Peter Bratt
Encyclopedia
Peter Bratt is a Swedish
journalist
. For many years he worked for the national Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter
until he stopped there in 2003. Through he career he has written many critical texts on the Swedish Social Democratic Party
.
together with Jan Guillou
in the magazine
Folket i Bild/Kulturfront
. This was to be known at the IB affair. He also published his own book on IB from Gidlunds förlag (publisheres) in 1973, IB och hotet mot vår säkerhet (IB and the threat against our security).
in which the National Police Commissioner
had stated that the Minister for Justice
Lennart Geijer was a security risk. This led to the Geijer affair.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
. For many years he worked for the national Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter
Dagens Nyheter
is a daily newspaper in Sweden. It has the largest circulation of Swedish morning newspapers, followed by Göteborgs-Posten and Svenska Dagbladet, and is the only morning newspaper that is distributed to subscribers across the whole country. In 2009 DN had a circulation of 316,000, reaching 881...
until he stopped there in 2003. Through he career he has written many critical texts on the Swedish Social Democratic Party
Swedish Social Democratic Party
The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
.
The IB-affair
Peter Bratt revealed InformationsbyrånInformationsbyrån
IB was a secret Swedish intelligence agency within the Swedish Armed Forces. Its two main purposes were to handle liaison with foreign intelligence agencies and to gather information about communists and other individuals who were perceived to be a threat to the nation...
together with Jan Guillou
Jan Guillou
Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou is a Swedish author and journalist. Among his books are a series of spy fiction novels about a spy named Carl Hamilton, and a trilogy of historical fiction novels about a Knight Templar, Arn Magnusson...
in the magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
Folket i Bild/Kulturfront
Folket i Bild/Kulturfront
Folket i Bild/Kulturfront is a Swedish magazine for reports, art, literature, debate and culture. It is published by the organization of the same name.- Purpose :The stated aims of the magazine are:...
. This was to be known at the IB affair. He also published his own book on IB from Gidlunds förlag (publisheres) in 1973, IB och hotet mot vår säkerhet (IB and the threat against our security).
The Geijer affair
In November 1977 Peter Bratt published an article in Dagens Nyheter on a memoMemo
Memo may refer to:* Most commonly Memorandum.* Bench memorandum, law* Memorandum Recordings - record company* Mêmo* MEMO - specialization in electrical engineering that studies Microwaves, Electromagnetism and Optoelectronic...
in which the National Police Commissioner
Swedish Police Service
The Swedish Police Service is a collection of Government agencies concerned with police matters in Sweden. The Swedish Police Service consists of 28,500 employees of which 39 per cent are women. The staff consists of 20,000 police officers of which 25 per cent are women and 8,500 civilian staff of...
had stated that the Minister for Justice
Minister for Justice (Sweden)
The Minister for Justice is the justice minister of Sweden and head of the Ministry of Justice. The current Minister for Justice is Beatrice Ask of the Moderate Party....
Lennart Geijer was a security risk. This led to the Geijer affair.
Works
- Kan vi lita på demokratin? intervjuer med Anders Carlberg, Lars GyllenstenLars GyllenstenLars Johan Wictor Gyllensten was a Swedish author and physician, and a member of the Swedish Academy, which has the aim of furthering the "purity, vigour and majesty" of the Swedish language and selects the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature each year.Gyllensten was born and grew up in a...
, Harald Ofstad, Kurt Samuelsson, 1969 - De förrådda idealen: om svensk socialdemokrati och Sverige inför 70-talet, 1969
- IB och hotet mot vår säkerhet, Gidlunds Förlag, StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, 1973, ISBN 91-7021-063-2 - I fängelse, Gidlunds Förlag, Stockholm, 1974, ISBN 91-7021-088-8
- Steg för steg: om stuveriarbetarnas fackliga kamp, 1974
- Med rent uppsåt. Albert Bonniers Förlag, Stockholm, 16 October 2007. Memoirs. ISBN 978-91-0-011578-4