"It is incredibly gratifying and proof that it can be resolved if you put in the effort," says Fredrik Bäärnhielm Thorslund, a lawyer at the Center for Justice who has sued the state over the authorities' handling of Ulla-Lena's case.
Several people in the same area of summer cottages have been affected by the fake entries. Ulla-Lena Lindqvist has reported the issue to the police and sought help from the Swedish Tax Agency, but the problems have continued.
According to the Swedish Tax Agency, the fact that these were addresses where no one was registered made it difficult to address the problem.
The problem of fake accounts and specifically Ulla-Lena Lindqvist's case was debated in the Riksdag last week. Lindqvist was then able to meet with Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (M) and describe her problem.
Svantesson was upset by what she heard and promised she would contact the Swedish Tax Agency, Lindqvist said.
On Thursday, Lindqvist was called by a manager at the Swedish Tax Agency who apologized, according to Bäärnhielm Thorslund. It was also announced that all the fake entries, over 60 as recently as last week, had been removed.
"There have previously been questions about whether it was possible, but it is obviously possible to solve it," says Bäärnhielm Thorslund.
What the apology means for the ongoing court review of the Center for Justice's lawsuit against the state is unclear. The Chancellor of Justice has not yet commented on how the state views the lawsuit.
