Doris Hopp (July 16, 1930-October 31, 1998) was a Swedish brothel madam who organized a network of call girls in Stockholm, Sweden, in the early 1970s. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. For the 2008 film of this name see The Brothel. For the television series of this name see Cathouse The Series. A call girl or escort is a Sex worker who (unlike a street walker) is not visible to the general public ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. She was arrested on pimping charges in 1976. A police investigation soon revealed that many of Hopp's customers were well-known politicians and other dignitaries.

In November 1977, the newspaper Dagens Nyheter published allegations citing Justice Minister Lennart Geijer as one of Doris Hopp's customers. ( DN) ( Swedish: lit "news of the day" is a daily newspaper in Sweden. The newspaper claimed as its source a classified report in which the chief of police Carl Persson had informed Prime Minister Olof Palme of the involvement of politicians in the prostitution scandal. Sven Olof Joachim Palme ( ( 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician At the time of the scandal broke, it was not illegal to pay for sexual services, but the fact that politicians socialized with prostitutes was viewed as a security risk as staff from foreign embassies were also reported to frequent the brothel. Prime Minister Palme strongly denied the allegations, accusing the newspaper of aggravated libel. The newspaper was forced into a retreat and two days after the publication Lennart Geijer received an official apology. ^[1] Years later, it emerged that a few minor details aside, the newspaper's assertions had in fact been largely correct. Over the years, there has been much speculation regarding the identities of those who made use of the brothel's services. Former Prime Minister Thorbjörn Fälldin and former Centre Party leader Olof Johansson have both publicly denied frequenting Doris Hopp's brothel. Nils Olof Thorbjörn Fälldin (born 24 April 1926 in Högsjö, Ångermanland) is a Swedish politician Sten Olof Håkan Johansson (born July 31, 1937) is a Swedish politician who was the leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 1987 to 1998 and ^[2]

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