Tobias Thyberg

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Tobias Thyberg
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Thyberg in 2019
National Security Advisor to the Government of Sweden
In office
8 May 2025 –9 May 2025

Olof Tobias Sebastian Thyberg (born 12 September 1975) is a Swedish diplomat who served as National Security Advisor to the Government of Sweden from 8 to 9 May 2025. [1] He resigned within 12 hours after his pictures from Grindr had surfaced. [2] He was Ambassador of Sweden to Ukraine from 2019 to 2023. [3]

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Biography

Tobias Thyberg was born in Stockholm on 12 September 1975.

He holds an M.Sc. in political science from the Uppsala University and an M.Sc. in international economics from the Stockholm School of Economics. He speaks Swedish, English, Russian, French, Spanish and German.

Tobias Thyberg is a career diplomat who served as Ambassador of Sweden to Afghanistan until August 2019. His previous diplomatic postings include Swedish missions in New Delhi, Moscow, Washington, D.C., as well as the Swedish Representation to the European Union in Brussels and the Delegation of the European Union to Georgia.

On 8 May 2025, he was appointed as National Security Advisor to the Government of Sweden, but resigned 12 hours later on 9 May after sensitive pictures of him on the dating app Grindr were anonymously sent to the government. [2]

Personal life

Thyberg lives in central Stockholm with his husband Florian Fuckner, a German citizen. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Regeringen och Regeringskansliet (8 May 2025). "Regeringen utser Tobias Thyberg till nationell säkerhetsrådgivare". Regeringskansliet (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  2. 1 2 Mackintosh, Thomas (9 May 2025). "Sweden's national security adviser quits over Grindr images". BBC News Online . BBC News. Archived from the original on 9 May 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Tobias Thyberg, Ambassador of Sweden to Ukraine".
  4. ↑ Bonner, Brian (14 August 2020). "Ambassador: Ukrainians can count on Sweden's support - Aug. 14, 2020". Kyiv Post . Retrieved 10 May 2025.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Anders Sjöberg
 Ambassador of Sweden to Afghanistan
2017–2019		Succeeded by
Caroline Vicini
Preceded by Ambassador of Sweden to Ukraine
2019–2023		Succeeded by
Martin Åberg
Government offices
Preceded by National Security Advisor to the Government of Sweden
2025		Vacant
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