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{{short description|Swedish lawyer and civil servant|bot=PearBOT 5}}▼
{{distinguish|Jan Eliasson}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dan Eliasson▼
| office = Director-General of the [[Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency]]▼
| termstart = 5 March 2018▼
| office2 = Director-General of the [[Swedish Social Insurance Agency]]▼
| birth_date = 14 August 1961
| birth_place = [[Sundsvall]], Sweden
| office = Director-General at the [[Ministry of Justice (Sweden)|Ministry of Justice]] (Division for Crisis Preparedness)
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| office1 = [[National Police Commissioner (Sweden)|National Police Commissioner]] of the [[Swedish Police Authority]]▼
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| term_start3 = 2007▼
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| term_start = 2006▼
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| office4 = Director-General of the [[Swedish Migration Agency]]
| office5 = Acting Chief of the [[Swedish Security Service]]
| term_end5 = 2007
| alma_mater = [[Uppsala University]]
| education = Law
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| image = Almedalen 6 July 2016 178 (27551513724).jpg
| caption = Eliasson at an interview during the [[Almedalen Week]], 2016
| party = [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democrats]]
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'''Dan Tore Eliasson''' (born 14 August 1961 in [[Sundsvall Municipality|Sundsvall]]) is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[lawyer]] and [[civil servant]]. He served as Director–General of the [[Swedish Migration Agency]] from 2007 to 2011, as Director–General of the [[Swedish Social Insurance Agency]] from 2011 to 2014, as [[National Police Commissioner (Sweden)|National Police Commissioner]] from 2014 to 2018 and as Director–General of the [[Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency]] (MSB) from 2018 until his dismissal in 2021. After his dismissal in 2021, he was placed as Director-General of the Division of Crisis Preparedness of the [[Ministry of Justice (Sweden)|Ministry of Justice]] until the end of 2022.
▲{{short description|Swedish lawyer and civil servant|bot=PearBOT 5}}
He was appointed [[National Police Commissioner (Sweden)|National Police Commissioner]] by the [[Anders Ygeman|Minister for Home Affairs]] in November 2014 and began serving on 1 January 2015. Eliasson is a graduate of law at [[Uppsala University
== Head of the Swedish Social Insurance Agency ==
In October 2011 Eliasson became head of the [[Swedish Social Insurance Agency]] (''Swedish: Försäkringskassan'').<ref name=":3" /> As head of the agency he ordered the article about himself on [[Swedish Wikipedia]] to be edited by agency staff to remove criticism.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dn.se/ekonomi/myndigheter-censurerar-wikipediatexter/|title=Myndigheter censurerar Wikipediatexter |date=31 August 2014|newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |access-date=6 September 2017|language=sv}}</ref>
According to a staff poll at the agency, employees at the agency had very low confidence
== Head of the Swedish Police Authority ==
In November 2014 Eliasson was appointed the new head of the [[Swedish Police Authority]] and he took up the position on 1 January 2015 while the authority was in the middle of a major restructuring.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Dan Eliasson blir ny rikspolischef|url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/dan-eliasson-blir-ny-rikspolischef/|website=www.expressen.se|language=sv|access-date=2020-05-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=RPC Dan Eliasson lämnar Polismyndigheten|url=https://polistidningen.se/2018/01/rpc-dan-elisasson-erbjuds-nytt-jobb/|date=2018-01-31|website=Polistidningen|language=sv-SE|access-date=2020-05-21}}</ref> His appointment was criticized by the police union on the grounds that Eliasson is not a [[police officer]] and had no experience of policing.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fackligt uppror mot polisens toppchefer|url=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2015-08-20/fackligt-uppror-mot-polisens-toppchefer|website=Sydsvenskan|language=sv|access-date=2020-05-21}}</ref>
In September 2015, during the ongoing [[European migration crisis]], Eliasson, being the chief of police, blocked attempts by Swedish regional police and customs authorities to erect [[
