Henrik Landerholm | |
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National Security Advisor to the Government of Sweden | |
Assumed office 10 November 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Ulf Kristersson |
Preceded by | Office established |
Member of the Riksdag | |
In office 1991–2002 | |
Constituency | Södermanland County |
Personal details | |
Born | Uppsala,Sweden | 10 August 1963
Political party | Moderate Party |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Sweden |
Branch/service | Swedish Army |
Years of service | 1983-1991 (Active) 1991-present (Reserve) |
Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Unit | Södermanland Regiment Swedish Army Reserve |
Carl Henrik Jacob Landerholm (born 10 August 1963) is a Swedish politician who has served as first National Security Advisor to the Government of Sweden since 2022. [1] He is a member of the Moderate Party and has previously served as a Member of the Riksdag. Between 1998 and 2002 he was Chairman of the Defense Committee. [2]
Henrik Landerholm is the only son of Staffan Landerholm and Olena Tingdahl. He has 2 sisters,former Minister of Defense Karin Enström and Uppsala Municipal Politician Louise Landerholm Bill,who is married to the former Governor of Gävleborg County Per Bill. He has three adult children.
Landerholm and Ulf Kristersson have been friends since their childhood. [3]
Between 1991 and 2002 he served as a Member of the Riksdag. During this time he held a number of roles. For example,he was a Member of the Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs and the War Delegation as well as Chairman of the Defense Committee.
In 2002 he became Vice-Chancellor of the Swedish Defence University,a post he held until 2008. He had previously served in the Swedish Armed Forces and currently holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the army reserve.
During the 2010s Landerholm served in multiple ambassadorial positions,first as Senior Civilian Representative in Masar-e Sharif in Afghanistan from 2011 until 2013,then as Swedens Ambassador to Latvia between 2014 and 2017 and then as its Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates,Bahrain and Kuwait from 2017 until 2021. In 2022 he was made the inaugural Director General of the Psychological Defence Agency.
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