Latest news with #DagensNyheter
Local Sweden
5 days ago
- Politics
- Local Sweden
Third time's the charm? Sweden appoints new national security adviser
Sweden has appointed Niclas Kvarnström as its new national security adviser, the third person to hold the role in less than a year. Advertisement The appointment was confirmed in a press release on Thursday. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson hailed Kvarnström as a "distinguished diplomat with extensive experience". Kvarnström previously served as ambassador to Singapore and has held senior roles within the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs over the past decade. He most recently held a leadership position at the EU's diplomatic service and is currently on leave from the foreign ministry. He replaces Tobias Thyberg, who resigned in May after naked photos of him were circulated taken from the Grindr gay hook-up site. Thyberg had only recently taken over from Henrik Landerholm, who resigned after a series of security scandals, including one where he forgot classified documents at a conference hotel. Kvarnström officially assumes the role on Monday, according to Dagens Nyheter, which first reported the appointment.
The Herald
17-07-2025
- Automotive
- The Herald
Volvo will start building its XC60 in the US next year
Most of Volvo Cars' vehicles for the US market, which last year accounted for 16% of group sales, are imported from Europe. The company only produces its high-end SUV EX90 at the Charleston, South Carolina factory. CEO Hakan Samuelsson has earlier said a popular hybrid model needed to be added to the plant. The CEO said in April the carmaker would produce more cars in the US, while also ramping up its regionalisation efforts. Samuelsson told Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter Volvo Cars would need up to two years to expand its US car production. "In the short term, within one to two years, it will be about selling the cars we have," he said to DN, adding the situation would put pressure on profit margins and customers will have to pay more.
The Star
14-07-2025
- Politics
- The Star
Bodyguards using fitness app revealed locations of Swedish leaders
LONDON: Trying to keep fit with runs through Central Park, a jog around a tropical island and a bicycle ride around Stockholm, bodyguards in Sweden inadvertently revealed the secret locations of the Swedish leaders they were assigned to protect. An investigation by a Swedish newspaper revealed that bodyguards for Sweden's royal family and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson uploaded their workout routes to Strava , a fitness app that allows users to map and share their movements. The popular app has built a global social media community, but its users' enthusiastic uploads have also raised questions about data privacy, especially among security and military personnel. In Sweden, the investigation added to the security concerns of a country that was recently rattled by what it called an 'act of sabotage' against an undersea cable. This week, the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported that it tracked more than 1,400 workouts by seven bodyguards over the last year. The data showed that the bodyguards trained in the Alps, along Ukraine's border with Poland and at a military base in Mali. Sweden's security police confirmed that the data was linked to some employees of the secret service. Their routes gave away the address of the prime minister's private residence, as well as the location of a personal trip he took with his wife in October. Kristersson is also an avid runner, and while he had avoided sharing his routes, his bodyguards' data made it easy to track his preferred path. The Strava data also revealed a high-level meeting in Norway in June 2024, unannounced at the time, between Kristersson and the leaders of Norway and Finland, and the locations and routines of other senior Swedish politicians, including two former prime ministers. The prime minister's office said it would not comment on security matters. The locations of Sweden's royal family and the leader of Sweden's opposition were also compromised. A bodyguard's run along a beachfront in Tel Aviv, Israel, was matched to an unannounced visit to Israel by Jimmie Akesson, the leader of Sweden's far-right party, the Sweden Democrats. (The party did not respond to a request for comment.) Bodyguards assigned to King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia shared their data online, including a run around a luxury resort in the Seychelles, the Indian Ocean archipelago, where the royal couple were vacationing in March 2023, the newspaper reported. In one instance, a bodyguard's post revealed how to pass through the Drottningholm Palace, the king and queen's permanent residence outside of Stockholm. Sweden's Royal Court said in an email that it did not comment on 'security-related matters'. Sweden's security police said it was investigating the effect of the publicised data. 'To be clear, there has not been a leak or breach of user data,' a Strava spokesperson said in an emailed statement Friday, adding that users control their privacy on the app. 'We expect Strava users working in sensitive professions to leverage the privacy settings available.' This is not the first time the fitness app has raised national security concerns. In 2018, the Pentagon banned the use of Strava in combat zones after analysts found that its data inadvertently revealed the locations and movements of military personnel in Syria and Afghanistan. In 2023, a Russian submarine commander who shared his workouts on Strava was killed while on a run, according to CNN and reports by the Russian news agency Tass. Last year, the French newspaper Le Monde published an investigative series showing how the app can be used to easily track world leaders, including President Vladimir Putin of Russia and former President Joe Biden, the locations of France's nuclear submarines, and operations by the Israeli military. – ©2025 The New York Times Company This article originally appeared in The New York Times.
