In May this year, the National Land Survey of Sweden shut down several of its digital services after it was discovered that confidential information could be retrieved from the authority without secrecy review. The National Land Survey of Sweden's archives contain detailed maps and information about all properties in Sweden, including military installations and protected objects.
According to an investigation by Expressen, the authority's director-general, Susanne Ås Sivborg, and the management team had received warnings that information that should have been subject to secrecy review had not been reviewed before being disclosed. Among other things, the authority's security protection chief is said to have urged the director-general to shut down the service as early as 2023.
How much confidential material has leaked out is unknown, and according to the National Land Survey of Sweden's investigations, it is impossible to determine due to the archive's log system being deficient.
Ås Sivborg tells Expressen that it was not until May 2024 that she received confirmation that there were confidential information in the archive, and she acted immediately.
Infrastructure Minister Andreas Carlson (Christian Democrats) is now summoning the director-general.
"I will summon the National Land Survey of Sweden's director-general to get an account of the authority's handling of disclosure issues prior to spring 2024," he writes in a comment to Expressen.
"Before that meeting has taken place, I have no further comments."
