The list of names of Swedish Stasi informants

The Swedish secret police Säpo has confirmed the existence of files on around 50 Swedish Stasi informants. However, the names of the informants are not to be made public. Lisa Bjurwald asks: "Is it really appropriate... to expose people in such a way? At the same time I can imagine that this kind of material is highly interesting for research purposes. These reports reflect the hidden aspects of a society at that time... Because their crimes fall under the statute of limitations, those Swedes who collaborated with the communist reign of terror will probably never be brought to trial. But this doesn't necessarily mean one must refuse all calls for them to be called to account in other ways."

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