Mikhail Gorbachev fighting for his political survival, featuring a secret film from his life in captivity. Supreme Soviet is planning for the future. Also the downfall of Swedish Financier Erik Penser. And the Swedish recognition of the Baltic states sovereignty.
On 16 Sept 1992, following several rate rises over the course of a week, the Riksbank made a final attempt to stop the outflow and raised the marginal rate to 500 per cent.
On 16 Sept. 16, 1992 the Swedish National Bank raised marginal interest rate to 500 %. At Gothenburg City Theatre William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" is being staged.
The Estonia disaster occurred between 00:55 and 01:50 (UTC+2) as the ship was crossing the Baltic Sea, en route from Tallinn, Estonia, to Stockholm, Sweden.