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Swedish Military Intelligence And Security Service
Military Intelligence and Security Service ( sv, Militära underrättelse- och säkerhetstjänsten, MUST) is a division of the Swedish Armed Forces Central Command. MUST is both a foreign intelligence and a military security/counterintelligence agency. In its intelligence role, MUST is responsible for providing intelligence on foreign threats to the Government of Sweden and the Swedish Armed Forces. However, signals intelligence is handled by a separate civilian agency operated by the Ministry of Defence, the Swedish National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA), which is not part of MUST. MUST is legally prohibited from gathering intelligence on Swedish domestic affairs, except in its more narrowly defined role a counter-intelligence agency tasked with identifying threats to the armed forces, such as sabotage, espionage, or infiltration. Domestic security and civilian counterintelligence in non-military contexts are handled by the Swedish Security Service (SÄPO), the civilian e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters
The Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters ( sv, Högkvarteret, HKV) is the highest level of command in the Swedish Armed Forces. Established in 1994, its primary task is to command operations, but is also involved in areas such as military strategy, the overall development of the Swedish Armed Forces, and acting as a channel of contact with government. It's located at Lidingövägen 24 at Gärdet in Stockholm. History 1994–1998 On 1 July 1994 a major reorganization of the Swedish Armed Forces was carried out and of the then central staffs. From having consisted of more than a hundred different agencies, the Swedish Armed Forces was now organized into a single agency (Sweden's largest agency). The Defence Staff and the three military branch staffs, the Army Staff, Air Staff and the Naval Staff, were organized simultaneously into a joint headquarters. The then headquarters consisted of four commands; Joint Operations Command (''Operationsledningen'', OpL), Army Command (''Armél ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Office For Special Assignments
An office is a space where an organization's employees perform administrative work in order to support and realize objects and goals of the organization. The word "office" may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it (see officer, office-holder, official); the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty. When used as an adjective, the term "office" may refer to business-related tasks. In law, a company or organization has offices in any place where it has an official presence, even if that presence consists of (for example) a storage silo rather than an establishment with desk-and- chair. An office is also an architectural and design phenomenon: ranging from a small office such as a bench in the corner of a small business of extremely small size (see small office/home office), through entire floors of buildings, up to and including massive buildings dedicated entirely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Information Sensitivity
Information sensitivity is the control of access to information or knowledge that might result in loss of an advantage or level of security if disclosed to others. Loss, misuse, modification, or unauthorized access to sensitive information can adversely affect the privacy or welfare of an individual, trade secrets of a business or even the security and international relations of a nation depending on the level of sensitivity and nature of the information. Non-sensitive information Public information This refers to information that is already a matter of public record or knowledge. With regard to government and private organizations, access to or release of such information may be requested by any member of the public, and there are often formal processes laid out for how to do so. The accessibility of government-held public records is an important part of government transparency, accountability to its citizens, and the values of democracy. Public records may furthermore refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Of Sweden
The Swedish Armed Forces ( sv, Försvarsmakten, "the Defense Force") is the government agency that forms the armed forces of Sweden, tasked with the defense of the country as well as with promoting Sweden's wider interests, supporting international peacekeeping, and providing humanitarian aid. It consists of the Swedish Army, the Swedish Air Force and the Swedish Navy, as well as a military reserve force, the Home Guard. Since 1994, all Swedish military branches are organized within a single unified government agency, headed by the Supreme Commander, even though the individual services maintain their distinct identities. The Swedish Armed Forces is made up of 23,600 active personnel, 11,200 military reserves, 24,000 Home Guard and 5,200 conscripts (set to increase to 8,000 conscripts by 2024) as of 2022. Units of the Swedish Armed Forces are currently on deployment in several international operations either actively or as military observers, including Afghanistan as part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Intelligence Agencies
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Gunnar Karlson
Major General Gunnar Åke Karlson (born 7 April 1958) is a retired Swedish Army officer. Karlson's senior appointments include regimental commander of Gotland Regiment, Chief of Training and Procurement and Director of Military Intelligence and Security. He retired from active service in April 2019. Career Karlson was born on 7 April 1958 in Karlskrona, Sweden, the son of education counselor Åke Karlson and his wife Gun (née Simonsson). During the Cold War in the 1970s, he got involved politically on the left wing. Karlson was active in the student body in the school and sympathizer of the former Left Party-Communists (VPK), but was not a member. His background would later arouse some interest among his colleagues as a young army officer at the regiment in Växjö. Karlson passed ''studentexamen'' at Växjö gymnasium in 1977 and attended the Military Academy Karlberg from 1977 to 1980. He was commissioned as lieutenant at Kronoberg Regiment (I 11) in 1980 and was deputy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Kristiansson
