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Man held on terror charges worked for Sollentuna municipality

Key Points
  • A man in his 20s was remanded in custody last week on suspicion of participating in a terrorist organization linked to violent right-wing extremism.
  • He was employed by Sollentuna municipality from late September to mid-November 2025, during the period when the alleged crimes occurred.
  • The suspected offenses took place in Sigtuna municipality and other parts of Stockholm County between November 6 last year and his arrest.

A man in his 20s from the Stockholm area, who was remanded in custody last week on suspicion of participating in a terrorist organization, was employed by Sollentuna municipality at the time the crimes are alleged to have occurred. The suspected crimes are linked to violent right-wing extremism and are being investigated by the Swedish Security Service. The alleged offenses took place in Sigtuna municipality and other locations in Stockholm County between November 6 of last year and his arrest last week.

Concurrently, from late September to mid-November 2025, the man was employed with employment support at Sollentuna municipality, where he worked in service roles, according to documents reviewed by SVT. Kristina Eineborg, head of the labor market department at Sollentuna municipality, stated that the municipality had not received this information from the police or the Security Service and needs to learn more about the type of criminality and whether signals could have been detected. The man has opposed the remand and denied the suspicion, and his defense lawyer Anna Ling declined to comment.

the municipality had not received this information from the police or the Security Service and needs to learn more about the type of criminality and whether signals could have been detected

Kristina Eineborg, head of the labor market department at Sollentuna municipality

The remand is connected to a case from December last year regarding suspicion of vandalism, with both the prosecutor and the Security Service being tight-lipped about details of the investigation.

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