Håkan Isacson
Swedish intelligence agent
About Håkan Isacson
Lived 1943 – 2002 (aged 58). Håkan Isacson was an intelligence agent and whistleblower.
Håkan Elis Isacson (10 November 1943 – 23 April 2002) was a Swedish intelligence agent who became known as the whistleblower of the IB affair, a political scandal in Sweden in the 1970s. Isacson was a former employee at IB, a secret Swedish domestic intelligence organization, who was used as the source by journalists Peter Bratt and Jan Guillou when they made the existence of the organization public in May 1973. On 4 January 1974 Isacson, along with Bratt and Guillou, was convicted of espionage by the Stockholm District Court and sentenced to 12 months in prison.
Isacson was a closeted homosexual.
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Who was Håkan Isacson?
Swedish intelligence agent (1943-2002)
When was Håkan Isacson born?
Håkan Isacson was born on 10 November 1943 in Nässjö.
When did Håkan Isacson die?
Håkan Isacson died on 23 April 2002 in Hägerstens församling.
What was Håkan Isacson's occupation?
Håkan Isacson was an intelligence agent and whistleblower.
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