Time of India
12-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Bodyguards' fitness app reveals locations of Swedish leaders
LONDON: Trying to keep fit with runs through Central Park, a jog around a tropical island and bicycle ride around Stockholm, bodyguards in Sweden inadvertently revealed secret locations of Swedish leaders they were assigned to protect. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now An investigation by a Swedish newspaper revealed bodyguards for Sweden's royal family and PM Ulf Kristersson uploaded their workout routes to Strava, a fitness app that allows users to map and share their movements. The popular app has built a global social media community, but users' enthusiastic uploads have also raised questions about data privacy, especially among security personnel. In Sweden, the data reveal added to security concerns of a country that was recently rattled by what it called an "act of sabotage" against an undersea cable. This week, Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported it tracked over 1,400 workouts by seven bodyguards over last year. The data showed the bodyguards trained in the Alps, along Ukraine's border with Poland and at a military base in Mali. Sweden's security police confirmed the data was linked to some employees of secret service. Their routes gave away the address of the PM's private residence. The Strava data also revealed a high-level meeting in Norway in June 2024, unannounced at the time, between Kristersson and leaders of Norway and Finland. Sweden's security police said it was investigating the effect of the publicised data. "To be clear, there has not been a leak or breach of user data," a Strava spokesperson said in a statement Friday.
Telegraph
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
Bodyguards ‘compromised Swedish PM's security' after uploading runs to Strava
Bodyguards for Sweden's prime minister have been accused of putting his security at risk after revealing his location by uploading their workouts on the fitness app Strava. The security service officers shared details of their runs and cycling routes on at least 35 occasions, exposing Ulf Kristersson's whereabouts, including where he goes jogging, his overnight trips and his private address, which is supposed to be secret. Strava shows a map that a person can post showing the route run or walked or the public location where they exercise. The Dagens Nyheter newspaper tracked more than 1,400 workouts carried out by seven bodyguards who were protecting people in government over the last year. The posts were made from locations around the world, including military bases in Mali, close to the Ukrainian border in Poland and New York's Central Park. On one occasion, a bodyguard posted details of a run in Norway when Mr Kristersson was meeting with Jonas Gahr Støre, the prime minister of Norway, and Alexander Stubb, the president of Finland. The Swedish bodyguard later posted a picture of the three leaders running together on social media. Another post revealed that the Mr Kristersson was in Åland, an autonomous region of Finland, on a private family trip in October last year. Dagens Nyheter linked other information uploaded to Strava to the Swedish royal family, a former prime minister and Jimmie Åkesson, the leader of the Sweden Democrats party. Sweden is plagued by gang violence and has the highest gun crime death rate in the European Union. Sweden's security service, Säpo, said it was taking the findings 'very seriously' and taking measures to prevent it happening again. A spokesman said: 'This is information that could be used to map the activities of the security service. In what way it could have had an impact we are now investigating. 'In this context it is also important to know that protection of our protected people is comprised of several layers, of which bodyguard protection is one. In our work we assume that certain information can be known in advance and measure protection based on that.' A government office spokesman said they 'do not comment on security surrounding current or former prime ministers or cabinet ministers'. Earlier this year, the newspaper Le Monde revealed that crew members of French nuclear submarines had given away their patrol schedules by sharing their workouts on Strava. Another Le Monde investigation in October found the whereabouts of Joe Biden, the then US president, and Emmanuel Macron, his French counterpart, could be traced because their agents used the app while on duty. In 2023, a Russian submarine commander was shot dead on his morning run after logging his route with Strava. Stanislav Rzhitskiy was found with four bullet wounds in his back near the Olimp sport complex in Krasnodar, southern Russia. The 42-year-old had commanded the Krasnodar submarine, named after the city, which forms a core part of Russia's Black Sea fleet.