Major General Nils Stefan Kristiansson (born 25 September 1951) is a retired Swedish Army officer. He served as Director of Military Intelligence and Security from 2007 to 2012. Early life Kristiansson was born on 25 September 1951 in Saint John Parish (''Sankt Johannes församling'') in Malmö, Sweden. Kristiansson passed ''gymnasieexamen'' in 1974. Career Kristiansson graduated from the Military Academy Karlberg in 1976 and was commissioned as an officer in Halland Regiment the same year as a lieutenant, where he served until 1984. He attended school for regimental officers from 1978 to 1979 and was promoted to captain in 1979. He attended the General Course at the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1982 to 1983 and the 1983 UN Military Observer Course and was promoted to major in 1984. From 1984 to 1986, Kristiansson was posted as a UN observer in Kashmir within the framework of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP). From 1986 to 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Håkan Pettersson (Swedish Air Force Officer)
Major General Sven ''Håkan'' Pettersson (born 3 May 1947) is a retired Swedish Air Force officer. He served as Director of Military Intelligence and Security from 2004 to 2007 and as Chief of His Majesty's Military Staff from 2007 to 2018. Career Pettersson was raised in Upplands Väsby outside Stockholm and began his military career as a combat control officer. In the 1980s, Pettersson served as head of the Air Section (''Flygenheten''). He served as an ADC to His Majesty the King between 1983 and 1996. When the Berlin Wall fell, Pettersson was the head of the Air Defense Center in Bålsta. In 1992, he was appointed head of the intelligence and security department of the Middle Military District Staff in Strängnäs. Pettersson then served as Deputy Director of Military Intelligence and Security in the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters from 1995 to 2004. On 1 July 1998, Pettersson was promoted to Senior Colonel. In 2001, Pettersson was promoted to brigadier general. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Håkan Syrén
General (Sweden), General Håkan Erik Gunnar Syrén (born 31 January 1952) is a retired officer of the Swedish Coastal Artillery/Swedish Amphibious Corps and former Chairman of the European Union Military Committee. He was the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces from 1 January 2004 to 25 March 2009, and was the first Supreme Commander to come from the Navy. Early life Syrén was born in Växjö, Sweden, the son of lieutenant colonel Gunnar Syrén and his wife Siv Syrén. He grew up in Uppsala, where he graduated from Lundellska skolan, Lundellska läroverket in 1970. Career Military career Syrén studied at the Royal Swedish Naval Academy from which he graduated in 1973. He was then instructor and platoon commander at the Vaxholm Coastal Artillery Regiment (KA 1) from 1973 to 1979 and studied at the Military Academy Karlberg in Stockholm from 1980 to 1984. Syrén was a staff officer at the Naval Staff (Sweden), Naval Staff in Stockholm from 1984 to 1988 and was a stude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Defence Materiel Administration
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration ( sv, Försvarets materielverk, FMV) is a Swedish government agency that reports to the Ministry of Defence. The agency is responsible for the supply of materiel to the Swedish defence organisation. It is located in Stockholm. Director Generals since 1968 *1968–1975: Sten Wåhlin *1974–1982: Ove Ljung *1982–1988: Carl-Olof Ternryd *1988–1995: Per Borg *1995–2005: Birgitta Böhlin *2005–2012: Gunnar Holmgren *2012–2015: Lena Erixon *2015–2016: Dan Ohlsson (acting) *2016–present: Göran Mårtensson See also *Government agencies in Sweden The government agencies in Sweden are state-controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Sweden. The ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to monitor the ... References External links * 1968 establishments in Sweden Defence agencies of Sweden Government agencies established in 1968 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Defence Research Agency
The Swedish Defence Research Agency ( sv, Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut, FOI; literal translation: ''Total Defence Research Institute'') is a government agency in Sweden for defence research. FOI has its headquarters in Kista (Stockholm). Other FOI offices or research centres are located in Grindsjön, Linköping, and Umeå. History FOI was created in 2001 by combining the Swedish National Defence Research Institute (FOA) with the National Aeronautical Research Institute (FFA). The first of these agencies, FFA, had been created in 1940 in Bromma, Stockholm as a governmental research institute for the Swedish aviation industry, large parts of which were devoted to military aircraft. The second, FOA, had been created in 1945 from three existing organisations: * The Swedish Armed Forces Chemical Institute (''Försvarsväsendets kemiska anstalt'', FKA), a government agency created in 1937 and located in Ursvik, Sundbyberg Municipality. FKA had predecessors in chemical warfare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Bag Operation
Black bag operations or black bag jobs are covert or clandestine entries into structures to obtain information for human intelligence operations. Some of the tactics, techniques, and procedures associated with black bag operations are lock picking, safe cracking, key impressions, fingerprinting, photography, electronic surveillance (including audio and video surveillance), mail manipulation (flaps and seals), and forgery. The term "black bag" refers to the small bags in which burglars stereotypically carry their tools. History In black bag operations, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents entered offices of targeted individuals and organizations, and photographed information found in their records. This practice was used by the FBI from 1942 through the 1960s. In July 1966, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover allegedly ordered the practice discontinued. President Nixon in 1970 proposed the Huston Plan to reintroduce black bag jobs, but Hoover opposed this, and approval was rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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