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Lars Danielsson appointed as Hong Kong consul

National: 7 Aug 08
The government has appointed former under-Secretary of State to Göran Persson, Lars Danielsson, as Sweden's consul-general to Hong Kong and Macau. The Social Democrats have accused foreign minister Carl Bildt of engaging in a personal vendetta. READ »

Bildt struggles to crack Belgian nut

Politics: 16 May 08
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt is faced with a tricky conundrum as his old rival, former state secretary Lars Danielsson, emerges as the only relevant applicant for the vacant ambassador post in Brussels. READ »

Man sentenced for carrying offensive placard

National: 12 Mar 08
A man who displayed a placard accusing immigrants of group rape has been convicted of agitation against an ethnic group. READ »

Reinfeldt: Schenström was on call

Politics: 1 Nov 07
Ulrica Schenström, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's closest aide, was on call when she was out drinking with a political reporter from TV4, Reinfeldt has said. READ »

'Danielsson was too passive' - Catastrophe Commission

Politics: 14 Jun 07
The Catastophe Commission established to look into the government's handling of the tsunami disaster in 2004 has reinforced its previous view that staff at government offices were too passive during the initial stages of the crisis. READ »

Danielsson criticizes Catastrophe Commission

Politics: 14 Jun 07
Sweden's Catastrophe Commission is due to present new findings relating to government handling of the December 2004 tsunami. But former state secretary Lars Danielsson is questioning the Commission's methods. READ »

Danielsson tsunami story contradicted by tapes

National: 9 Jun 07
Back-up tapes investigated by a Commission into the Swedish government's handling of the tsunami crisis once again call into question the story given by the most senior aide to the then Prime Minister Göran Persson. READ »

Catastrophe Commission looks to security guards

Politics: 21 Mar 07
Security guards at government offices have been given permission to break their vow of professional silence to speak out about the the period surrounding the tsunami crisis in 2004. READ »

Catastrophe Commission guarantees anonymity

Politics: 9 Feb 07
Sweden's Catastrophe Commission has stated that, if requested, it will not reveal the identity of witnesses willing to shed light on the previous government's handling of the tsunami disaster. READ »

Danielsson: I can't handle another media storm

Politics: 4 Feb 07
Lars Danielsson, the aide to former prime minister Göran Persson blamed in the media for the ex-government's slow reaction to the South Asian tsunami, has spoken of the pressure his family has been under. READ »

Commission resumes tsunami investigation

Politics: 1 Feb 07
All of Sweden's main parties have pledged their support for a renewal of investigations surrounding the previous government's handling of the tsunami crisis. READ »

Tsunami commission recalled

Politics: 30 Jan 07
Johan Hirschfeldt, chairman of the Catastrophe Commission, which investigated the former government's handling of the South Asian tsunami, has called for the commission to be recalled. READ »

Tsunami tapes expose Danielsson contradictions

Politics: 29 Jan 07
New information has emerged that contradicts Lars Danielsson's account of the government's handling of the tsunami crisis. READ »

Danielsson given ambassador status

Politics: 8 Dec 06
Foreign minister Carl Bildt has decided that controversial former State Secretary Lars Danielsson is to be attributed the rank of ambassador. "Bildt seems schizophrenic," says civil servant. READ »

Bildt savages Danielsson

Politics: 30 Nov 06
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has underlined his intention not to give a job to former Göran Persson aide Lars Danielsson. "One may not lie to Parliament. Write that in capital letters and underline," Bildt said. READ »

Danielsson 'frozen out' by Bildt

Politics: 29 Nov 06
Göran Persson's controversial former foreign policy advisor, Lars Danielsson, is receiving no wage from the foreign ministry and has been given no work to do. Unions say Danielsson's talents are being wasted. READ »

Bildt: I won't give Danielsson a job

National: 11 Nov 06
Lars Danielsson, former aide to Göran Persson, will not be given a job as an ambassador, foreign minister Carl Bildt has said. READ »

Top official 'tried to destroy tsunami emails'

National: 23 Oct 06
A leading civil servant tried to have security tapes containing emails relating to the tsunami catastrophe destroyed, it has been reported. But administrators saved copies of the deleted emails. READ »

Tsunami phone data deleted early

Politics: 6 Oct 06
Records of telephone calls made from Sweden's Government Offices during the tsunami were deleted six months early, it has been revealed. READ »

Lars Danielsson resigns

Politics: 30 Aug 06
Göran Persson's most senior aide quits after a report accuses him of obstructing an official inquiry into the tsunami catastrophe. READ »

Persson aide slammed by ombudsman

Politics: 29 Aug 06
Göran Persson's closest aide, Lars Danielsson, obstructed an official investigation into the government's handling of the tsunami crisis. He did not lie, but he failed to cooperate as he should, the Justice Ombudsman says. READ »

The Social Democrats' dilemma

Analysis & Opinion: 29 May 06
The economy is growing well, official unemployment is falling, and the welfare state is still supported by most Swedes. Are Social Democrats a victim of their own success, asks David Stavrou. READ »

Persson aide 'takes time out'

Politics: 19 May 06
After a week in the media spotlight over his whereabouts on the day of the southeast Asian tsunami, the prime minister's state secretary Lars Danielsson is to take 'time out'. READ »

Persson aide may sue over affair rumours

Politics: 19 May 06
Lars Danielsson has said he could sue over allegations that he lied about his whereabouts on the day of the tsunami to cover up an affair. READ »

