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Head of Swedish security service dies
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Posted on 01/22/2007 9:47:16 AM PST by NativeNewYorker

OSLO, Sweden, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Klas Bergenstrand, the head of Sweden's security services, has died at an Oslo hospital at the age of 61.

A statement issued by the intelligence agency Monday said Bergenstrand suffered a possible heart attack Sunday night and was declared dead at St. Gorans Hospital.

He had been director general of state security since 2004 after a long career in Sweden's judiciary and police service, The Local newspaper said.

Deputy security chief Kurt Mainstrom was named to the post of interim director of the organization.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: hmmmm; sweden

1 posted on 01/22/2007 9:47:18 AM PST by NativeNewYorker
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To: NativeNewYorker

Polonium 210 again?


2 posted on 01/22/2007 9:57:12 AM PST by jdm
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To: jdm
Polonium 210 again?

Could have been lutefisk.

3 posted on 01/22/2007 10:00:25 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (Since it happened in Norway, I'm using the Norwegian spelling.)
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To: NativeNewYorker

Isn't everyone in Sweden at least 50?


4 posted on 01/22/2007 10:00:59 AM PST by brooklyn dave (I face Mecca 5 times a day and all I see is some guy's tuchas.)
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To: NativeNewYorker

Why would he do that in the richest country on earth?


5 posted on 01/22/2007 10:01:40 AM PST by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: Charles Henrickson
Delicious.


6 posted on 01/22/2007 10:04:19 AM PST by jdm
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To: NativeNewYorker

OSLO, Sweden ??

Last I checked Oslo was in Norway. These Socalists can't get anything right except their women.


7 posted on 01/22/2007 10:10:50 AM PST by woodbutcher1963 (Lumber Broker)
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To: brooklyn dave
Isn't everyone in Sweden at least 50?

Pounds? /sarc

8 posted on 01/22/2007 10:12:11 AM PST by jdm
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To: NativeNewYorker

RIP.


9 posted on 01/22/2007 6:13:35 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
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