Sweden's national security advisor quits over explicit Grindr pictures

Sweden's national security advisor quits over explicit Grindr pictures

Tobias Thyberg was in the new role for less than 12 hours before he resigned.

Moral panic? Sweden divided after leaked Grindr pics topple adviser

In the days after Sweden's new security adviser, Tobias Thyberg, stepped down over "sensitive" pictures from an old account on the Grindr dating app, people in Sweden are starting to ask whether it was right for him to go, writes The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange.

Ulf Kristersson's security advisor, childhood friend Henrik Landerholm, had to quit because he was so careless with secrets that he himself became a security risk.

The position of national security advisor is not a top job like others. It is the core of one of Ulf Kristersson's most important political projects, ever since he became Moderate leader.