Editing Swedish Security Service (section)

== Areas of responsibility ==
{{Pie chart
 | caption=Spending 2014{{sfn|Swedish Security Service 2015, 'Yearbook'|p=10}}
 | label1 = Dignitary protection
 | value1 = 44 | color1 = #a6cee3
 | label2 = Counter-terrorism
 | value2 = 30 | color2 = #1f78b4
 | label3 = Counter-espionage
 | value3 = 12 | color3 = #b2df8a
 | label4 = Counter-subversion
 | value4 = 10 | color4 = #33a02c
 | label5 = Protective security
 | value5 = 4 | color5 =#fff9a3
 }}
The Swedish Security Service's main tasks and responsibilities are:{{sfn|SFS 1984:387|loc=§&nbsp;3}}{{sfn|Nationalencyklopedin 1989}}
* Counter-espionage – preventing and detecting [[espionage]] and other unlawful intelligence activities; targeting Sweden, its [[national interests]] abroad, and also foreign interests and refugees within the borders of Sweden.{{sfn|Swedish Security Service 2015, 'Yearbook'|p=9}}
* Counter-subversion – to counter illegal [[subversion|subversive]] activities (e.g. violence, threats and harassment targeting elected representatives, public officials and journalists) intended to affect policy-making and implementation, or prevent citizens from exercising their constitutional rights and freedoms.{{sfn|Swedish Security Service 2015, 'Yearbook'|p=9}}
* Counter-terrorism – preventing and detecting [[terrorism]]; this includes acts of terrorism directed against Sweden or foreign interests within the borders of Sweden, as well as terrorism in other countries and the financing and support of terrorist organizations in Sweden.{{sfn|Swedish Security Service 2015, 'Yearbook'|p=9}}
* Dignitary protection – providing security and [[close protection officer]]s at state visits, to senior public officials (e.g. the [[Speaker of the Riksdag]], [[Prime Minister of Sweden|Prime Minister]], members of the [[Riksdag]] and the Government, including [[State Secretary (Sweden)|State Secretaries]] and the [[State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)|Cabinet Secretary]]), the [[Swedish Royal Family|Royal Family]], foreign diplomatic representatives, etc. As of 2014, the Service had 130 close protection officers.{{sfn|Swedish Security Service 2015, 'Yearbook'|p=9}}{{sfn|SFS 2014:1103|loc=§&nbsp;4}}
* Protective security – providing advice, analysis and oversight to companies and government agencies of importance to national security, in addition to [[background checks]].{{sfn|Swedish Security Service 2015, 'Yearbook'|p=9}}