.