“The OLYMPIC games in Sweden divides the police”
“the winter OLYMPICS in Sweden 2026 have been given red flags to be raised and klarsignaler will sound in the police.”
“I think it was one and the other the chief of police at the side of me that was sweating a little when we heard that you had accepted this,” says the colonel Erik Nord.”
“Erik Nord, the chief police commissioner in Storgöteborg, has a vast experience of kommenderingsuppgifter for the police in the city. He has, for example, been involved in work with the world CUP and european CHAMPIONSHIPS in athletics, as well as with the EU-summit in Gothenburg. The news that the government has provided the necessary the guarantee for unfair calling for the Swedish OS-candidacy makes him worried.”
” I think if we get the OLYMPICS in 2026 so will large parts of the 2025 and 2026 mean so much extra work, we consume a lot of the resurstillskott we are waiting for the two years. Then we will not be able to do crime prevention work which, I believe, the government and even the Swedish people expect. This is a jätteåtagande to solve.”
“Stefan, Hector, head of the operational unit in the National operations department, does not agree with.”
” We have managed the visits of american presidents, EU summits, election campaigning, the alpine world ski CHAMPIONSHIPS in Åre. It is nothing that the police is above the. OS 2026 would only be a peak load, among others, ” he says.”
“the Same requirements can be set on an OS that in other arrangements in Sweden, according to Hector. It is required that the organizer seeks permission and that the police give permit with specific conditions.”
“While the police are responsible for order in the streets and squares as well as the capacity in the case of severe attacks of terror, it is the promoter who carries the main burden for safety on and adjacent to the arenas, with the help of access controls, the stewards and publikvärdar.”
“– We believe that an OS is certainly an effort for the Swedish police, but that it is well within the limits of our ability. And then, we should also bear in mind that, to 2026, we have had a growth with a further 10 000 police officers, ” says Hector.”
“Police planning for an OS would need to be initiated already in the year, according to Erik Nord, who also says that one would need to build response capacity to reach up to a level not justified by everyday life, but only of the OS.”
“– If I think from my professional perspective, with all what an OS would mean, then I think that here we do not need. Not if we are to meet everything else that we have to work with.”
“TT: Can you compare the police conditions in Sweden with OLYMPIC competitor in Italy?”
“– Italy is all well and good, twice as many police officers as we, per capita, they have more police and it is a much denser country. Nor do they have the geographical distances that we have in Sweden, which hampers our ability to share resources with each other.”
“Both the Police and the security service have been involved in preparing the dossier to the government offices before the decision on the guarantee for unfair calling, but Stefan Hector can’t answer if the police would get a few extra resources while working with the OS.”
“He looks, however, neither the geographic distances or planning as a problem.”
“– We have a single police authority in Sweden and in the can we exercise leadership and to move resources. We have good opportunities to move the police over large surfaces.”
“On 12 april is the last date for the Swedish olympic committee to submit a definitive OS-application.”
“According to the plan, the event is split up in several locations, with branches in Stockholm, Åre, Falun and Latvian Sigulda.”
“the Decision on it will be Sweden with the Stockholm-Åre or Italy with Milan-Cortina-who gets the OLYMPICS and Paralympics in 2026 taken by the International olympic committee (IOC) on 24 June.”
