United States Embassy in Stockholm
The United States Embassy in Stockholm is the diplomatic representation of the United States in the Kingdom of Sweden . Mark F. Brzezinski has been the American ambassador to Sweden since October 18, 2011 . The embassy is located in Dag Hammarskjölds Väg near Nobelparken in the old town of Stockholm.
The Obama administration has nominated Azita Raji to succeed Brzezinski . She is a commissioner for the White House Fellow , a former investment banker at JP Morgan and a financial backer to the President. If appointed, she will become the first female US ambassador to Sweden and the first person born in Iran to become the US ambassador.
Surveillance Detection Unit in Stockholm
In 2013, in the wake of the revelations of Edward Snowden and the discovery of the wiretapping activities of the Berlin US embassy in Sweden, it became public in 2013 that this was also happening in Stockholm. In November 2013, it became public that the US embassy has been monitoring Swedish citizens for at least 2000 who are alleged to have anti-American intentions.
Reactions
The then attorney general Beatrice Ask said in a statement that according to American accounts, measures had been taken to ensure security in the vicinity of US offices. She went on to say, “I think it is very serious that there is any suspicion that things have happened here that are not compatible with Swedish law. It is also serious that the Swedish authorities had no insight into what was going on. Therefore we now have to inform ourselves comprehensively about the incidents and evaluate them. ” The then opposition Left Party requested the parliamentary constitutional committee to investigate the events.
The Swedish Supreme Prosecution started investigations into possible violations of the law.
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 55 " N , 13 ° 22 ′ 42" E