On Sunday, Sweden’s Armed Forces released a photograph of an object, suspected to be a foreign submarine in the Stockholm archipelago and a map, allegedly showing where the photo was taken.<\/p>\n
The area of the sighting was reported to be Jungfrufj\u00e4rden, a fjard near the settlement of Dalar\u00f6 south of Stockholm.<\/p>\n
However, an investigation carried out by Sweden’s public broadcaster SVT showed that no locations in the area matched the photograph.<\/p>\n
After being confronted by the SVT’s journalists, Swedish forces admitted issuing false information to avoid “helping foreign powers”.<\/p>\n
“In retrospect, I should have been clearer during the press conference that I was showing a map with the approximate positions because I did not wish to reveal any exact positions with regard to the operation,” deputy operational director Anders Grenstad said late Monday.<\/p>\n
Swedish forces first launched a major operation off the coast of Stockholm on Friday after receiving information, reportedly from a civilian, about the presence of an unknown underwater object in the region, suspected to be a foreign submarine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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