Henrik Landerholm is Sweden’s first National Security Adviser, assigned to the Prime Minister’s Office. Prior to taking up his current position, Mr Landerholm served as Director General of the Swedish Psychological Defence Agency. Mr Landerholm began his career in the Swedish Army in 1983 and is a Lieutenant Colonel in the reserve. He has previously served as a member of the Swedish Parliament, where he was Chair of the Committee on Defence and a member of the Defence Commission. He has also been Vice-Chancellor and Head of the Swedish Defence University and Director-General of the Folke Bernadotte Academy. Mr Landerholm served as a career civil servant in the Swedish Foreign Service from 2011 to 2021. In his diplomatic role, he, among other things, oversaw all Swedish operations in northern Afghanistan and was Sweden’s Ambassador to Latvia and the United Arab Emirates respectively. He has been a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences and the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences since 1999.