Editing Swedish Security Service (section)

{{Short description|Law enforcement and counter-terrorism agency of the Swedish government}}
{{See also|Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service}}
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{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name     = Swedish Security Service
| nativename      = Säkerhetspolisen
| seal            = File:Säkerhetspolisen vapen.svg
| seal_width      = 120px
| seal_caption    = Coat of arms of Säkerhetspolisen
| formed          = {{start date|df=yes|1989|10|01}}
| preceding1      = Security Department of the Realm Police Board
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| headquarters    = Bolstomtavägen 2, [[Solna]], [[Sweden]]
| coordinates     = {{coord|59|21|09.5|N|18|00|38.3|E|type:landmark_region:SE|display=inline}}
| employees       = Approximately 1,400 (2020){{sfn|Swedish Security Service 2020|p=68}}
| budget          = [[Swedish krona|SEK]] 1.56 billion (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.esv.se/statsliggaren/regleringsbrev/?RBID=19529|title=Regleringsbrev för budgetåret 2019 avseende Säkerhetspolisen|date=20 December 2018|website=Swedish Financial Management Authority|trans-title=Regulation letter for fiscal year 2019 regarding the Swedish Security Service}}</ref>
| minister1_name  = [[Gunnar Strömmer]]
| minister1_pfo   = [[Minister for Justice (Sweden)|Minister for Justice]]
| chief1_name     = {{ill|Charlotte von Essen|sv}}, since 26 August 2021
| chief1_position = [[director-general|Director-General]]
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| parent_agency   = [[Ministry of Justice (Sweden)|Ministry of Justice]]
| website         = {{URL|https://www.sakerhetspolisen.se/}}
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The '''Swedish Security Service''' ({{langx|sv|Säkerhetspolisen}} {{IPA|sv|ˈsɛ̂ːkɛrheːtspʊˌliːsɛn|}}, '''SÄPO''' {{IPA|sv|ˈsɛ̌ːpʊ||sv-SÄPO.ogg}}, {{lit|The security-police}}, formerly {{lang|sv|Rikspolisstyrelsens säkerhetsavdelning}}, '''RPS/Säk''', {{lit|Security Department of the Realm Police Board}}<ref>Rikets säkerhet och den personliga integriteten. De svenska säkerhetstjänsternas författningsskyddade verksamhet sedan år 1945. (SOU 2002:87), p. 15.</ref> until 1989) is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Government agencies in Sweden|government agency]] organized under the [[Ministry of Justice (Sweden)|Ministry of Justice]]. It operates as a [[security agency]] responsible for [[counter-espionage]], [[counter-terrorism]], as well as the protection of [[bodyguard|dignitaries]] and the [[Constitution of Sweden|constitution]]. The Swedish Security Service is also tasked with investigating crimes against [[national security]] and terrorist crimes.{{sfn|Swedish Security Service 2013|p=8}}{{sfn|Swedish Security Service 2015, 'Yearbook'|p=9}}{{sfn|SFS 1984:387|loc=§&nbsp;3}} Its main mission, however, is to prevent crimes, not to investigate them. Crime prevention is to a large extent based on information acquired via contacts with the [[Swedish Police Authority|regular police force]], other authorities and organisations, foreign intelligence and security services, and with the use of various [[Intelligence assessment|intelligence gathering]] activities, including [[interrogation]]s, [[telephone tapping]], [[covert listening device]]s, and hidden surveillance cameras.{{sfn|SOU 2012:44|pp=114, 118–123}}{{sfn|2014/15:JuU2}}

The Service was, in its present form, founded in 1989, as part of the [[National Police Board]] and became an autonomous police agency on 1 January 2015.{{sfn|Swedish Security Service 2015, 'History'}}{{sfn|2013/14:JuU1}} National headquarters are located at Bolstomtavägen<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sakerhetspolisen.se/om-sakerhetspolisen/kontakta-oss.html |title=Kontakta oss - Säkerhetspolisen |work=Sakerhetspolisen.se |access-date=15 October 2018}}</ref> in south-east [[Solna Municipality|Solna]] since 2014, drawing together personnel from five different locations into a single {{convert|30000|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} HQ facility.{{sfn|Törnmalm|2010}}{{sfn|Skanska 2015}}