On or about 27 January 2016, Eliasson sparked controversy in Sweden and beyond by appearing to sympathize with a "teenage" Somalian asylum-seeker accused of having murdered social worker [[Killing of Alexandra Mezher|Alexandra Mezher]] in Mölndal, a suburban community near [[Gothenburg]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/gt/debatt-rikspolischefen-forminskar-misstankt-mordares-handlingar/|title=Jag ber alla brottsoffer om ursäkt för att min chef är Dan Eliasson|website=www.expressen.se|language=sv|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref> Later, it emerged that the killer was not under 18 and possibly not even a teenager, but had lied about his age in order to receive favourable treatment when claiming asylum.<ref>{{Cite web|title = 'Child' migrant who killed asylum centre worker is an adult, Swedish migration rules|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/12153428/Child-migrant-who-killed-asylum-centre-worker-is-an-adult-Swedish-migration-rules.html|website = Telegraph.co.uk|access-date = 2016-02-13}}</ref>
In June 2016 Eliasson led a campaign to hand out [[armband]]s saying "don't grope" to curb groping and sexual assaults, like those at the 2014 and 2015 [[We Are Sthlm sexual assaults]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/plans-hand-out-anti-groping-armbands-by-sweden-police-comes-under-fire-1568154|title=Plans to hand out anti-groping armbands by Sweden police comes under fire|last=Middleton|first=Rachel|date=2016-06-29|work=International Business Times UK|access-date=2017-12-30|language=en}}</ref> The armbands were criticised as being ineffectual and
In December 2016, [[Sifo]] conducted a poll on public opinion on how Dan Eliasson performs as chief of police where 50% stated a negative or very negative view and 11% stated a positive or very positive view.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://opinion.se/sakfragor/polisens-fortroende|title=opinion.se - Polisens förtroende|website=opinion.se|language=sv-SE|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230111302/http://opinion.se/sakfragor/polisens-fortroende|archive-date=30 December 2017|url-status=|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref>
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According to police reports commented upon by Eliasson in June 2015, [[Vulnerable area|high crime rate areas]] numbered 15 in 2015 and 23 in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=6721641|title=Rapport om utsatta områden presenteras - Nyheter (Ekot) |publisher=[[Sveriges Radio]] |work=[[Dagens Eko]] |access-date=2017-10-09 |language=sv}}</ref> In October 2017 Eliasson was interviewed by [[Sveriges Radio|SR]] [[Dagens Eko|Ekot]] where he was queried about his promise in May 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/538821?programid=3071|title=Dan Eliasson, bovarnas skräck? - Ekots lördagsintervju |publisher=[[Sveriges Radio]] |work=[[Dagens Eko]] |language=sv|access-date=2017-10-09}}</ref> to regain control in [[Vulnerable area|areas of Sweden with high crime rates]]. Instead of regaining control, he admitted that the number of such areas had increased.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=6793607|title=Fler utsatta områden trots Dan Eliassons löfte om motsatsen - Nyheter (Ekot) |publisher=[[Sveriges Radio]] |work=[[Dagens Eko]]|access-date=2017-10-09}}</ref> He stated that two years earlier he had not predicted police resources would be saturated by [[Immigration to Sweden|migration]], [[Gang|gang shootings]], [[Organized crime in Sweden|serious crime]] and [[Terrorism in Sweden|terrorism]] to the degree that was the case.<ref name=":0" /> The reason for this inaccurate prediction was that policy makers including himself had not realised the full extent of the problems because they did not fit in the popular image of Sweden as a safe and prosperous country.<ref name=":0" />
On
== Head of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency ==
Eliasson commenced his position as head of the [[Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency]]
Eliasson is as of 2018 the highest paid civil servant in Sweden with a monthly salary of 160
=== Controversy ===
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During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden|COVID-19]] outbreak his agency was among the institutions leading Sweden’s response to the [[pandemic]].
In late December 2020, after the Civil Contingencies Agency urged all Swedes to avoid travel, he was photographed in [[Las Palmas]] airport on the island of [[Gran Canaria]] whilst on a family Christmas holiday.
== Trivia ==
Dan Eliasson is also known for his history in the punk scene with his band Bad Boo Band. The band's biggest hit was
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