Sweden: Top security adviser lasts 30 minutes on the job after intimate dating app pics surface
- Tobias Thyberg resigned as Sweden's national security adviser on May 12, 2025, minutes after his appointment due to leaked intimate dating app photos.
- The scandal erupted because the photos, linked to an old Grindr account and shared via encrypted email, were undisclosed during his security vetting.
- Thyberg, a 49-year-old diplomat and former ambassador to Ukraine and Afghanistan, admitted he should have informed the government about the images.
- Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson called for an investigation, criticized the vetting failure, and acknowledged the images had not appeared in security checks.
- The resignation deepens concerns over Sweden's security vetting, risks undermining NATO partnerships, and marks the second consecutive scandal in the adviser role since 2022.
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Is the pie-throwing about Thyberg so wise? | Torbjörn Nilsson
COMMENT. If one assumes that there may be a Russian interest in the affair surrounding the retired national security advisor, other questions are also raised. Questions that concern both Ulf Kristersson's and Magdalena Andersson's actions.
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Sweden: Top security adviser lasts 30 minutes on the job after intimate dating app pics surface
Sweden’s newly appointed national security adviser and former ambassador to Ukraine, Tobias Thyberg, resigned minutes after taking office following the leak of “sensitive” photos from an old Grindr same-sex dating app profile. “I should have informed [the government], but I didn’t,” Thyberg admitted.
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