Published 10 December 2022 at 12.43
Domestic. Police chief Linda Staaf says she is now the victim of a “smear campaign” because she is a woman. This after it emerged that she was given the job as head of intelligence at Noa by her lover and without having any police experience.
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This week it was revealed that the deputy head of the national police, Mats Löfving, has been reported to the police for crimes against Linda Staaf, who is the head of intelligence at the police's national operational department (Noa). However, no crimes have been proven.
In the same vein, it was discovered that Linda Staaf had had a relationship with Löfving, who, in her capacity as Noa's manager at the time, was the one who hired her. He has also raised her salary significantly.
According to Expressen, Staaf and Löfving were investigated once more on January 19 this year by deputy chief prosecutor Bengt Åsbäck. This time it was a preliminary investigation into gross misconduct.
– It was about how Linda Staaf got her job at Noa and whether there was a relationship between her and Noa manager Mats Löfving, Åsbäck tells Expressen.
But now Linda Staaf is fighting back against the accusations of nepotism in an interview with Dagens Nyheter.
– It is clear that many men cannot handle a woman gaining power and influence. What is happening now is shameful, she tells the newspaper.
According to Linda Staaf herself, she is the victim of a conspiracy by “a few people” whom she does not want to name.
– That are, for example, those who speak out in the media without having sufficient transparency, she tells DN.
Furthermore, Linda Staaf states that she was treated “disrespectfully” by her former lover Mats Löfving. However, she does not consider herself to have been victimized by him. The police reports against Löfving have been made by other people.
Linda Staaf cannot answer whether the problems with Mats Löfving arose due to jealousy of Sweden's commander-in-chief Micael Bydén – who is Linda Staaf's new lover.