The aim is to identify, analyze and respond to 'inappropriate influences' and other misleading information
The Swedish Psychological Defense Agency, based in Karlsbad and with an office in Solna, will be headed by director general Henrik Landerholm, a former ambassador, and will have 45 staff. It will work with academics, the military and the media, and will offer support to regions, companies and organisations within the country.
The aim is to identify, analyze and respond to 'inappropriate influences' and other misleading information. "It can be disinformation aimed at weakening the country’s resilience and the population’s will to defend itself or unduly influencing people’s perceptions, behaviours and decision making," the agency"Psychological defence must also strengthen the population’s ability to detect and resist influence campaigns and disinformation. Psychological defence contributes to creating resistance and willingness to defend among our population and in society as a whole.
Swedish officials have in the past cited Russia, China and Iran as sources of disinformation campaigns, with Landerholm pointing to Russian attempts to interfere with the US presidential elections. And it was concern over interference with Sweden's own election in 2018 that led to the creation of the new agency. Around ten per cent of Swedes are said to read Russian news site Sputnik, commonly described as a propaganda service, which is frequently critical of Sweden's liberal attitudes and is, according to Landerholm, aimed at destabilizing or undermining trust in government agencies.
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