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Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) has about 160 employees, most of whom are lawyers. Our organisation reflects our areas of operations and the way we work.

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Senior Management

IMY:s Senior Management, from left: Håkan Larsson, Head of Department for Operational Support; Elin Almqvist, Head of Strategic Management and Development; Eric Leijonram, Director-General; Charlotte Waller Dahlberg, Head of Department for Public Operations: David Törngren, Head of Department for Legal Services; Malin Blixt, Head of Department for Enterprise.

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Eric Leijonram

Eric Leijonram is the Director General of the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten, IMY), a role he assumed in October 2024. Previously, he served as Chief Legal Counsel at the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen).

He has experience from judiciary, government ministries, and the correction system, and has led several government inquiries, among them the Biometric inquiry. In September 2025 he was appointed by the government to lead the governmental inquiry on background checks, while continuing his role as Director General.

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Head of Unit

Elin Almqvist

Head of Unit

David Törngren

Data Protection Officer

Sigrid Bohnfeldt Boje, dso[at]imy.se

Head of Unit

Elisabeth Jilderyd

 

IMY:s transparency council

IMY is a so-called "enrådighetsmyndighet". "Enrådighet" within authorities means that the Director-General alone makes the decisions, with a transparency council that oversees the authority's work. The transparency council has the following members:

Eric Leijonram
IMY's Director-General,
Chair of the Transparency Council since October 2024

Peter Hedberg
Member of Parliament (The Swedish Social Democratic Party)

Åke Holmgren
Head of department Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency

Linn Kempe
General Counsel Agency for Digital Government

Jonas Ledendal
Researcher Senior Lecturer Lund University

Kristoffer Löfblad
Member of Parliament (The Sweden Democrats)

André Nilsson
Member of Municipal Council of the City of Stockholm (The Liberals)

Susanne Nordström
Member of Parliament (The Moderate Party)

Sofie Lindblom
Deputy Chief of Justice, The Swedish Police  

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Latest update: 13 January 2026
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