[5] Rainer did his clerkship at Sollentuna and Färentuna judicial districts from 1949 to 1951 and worked as an extra legal clerk in Svea Court of Appeal in 1952.

Rainer served as acting director general for Administrative Affairs in 1964, was appointed state secretary in 1965 and Hovrättsråd in 1969.

[2] On 9 November 1983 Prime Minister Olof Palme and Ove Rainer made a press conference where the latter announced his resignation from the office.

[8] Prime Minister Olof Palme, who kept a low profile and hitherto avoided commenting on the course of events, immediately arranged for Rainer, who had long been a good friend of his, to become a justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden.

On 18 November, it emerged that Rainer - with Sveriges Riksbank's permission - had transferred SEK 5 million to Switzerland to buy shares, in order to take control of a company that belonged to a deceased relative.