Research from CSSC Featured in Dagens Industri: Wallenberg Sphere and Intelligence Cooperation
19 January, 2026
New research from the Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication (CSSC) by Dr. Rikard Westerberg has been featured in Dagens Industri, highlighting historical links between the Wallenberg sphere and intelligence cooperation in Sweden.
How closely have Swedish business elites and intelligence services been connected? A newly published article, on the research of center director Dr. Rikard Westerberg, in Dagens Industri delves into previously little-known aspects of Sweden's intelligence history, uncovering the Wallenberg sphere's secret cooperation with spies.
The piece sheds light on how business interests, state security, and intelligence operations have intersected and at times overlapped in modern Swedish history, raising important questions about power, secrecy, and statecraft.
