Director-General and Head of the Swedish Security Service
In office July 2012 – 15 February 2018
Preceded by
Anders Danielsson
Succeeded by
Klas Friberg
Personal details
Born
(1959-07-25) July 25, 1959 (age 64) Halmstad, Halland County, Sweden
Alma mater
Swedish Police Academy
Bengt Anders Ingvar Thornberg (born 25 July 1959) is a Swedish civil servant who has served as Governor of Halland County since 1 December 2023.[1]
Thornberg previously served as Director-General and Head of the Swedish Security Service (Säpo) from 2012 to 2018[2] and as National Police Commissioner from 2018 to 2023.[3]
^"Anders Thornberg ny landshövding i Hallands län" (in Swedish). Regeringen och Regeringskansliet. 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
^Ministry of Justice: Anders Thornberg is appointed to be Chief of the Security Service (in swedish) Archived December 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^Nyheter, SVT (2018-02-01). "Säpochefen Anders Thornberg blir ny rikspolischef". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-11-19.
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