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Linda Staaf
Linda Staaf in 2024
Born
Linda Hansson Staaf

1976
Östersund, Sweden

Linda Hansson Staaf (née Hansson; born 1976) is a Swedish author, and between 2015 and 31 December 2022 the intelligence chief at the National Operations Department (NOA).

Biography

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Staaf grew up in Östersund and studied economy and has a degree in Degree of Master of Laws at Stockholm University.[1] In 2006, she started working within the police departments as an accountant, she later became the boss of the economic department of the organisation.[2] Staaf does not have an official education as a police but got a degree during management training.[3] Between 2015 and December 2022, Staaf was the intelligence chief at the National Operations Department (NOA) In January 2023, Staaf started working at the Department of Justice.[3][4] Since November 2023, she is working as the Swedish leader of Europol.[5]

Staaf and her boss Mats Löfving started a relationship; Staaf's job and her credentials during her short career as a police officer were then questioned.[6] Löfving having assigned a service weapon to Staaf in 2020. An investigator, Runar Viksten, reviewed these decisions on behalf of Anders Thornberg and presented a report on 22 February 2023. He concluded that in four decisions concerning Staaf Löfving had been biased (jävig).[7][8] It should be noted however that Löfving always denied ever having an intimate relationship with Staaf, claiming that he had rejected attempts from Staaf to initiate such a relationship with him.[9] The allegations and investigations finally lead up to Löfving ending his own life.[10] Only two months later Staaf was once again in a relationship, this time with the Swedish chief of defence Michael Bygden. Staaf and Bygden also started a private business for which Bygden received criticism for conflicting interest with Bygden's job as Swedish chief of defence.[11]

In 2018, Staaf debuted as an author with the book Ulv i fårakläder.[12] In 2023, her second book was published called Allt är inte guld.[13] Both books have its stories taking place in Jämtland.[14]

Bibliography

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  • 2018 – Ulv i fårakläder: kriminalroman. Östersund: Jengel Förlag. ISBN 9789187309847
  • 2023 – Allt är inte guld. [Malmö]: Word Audio Publishing Intl. AB. ISBN 9789180005432

References

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  1. ^ "Polischef Staaf om kaotiska året och jämtlandsdeckarna". Östersunds-Posten. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Författarpresentation – Linda H Staaf". Jengel förlag. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b Åsa Erlandsson (9 December 2022). "Linda Staaf: "Jag är utsatt för en smutskastningskampanj"". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  4. ^ Hanna Törnquist (21 September 2022). "Tung polischef till justitiedepartementet". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  5. ^ Nyheter, S. V. T. (3 November 2023). "Svenskarna lägger dubbelt så mycket på knark som på snus". SVT Nyheter. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Fem punkter: Polisskandalen". Aftonbladet. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  7. ^ "One of Sweden's top police chiefs Mats Lofving found dead just hours after investigation ended". Euro Weekly News. 23 February 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Utredaren: Löfving var jävig vid flera beslut". SVT Nyheter. 22 February 2023. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Löfvings och Staafs egna ord om relationen". Expressen. 22 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Polischefen Mats Löfving hittad död i sitt hem". SvT. 24 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Nyförlovade och företagspartners – Bydén och Staaf startar bolag ihop". Expressen. 18 January 2024.
  12. ^ Monica Gullman (2 October 2019). "Recension: Ulv i fårakläder av Linda H Staaf". Svenska Deckarfestivalen. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Boksläpp med Linda Staaf". Svenska Deckarfestivalen. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  14. ^ Marcus Berglund (18 November 2023). "Polischef Staaf om kaotiska året och jämtlandsdeckarna". Östersunds-Posten. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
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