Sweden Democrats party leader Jimmie Åkesson says they are working to get a comprehensive picture of the situation. He points out that no authority has raised the alarm about the SD official after the publication.
There does not seem to be any assessment from either Säpo or others that there is any problem, he says.
“Needs to sort out”
The civil servant has, among other things, spread pro-Russian information for several years, according to Expo. She also lives with Gustav Gellerbrant, who is the SD's head of the coordination office.
In her speech in the Stockholm suburb of Bredäng on Saturday, S leader Magdalena Andersson addressed Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. She believes that he is not taking the incident with the SD official seriously.
Why does Ulf Kristersson put the Sweden Democrats before Sweden? she says.
Andersson describes the revelation as "a serious security crisis", and says the prime minister is obliged to answer "relevant questions".
What measures is Ulf Kristersson taking to protect Swedish interests?
A: Let Säpo investigate.
According to the chairman of the defence committee, Peter Hultqvist (S), Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson should be called to an extraordinary meeting of the committee due to the revelation. On Friday, Kristersson said that he "of course" will not attend such a meeting.
Hultqvist also demands an investigation by Säpo, and that Gustav Gellerbrant and his partner be banned from the Riksdag and the Government Offices.
Kristersson tells TT that he feels completely confident in the Government Offices' security clearance procedures.
I can say with certainty that there is a well-functioning security screening in the Government Offices, of all employees, which is carried out by the security department and Säpo, and that it is carried out continuously, including if new information is added, says Kristersson.
Åkesson: A political question
Åkesson also says that he has confidence in the safety tests that have been carried out.
It's more of a political question whether you can work with us if you have a certain type of opinion, and then the answer is no, he says.
If you have pro-Russian views, you can't work with us, so what we need to figure out now is whether that's the case or not.
Jimmie Åkesson cannot say when SD can provide an announcement about what will happen to the civil servant.
The magazine Expo revealed on Thursday that an SD official - a woman who moved from Russia to Sweden in 2006 - had for ten years spread articles and posts with Russian narratives from Russian state agencies and the news service RT, as well as from other channels known for Russian propaganda and disinformation. She also allegedly praised Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The woman - currently on parental leave - lives with Gustav Gellerbrant, who is a top SD official in the Government Offices. He is the SD's head of the coordination office where all important issues in the Tidö Agreement are negotiated.
