Swedish Security Service
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The Swedish Security Service is a Swedish government agency organized under the Ministry of Justice. It operates as a security agency responsible for counter-espionage, counter-terrorism, as well as t
Lt Col Adlercreutz, credited with the formation of the General Security Service in 1938
Stig Wennerström, convicted Soviet spy, c. 1960
Säpo close protection officers surrounding the Minister for Finance Magdalena Andersson in 2014.
Stig Wennerström (colonel)
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Colonel Stig Erik Constans Wennerström was a Swedish Air Force officer who was convicted of treason for espionage activities on behalf of the Soviet Union in 1964.
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…in Sweden, resulting in the arrest of numerous spies and enemy agents. Some of the most notorious post-war spies are Fritiof Enbom, Hilding Andersson, Stig Wennerström and Stig Bergling. In all of these cases the spying was done on behalf of the Soviet Union and the spies were convicted to lifetime of penal labour…
Wennerström in Stockholm City Court in the summer of 1963.