Sune Sandström

Sune Olof Hilding Sandström (26 June 1939 – 2011) was a Swedish police. He was Chief of the Swedish Security Service from 1987 to 1989.

Career

Sandström was born in Nyhem, Bräcke Municipality, Sweden, the son of merchant Olof Sandström and his wife Frida (née Sandelin).[1] He grew up in Gäddede and passed studentexamen in Östersund.[2] After becoming a reserve officer, he was admitted to the district police superintendent (landsfiskal) education and obtained a district prosecutor's degree in Stockholm in 1965.[2][1] He underwent police chief training in Stockholm in 1966. The same year, Sandström worked as a police secretary at the Swedish National Police Board. He was then secretary at Jämtland County Council from 1967 to 1969 and police secretary in Östersund from 1969-1971. Sandström served as Police Commissioner in Vilhelmina from 1971 to 1973 and as Chief Superintendent at the Swedish National Police Board from 1973 to 1979. During this time, Sandström received a Candidate of Law degree in Stockholm in 1975.[1]

Sandström served as Deputy Police Commissioner in Stockholm from 1979 to 1987.[1] In 1987, Sandström was appointed chief of the Swedish Security Service (RPS/Säk, later Säpo) during the very turbulent time after the assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme.[2] He left the post in 1989 in the aftermath of the Ebbe Carlsson affair and the Stig Bergling-affair[2][3] and then became Head of Department at the Swedish National Police Board[1] where he was responsible for coordinating the police work in connection with the UEFA Euro 1992.[2] He was then head of the Police Operations Department at the Police Authority in Stockholm County[2] before ending his career as Deputy County Police Commissioner in Stockholm County from 2000 to 2003.[4]

Enemy's Enemy (1989)

In the novel Enemy's Enemy (1989) by author Jan Guillou, Carl Hamilton is assigned from his clients to go to Moscow and kill the spy Stig Bergling (in the book called Stig Sandström) who has escaped during his conjugal visit, killed his wife and went to Moscow to work for the Russians.[5] The surname Sandström was taken from Sune Sandström, the then head of the Swedish Security Service (Säpo).[6]

Personal life

In 1967 he Sandström married Ella Hallberg (born 1937).[1] He had big interest in harness racing and was a member of the Stockholm travsällskap ("Stockholm's Harness Racing Society") and was for some time its auditor.[2]

Bibliography

Sandström, Sune (1990). Rikskriminalen under nittiotalet: en översyn av rikskriminalens verksamhet och organisation. RPS redovisning, 99-0815361-7 ; 1990:1 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Rikspolisstyrelsen. SELIBR 1189662.

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References

Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 986. ISBN 91-1-960852-7. SELIBR 3681533.
"Sune Sandström". Östersunds-Posten (in Swedish). 28 November 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
Ånnerud, Annika (1999-06-24). "DN gratulerar: En polis i stormens öga". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 April 2018.
Romander, Holger; Hjälmroth, Sven-Åke; Gunnmo, Gunno; Höglund, Sture (30 November 2011). "Sune Sandström". Länstidningen Östersund (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 April 2018.
Landström, Lars (4 June 2010). "Historien om Jan Guillou" [The story of Jan Guillou]. Örnsköldsviks Allehanda (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 April 2018.
Tapper, Michael (2011). Snuten i skymningslandet: svenska polisberättelser i roman och på film 1965-2010 (in Swedish). Lund: Nordic Academic Press. p. 373. ISBN 978-91-85509-62-1.

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Preceded by Sven-Åke Hjälmroth	Chief of the Swedish Security Service 1987–1989	Succeeded by Mats Börjesson as Director General

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[Salander_Mortensen_(1996),_p._986-1] Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 986. ISBN 91-1-960852-7. SELIBR 3681533.

[O-P_(2011)-2] "Sune Sandström". Östersunds-Posten (in Swedish). 28 November 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[3] Ånnerud, Annika (1999-06-24). "DN gratulerar: En polis i stormens öga". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[4] Romander, Holger; Hjälmroth, Sven-Åke; Gunnmo, Gunno; Höglund, Sture (30 November 2011). "Sune Sandström". Länstidningen Östersund (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[5] Landström, Lars (4 June 2010). "Historien om Jan Guillou" [The story of Jan Guillou]. Örnsköldsviks Allehanda (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[6] Tapper, Michael (2011). Snuten i skymningslandet: svenska polisberättelser i roman och på film 1965-2010 (in Swedish). Lund: Nordic Academic Press. p. 373. ISBN 978-91-85509-62-1.