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The commander of the Swedish Defense Forces founded a consulting

Byden Ops offers strategic risk analyzes and leadership training. The other partner in the company of the commander of the defense forces is his fiancee, former police director Linda Staaf.

Commander of the Swedish Defense Forces Mikael Bydén founded together with his fiance Linda Staafin with a defense company while still working in the army.

Several Swedish media have written about it, such as Expressen magazine and Swedish public radio.

The dual role of the commander of the defense forces has caused consternation. The company has been established, although Bydén still works as a commander. His vacancy in the defense forces ends in September of this year. The limited company was founded in the fall.

The commander is the press chief of the Swedish Defense Forces by Therese Fagerstedt including justified the company by planning for the future after a career in the army. According to the press manager, the company has no active operations yet.

Former intelligence director Linda Staaf leads the police’s research and development projects.

Staaf has previously been in the headlines for a romance with the police chief of the Stockholm region Mats Löfvingin with. Löfving was suspected of several cold-blooded decisions related to Staaf. Löfving hired Staaf as director of intelligence at the Central Criminal Police in 2015.

Updated on January 20 at 5:57 p.m. suspicions of remaining during Staaf and Löfving’s previous relationship.

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