Liberals slammed over Danielsson affair rumours

Politics: 18 May 06
Two Liberal politicians spread rumours on the Internet that Lars Danielsson had lied about his actions on the day of the tsunami in order to cover up an affair. This is incredibly serious, says Marita Ulvskog. READ »

Danielsson: I was at the office on tsunami day

Politics: 12 May 06
Lars Danielsson, Göran Persson's closest advisor, has insisted he was at Swedish government HQ on the day the tsunami struck South Asia. His evidence comes in interviews released on Friday. READ »

Persson aide faces 'lies' investigation

Politics: 9 Mar 06
Lars Danielsson, Göran Persson's closest advisor, faces an investigation by Sweden's justice ombudsman. Nils-Olof Berggren will decide whether Danielsson lied to two inquiries over his actions following the 2004 Asian tsunami. READ »

Bildt: Danielsson lied to enquiry

Politics: 21 Feb 06
Carl Bildt has accused Göran Persson's most senior aide of knowingly lying to an official enquiry. If this were the US, Lars Danielsson would be on his way to jail, Sweden's former PM argues. READ »

Greens call for Freivalds to go

Politics: 16 Feb 06
One of the government’s key allies says that the foreign minister should resign for her handling of the tsunami disaster. The Greens’ stance has the potential to force Laila Freivalds out. READ »

Persson: "I don't have any real answers"

Politics: 16 Feb 06
A contrite Göran Persson has appeared before the parliamentary inquiry into the Swedish government's response to the tsunami disaster. But while the prime minister admits that there were "many human failings" he refuses to point the finger. READ »

Persson aide grilled on tsunami

Politics: 9 Feb 06
Prime Minister Göran Persson was told by his most senior official on the day of the tsunami catastrophe that the situation was 'under control', a parliamentary inquiry hears. Lars Danielsson says nobody else realised how serious the disaster was either. READ »

Persson "got right tsunami information"

Politics: 13 Dec 05
Göran Persson received all the information that was available on the day of last December's tsunami, says state secretary Lars Danielsson (right). But he's less sure about whether he spoke to Hans Dahlgren (left) in the foreign ministry on the day. READ »

Moderates: investigate civil servants

Politics: 5 Dec 05
Senior civil servants' actions following the tsunami disaster could have amounted to misconduct. Leading Moderate Mikael Odenberg has asked the Prosector General to investigate. READ »

Government to stay away from tsunami memorials

National: 27 Sep 05
The Swedish government says it will respect the wishes of the tsunami victims' relatives and will not send representatives to the three memorial ceremonies to be held in Thailand in November and December. READ »

Sweden rejects US poverty proposals

National: 26 Aug 05
Sweden, which is to chair a United Nations summit on sweeping reform of the world body in September, on Friday called a US proposal to scrap ambitious goals to reduce world poverty "not acceptable". READ »

Swedish government "shaken" by funding scam

Politics: 15 Jul 05
Senior civil servant "conned Swedish ministers"
More details leak out about the million-kronor funding scam allegedly pulled off by a senior civil servant, exposing a serious lack of financial control at the heart of the government. READ »

Senior civil servant "conned Swedish ministers"

Politics: 14 Jul 05
A senior civil servant is accused of siphoning almost a million kronor to a private account by submitting false funding applications to ministers. He denies the allegations but admits that he's expecting the boot. READ »

Swedish government responds to London attacks

Smörgåsbord: 7 Jul 05
The prime minister and the foreign minister break off their holidays as fears rise that some of the 40,000 Swedes living in London were caught up in Thursday's terrorist attacks. READ »

Sweden gives mixed signals on EU constitution

Politics: 2 Jun 05
Göran Persson says it would be "stupid" to ignore the results of the French and Dutch referendums on the EU constitution. But the government says it still plans to ask the Swedish parliament to vote on the treaty. READ »

Swedes missing following Indonesian quake

National: 29 Mar 05
Two young Swedish holidaymakers are missing as the west coast of Indonesia suffers its second huge earthquake in three months. There was no tsunami this time, but many hundreds are still feared dead. It looks like the Swedish government have learned from their mistakes, however, as they give a textbook response. READ »

PM to be investigated by Constitution Committee

Politics: 11 Jan 05

Göran Persson may have broken Sweden's constitutional law by not keeping the king abreast of developments in Asia. And it turns out that foreign minister Laila Freivalds' infamous theatre trip came after two faxes warning of Swedish deaths in Thailand. READ »

Carl Gustaf: "Nobody dares to take responsibility"

National: 10 Jan 05
In a moving speech King Carl Gustaf reminds victims of the tsunami that he knows how it feels to grow up without a father and "like the king in the fairytale" wishes he could make everything all right. But in a newspaper interview he reveals that it took the government 36 hours to brief him on events in Asia. READ »

Freivalds regrets theatre visit

Politics: 6 Jan 05
The government goes on the defensive as the foreign secretary expresses her regret over "that theatre visit" on the day the tsunami struck. Göran Persson also admits that maybe the government didn't get everything right while the press tries to find out what really happened at the UD and Harpsund. READ »

Freivalds: "Many will not be found"

National: 28 Dec 04
Sweden's foreign minister begins preparing the country for the worst as she sets off for the disaster zone and Göran Persson expresses his "deep sympathy for those who are still living with the anxiety" of uncertainty about loved ones. READ »


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