Former national security adviser Henrik Landerholm has been convicted of gross negligence involving classified information and sentenced to daily fines. “Today’s conviction in the Svea Court of Appeal is of course disappointing,” he writes on X.
CrimeSD leader Gustav Gellerbrant went on parental leave after Expo reported that his partner had spread articles and posts from channels known for Russian propaganda and disinformation. Now the party has announced that he will soon return to duty, reports SVT Nyheter.
SwedenThe Social Democrats are demanding a thorough security investigation and that the SD official who worked in the Prime Minister's Office be suspended.
Swedish politicsSD leader Jimmie Åkesson sees no urgent problems after the revelation that an SD official had connections to Russian interests. But says that information is being gathered on the matter. If you have pro-Russian views, you cannot work for us, Åkesson tells TT.
SwedenPrime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) should be summoned to an extraordinary meeting of the defense committee, according to the committee's chairman Peter Hultqvist (S), to answer questions about information on an SD official's ties to Russian interests. But Kristersson says he will “of course” not attend an extraordinary meeting.
Swedish politicsThe Social Democrats are launching a "relaxation podcast" with defense policy spokesperson Peter Hultqvist. For 90 minutes, he reads 531 decisions from the Social Democrats' most recent congress in a pleasant, low-pitched voice.
SwedenSD party leader Jimmie Åkesson launches a harsh attack on former Social Democratic ministers in his Almedalen speech. "You have let security be lost," he says, and promises to do everything in his power to stop what he describes as a forced mixing of the population.
Swedish politicsSweden is to buy four French frigates for an estimated price tag of over 40 billion kronor. They will be the largest and most expensive Swedish warships in decades.
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