Holger Axel Gustaf Romander (6 March 1921 – 25 January 2020) was a Swedish civil servant.
[1] Romander became a public prosecutor in Göta Court of Appeal in 1949 and served as notary and secretary of the 1st Standing Committee on Laws (Lagutskottet) from 1952 to 1955.
[2] During 1983-1984, Romander was personally involved in the investigation of Sweden's greatest blackmail cases, Operation Cobra.
[3] In February 1986, the Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated, Romander was about to retire, but was asked by the Swedish government to continue working and then came to be the highest police chief during the investigation's first two years.
The government, through Minister for Justice Sten Wickbom, ordered Romander, despite the failure of the PKK lead, to continue the investigation against the Kurdish organization - with 300 police officers.