Swedish appeals court fines ex-national security adviser for gross negligence

STOCKHOLM, Oct 19 (Reuters) A Swedish appeals court on Monday found former national security adviser Henrik Landerholm, a friend of the prime ​minister, guilty of mishandling secret information, overturning a ‌lower court ruling. The case, involving documents left at a hotel in 2023, has embarrassed Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson as it unfolded against the backdrop of a deepening security ‌crisis ​in the Baltic Sea region ⁠following Russia s invasion of ⁠Ukraine in 2022. Kristersson submitted his resignation after his right-wing government lost its parliamentary majority in a general election in September, but he is ​leading a caretaker government while a new government is being formed. Last year, a district court ⁠found Landerholm not guilty, saying ⁠he had been negligent, but not ​gravely. Unlike the district court the court of appeal finds ​that the man disclosed the information contained in ‌the documents through gross negligence, the Svea Court of Appeal in Stockholm said in