The employee worked until recently in one of the Government Offices' most security-sensitive operations, with assignments close to the Prime Minister's national security adviser Niclas Kvarnström and the national security council.
The national security adviser has a central role in the work with Sweden's security. The function is responsible for analysis and coordination of issues related to national security and assists the prime minister in foreign and security policy matters. In recent years, the business has been at the center of several high-profile security scandals.
In the spring of 2026, problems arose with the employee's security clearance. In mid-July, the person was informed that he was no longer approved. This meant that the person was no longer considered suitable to participate in security-sensitive activities. The consequence was that the employee had to go on vacation while waiting for a permanent solution.
Despite that, the employee was allowed to retain access to the Government Offices' security-sensitive IT system, technical equipment and had the opportunity to access security classified information. She was allowed to keep her pass card and was several times inside the Government Offices and could continue to move around the Cabinet Committee's premises at Rosenbad, including in the prime minister's corridor.
Security testing is a central part of the Security Protection Act. The purpose is to assess whether the person is suitable for the task and whether the person is loyal and reliable from a security point of view.
The assessment also includes whether there are vulnerabilities that could make the person susceptible to, for example, pressure.
The test is not only carried out before employment, but must be followed up during the time a person works in safety-sensitive activities.
DN's sources describe the employee as a skilled and valued official. According to the information, it was not something that the person himself had done, but circumstances concerning other people, that were behind the decision not to approve the security clearance.
But despite the notice, he was thus allowed to retain access to parts of the business that the trial is intended to protect.
Just over a month after the announcement of the security clearance, the employee was found dead in his home. The person had taken his own life.
In a letter submitted to DN's journalists, the person directs harsh criticism at the Government Offices' security organization and that he considered himself wrongly assessed while at the same time being able to maintain access to security-sensitive information and equipment.
"The security flaws that have been committed can affect Sweden for generations if they are not corrected. The security managers of the Government Office must on their bare knees thank God that it was me who was exposed to this and not someone else who directly leaked information about Sweden's interests."
The person concludes:
"I have done my part and informed."
The information in the letter is confirmed by several independent sources.
DN's reporters have not previously had contact with the employee, but have repeatedly reviewed security deficiencies surrounding the Prime Minister's national security adviser. Among other things, how the former security advisor Henrik Landerholm brought in an employee without a new security clearance and forgot about secret documents at a course farm. Landerholm resigned in January 2025. His intended successor, Tobias Thyberg, announced just hours after being appointed that he would not take up the position, after a sensitive image from a dating app that he did not disclose during security clearance became known.
DN has been in contact with relatives prior to publication. The Government Office has declined an interview and does not want to answer questions about how the security work worked in the current case. In an email, the authority's press service writes:
"Your questions concern, among other things, handling and routines in the Government Office's security work, we will not go into these. As we previously mentioned, all employees in the Government Office are security tested and the majority of positions are placed in a security class."
After the death, a report was also made to the Work Environment Agency. According to DN's information, it was made against the background that the Government Office judged that the conditions surrounding the security assessment could be significant for what happened.
