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Appeals Court Convicts Henrik Landerholm for Secret Mishandling

By Drooid · Oct 19, 2026, 3:32 PM UTC · How we work

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The Svea Court of Appeal found former national security adviser Henrik Landerholm guilty of mishandling secret information.
The court fined Landerholm 52,000 Swedish crowns for the breach.
Landerholm resigned in January 2025 after investigations began over hotel-left documents from 2023.
The documents embarrassed Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who resigned after his government lost its parliamentary majority in September.
Kristersson now leads a caretaker government while a new coalition forms.

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The Svea Court of Appeal found former national security adviser Henrik Landerholm guilty of mishandling secret information.
The court fined Landerholm 52,000 Swedish crowns for the breach.
Landerholm resigned in January 2025 after investigations began over hotel-left documents from 2023.
The documents embarrassed Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who resigned after his government lost its parliamentary majority in September.
Kristersson now leads a caretaker government while a new coalition forms.