According to the prosecutor, this involves information that affects Sweden's security.
"I believe that this is information with a very high protection value that the accused man has taken possession of without authorization by taking home and subsequently keeping documents with secret information in his home and his holiday home," says prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist, in a press release.
Arrested by Säpo
The man was arrested by Säpo in May last year. At the same time, another person was arrested, but is no longer a suspect.
According to the indictment, the act is considered serious because the information "concerned matters of great importance to Sweden". However, according to the description of the act, it was done "without the intention of reaching a foreign power".
"It concerns information about circumstances of a secret nature that the man became aware of as a result of previous work duties, but which he then took with him without permission and subsequently made his own," says Mats Ljungqvist.
No connections
There have previously been reports that the crackdown on the Foreign Ministry employee, on May 11 last year, could have links to the release of journalist Joakim Medin from Turkish prison a few days later.
However, this has been denied by the prosecutor, and, according to Säpo, there are no connections to other legal processes.
"The case has had no connections to other preliminary investigations or legal proceedings, either in Sweden or any other country," Säpo writes in a press release.
The man has previously also been suspected of passing secret information to another person. However, that part of the investigation has been closed.
