T-kontoret ("T office") was a Swedish intelligence agency active between 1946 and 1965. It was the successor to the C-byrån and predecessor to IB. T-kontoret was headed by Thede Palm.
In connection with the outbreak of World War II in 1939, a secret intelligence service was established, the G Section (G-sektionen), or the Border Section (Gränssektionen) for surveillance of the Swedish borders and control of migration flows. [1] In 1942 the Defence Staff was heavily reorganized. The coordinators for the intelligence and security service became Section II (from 1966 named Section 2). Section I included the Foreign Department, the Domestic Department and the G Section, which now changed its name to C-byrån or Centralen. [1] In 1946 it was again time for a new reorganization. The Foreign Department had now two subdivisions, the Intelligence and Attaché Offices. C-byrån was disbanded. Operations had become too well known, and its methods had been strongly disputed. A new secret organization was created, T-kontoret, headed by former C-byrån employee, the former librarian at Lund University Library, PhD Thede Palm. The operations were entirely focused on foreign intelligence gathering. For a secret domestic intelligence gathering, Grupp B ("Group B") was organized in 1957, later known as B-kontoret ("B office") within the Domestic Department. [1]
Within the agency a department was created, called Detalj II for east-economic research. To the Detalj II, bankers and economists as Torsten Gårdlund, Lars-Erik Thunholm and Gunnar Dahmén were linked. [2] The operations came from the 1950s to be headed by Jan Rydström, also a former employee of C-byrån. After a schism between Thede Palm and Jan Rydström, Detalj II was split from T-kontoret. The East Economic Agency Foundation (Stiftelsen Öst Ekonomiska Byrån) was established with Jan Rydström as head. [2]
From 1961, the T-kontoret constituted a separate department within the Defence Staff/Section II (Fst/Sekt II), alongside the Domestic Department (Fst/In), the Foreign Department (Fst/U) and Group B (Grupp B). [3] Group B was the unit for domestic intelligence which was formed in 1957-58. [4] In the summer of 1961, the Group B was organizationally separated from the Fst/In and received independent status directly under the chief of Fst/Sekt II. [5] In 1965 the T-kontoret was merged with Group B into a single secret organization known as IB. [6] Palm was fired the year before [7] and head of the merged entity was Birger Elmér, the former head of Group B. [8]
T-kontoret ("T office") was a Swedish intelligence agency active between 1946 and 1965. It was the successor to the C-byrån and predecessor to IB. T-kontoret was headed by Thede Palm.
In connection with the outbreak of World War II in 1939, a secret intelligence service was established, the G Section (G-sektionen), or the Border Section (Gränssektionen) for surveillance of the Swedish borders and control of migration flows. [1] In 1942 the Defence Staff was heavily reorganized. The coordinators for the intelligence and security service became Section II (from 1966 named Section 2). Section I included the Foreign Department, the Domestic Department and the G Section, which now changed its name to C-byrån or Centralen. [1] In 1946 it was again time for a new reorganization. The Foreign Department had now two subdivisions, the Intelligence and Attaché Offices. C-byrån was disbanded. Operations had become too well known, and its methods had been strongly disputed. A new secret organization was created, T-kontoret, headed by former C-byrån employee, the former librarian at Lund University Library, PhD Thede Palm. The operations were entirely focused on foreign intelligence gathering. For a secret domestic intelligence gathering, Grupp B ("Group B") was organized in 1957, later known as B-kontoret ("B office") within the Domestic Department. [1]
Within the agency a department was created, called Detalj II for east-economic research. To the Detalj II, bankers and economists as Torsten Gårdlund, Lars-Erik Thunholm and Gunnar Dahmén were linked. [2] The operations came from the 1950s to be headed by Jan Rydström, also a former employee of C-byrån. After a schism between Thede Palm and Jan Rydström, Detalj II was split from T-kontoret. The East Economic Agency Foundation (Stiftelsen Öst Ekonomiska Byrån) was established with Jan Rydström as head. [2]
From 1961, the T-kontoret constituted a separate department within the Defence Staff/Section II (Fst/Sekt II), alongside the Domestic Department (Fst/In), the Foreign Department (Fst/U) and Group B (Grupp B). [3] Group B was the unit for domestic intelligence which was formed in 1957-58. [4] In the summer of 1961, the Group B was organizationally separated from the Fst/In and received independent status directly under the chief of Fst/Sekt II. [5] In 1965 the T-kontoret was merged with Group B into a single secret organization known as IB. [6] Palm was fired the year before [7] and head of the merged entity was Birger Elmér, the former head of Group B. [8]