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Security screening

A person who is to take part in activities of importance to national security or to the protection against terrorism must first undergo security screening. This serves to determine whether the person is suitable, i.e. loyal and reliable from a security perspective. The responsibility for the security screening of a person rests with the authority intending to employ or contract the person in question.
Such security screening must take into account
  • personal knowledge about the person, most often obtained through in-depth interviews,
  • information in diplomas, certificates and references, and
  • information from records checks and individual personal examinations that may constitute part of the screening.

Continuous follow-up


The security screening should be followed up with internal training and personal interviews throughout the period of employment, so as to remind the employee of the rules applicable in their workplace and give them an opportunity to discuss any changes in their personal circumstances.

Persons employed or contracted for posts placed in security class 1 or 2 are subjected to recurring security screening every five years, and also whenever there is a particular reason, such as a change in marital status.

Updated: 2010-07-28

Regional activities

Map of Sweden with the Security Services regional units and the counties they are responsible for marked out
Five regional units with regional offices across the country are responsible for the Service's activities in a number of counties.

To contact details for the regional units

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