Swedish appeals court fines ex-national security adviser for gross negligence
The Svea Court of Appeal said he was grossly negligent and imposed 80 day-fines after overturning a lower court acquittal.
- On Monday, Oct 19, the Svea Court of Appeal in Stockholm found former national security adviser Henrik Landerholm guilty of mishandling secret information, overturning a lower court verdict.
- Landerholm, Sweden's first national security adviser, resigned in January 2025 after investigations began into reports he left classified documents in an unlocked cupboard at a conference hotel.
- Judge Hakan Sellman stated the court considered Landerholm 'grossly negligent' given his extensive government experience; the court fined him 52,000 Swedish kronor .
- Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson faces embarrassment over the conviction of his childhood friend Landerholm, who wrote the verdict is 'of course, a disappointment.'
- This incident joins other security mishaps, including leaving a mobile phone at the embassy of Hungary during Nato talks, amid deepening Baltic Sea tensions following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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The former Swedish National Security Adviser, Henrik Landerholm, was found guilty of gross negligence in the handling of classified information and sentenced to a fine, reported to the media. According to the newspaper Sweden Herald, the Svealand Court of Appeal in Stockholm quashed the acquittal issued by the Court of First Instance in September 2025 and imposed Landerholma a fine totalling SEK 52,000 (approximately $5,200) and handed over to R…
Swedish appeals court fines ex-national security adviser for gross negligence
STOCKHOLM, Oct 19 (Reuters) - A Swedish appeals court on Monday found former national security adviser Henrik Landerholm, a friend of the prime minister, guilty of mishandling secret information, overturning a lower court ruling.
Henrik Landerholm is sentenced in the Court of Appeal. Now the Social Democrats are furious - and promise to resume the investigation in the Riksdag. - Now it must be pitch black, Ulf Kristersson, says Peter Hultqvist (S).
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Henrik Landerholm, the childhood friend who Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson appointed national security adviser, has been found guilty of 'negligence with classified information' after a court overturned his not-guilty verdict.
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