Legal Officer at the National Archives of Sweden

Are you a driven lawyer looking to work with complex legal issues at an authority with a strategic role in society's information supply? Then you should work with us!

We offer a varied and broad assignment focused on developing the National Archives and the state's information management. The National Archives is currently in an intensive development phase due to the state's digitalization and the changing global landscape. As a legal officer, you play an important role in this development.

About the Assignment

The position is located within the legal function. This function is responsible for legal governance, development, and support at the National Archives and currently consists of a chief legal officer and four legal officers. The assignment is broad, focusing on legal issues related to information management, particularly digital information management due to the rapid development within the National Archives and the state. This includes issues related to the regulations issued by the National Archives' directives and guidelines, the development of how the National Archives provides information from the archives via e-services, and the creation of AI tools that can benefit society's access to information. In 2025, the National Archives became a preparedness authority. Therefore, the legal work in the area of security and preparedness has a particular focus in our work.

As a legal officer, you work broadly within the function's area of responsibility with qualified and strategically important legal issues and contribute legal expertise to various projects and assignments. You develop internal governing documents and provide legal support in the authority's development work. An important part is the support in the authority's extensive regulatory work. You also provide support to the operations in areas such as confidentiality assessments, contract writing, procurement, and copyright issues. The unit also handles certain ongoing legal matters such as referral handling, litigation, JO/JK cases, data protection issues, work against irregularities, and staffing the authority's whistleblower function.

As a legal officer, you work closely with the agency's management and have many contacts with managers and employees within the agency. You also represent the agency externally when necessary and participate in collaboration with other authorities.

About You

You should have:

• a law degree,
• several years of experience in qualified legal work, for example as an assessor or equivalent,
• experience in qualified administrative law issues, and
• good knowledge of public access and confidentiality as well as data protection legislation.

It is advantageous if you have:

• experience in qualified legal work related to e-government and IT development in the areas of administrative law, data protection, public access, and confidentiality,
• experience in legislative work and other qualified legal investigative work,
• experience in working with preparedness and security issues,

Your tasks vary, and our operations are evolving. You therefore thrive in a changing environment. You work solution-oriented and can switch between strategic and operational perspectives. You have a good ability to see the big picture, are analytical, used to working independently, and can drive your work forward. You are flexible, attentive, and have an easy time collaborating and building good relationships. Furthermore, you are a good communicator who adapts your language to the audience.

Employment Conditions

Employment type: Permanent position

Work percentage: Full-time

Workplace: Placement at one of the National Archives' operational locations (Stockholm, Gothenburg, Lund, Härnösand, Uppsala, Visby, Vadstena, Östersund)

The National Archives applies individual salary setting and a 6-month probationary period.

Start date: As soon as possible or by agreement

Application deadline: 2026-02-08

You must be a Swedish citizen as the position is classified in a security class. We will therefore conduct a security review with a background check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585).

About the National Archives

The rapid technological development and digitalization have created new conditions for society's information management. In our role as the national archive, we are therefore in strong development to ensure long-term information management and digital governance.

Our mission is to ensure society's archival information and make it usable over time. Access to cultural heritage and authentic information that can be used in research, justice, and for public insight is fundamental in our democratic society. You can read more at riksarkivet.se (https://riksarkivet.se).

In preparation for the recruitment process, the National Archives has taken a stance on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore strongly request not to contact media sellers, recruitment sites, or similar.