| Tittel: | From privacy to protection: The reframing of integrity in Sweden’s camera surveillance politics | | Ansvar: | Cecilia Hansen Löfstrand | | Forfatter: | Löfstrand, Cecilia Hansen  | | Materialtype: | Artikkel - elektronisk | | Signatur: | Nordic Journal of Criminology | | Utgitt: | Oslo : Universitetsforlaget, 2025 | | Omfang: | S. 1-17 | | ISBN/ISSN: | 2578-9821 | | Serie: | Nordic Journal of Criminology ; 1/Volume 27 | | Emneord: | Vitenskapelig publikasjon | | Geografiske emneord: | Sverige | | Note: | Open access. Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0) | | Innhold: | Abstract
This article analyses the transformed politics of police-managed CCTV (closed-circuit television) surveillance in public spaces in Sweden, a country traditionally committed to individual privacy and liberal democratic values. Drawing on a longitudinal analysis spanning two decades, the study examines governmental documents, political speeches, and interviews with representatives of the Swedish Police Authority to explore this shift. It investigates how policymakers have reframed surveillance as a tool for safeguarding personal integrity, redefining integrity as freedom from crime rather than freedom from state intrusion. Following the 2010 constitutional reforms, which reinforced privacy protections, Sweden nonetheless witnessed a significant expansion of police surveillance powers, culminating in the 2018 Camera Surveillance Act. By 2023, a rise in gun violence led the government to frame police CCTV surveillance of public spaces as essential to societal stability, introducing measures to double camera installations and integrate advanced technologies such as facial recognition. While these policies have garnered increasing public support, they disproportionately affect marginalised communities, raising critical concerns about equity and democratic freedoms. By tracing this 20-year evolution, the article examines the reframing of personal integrity and the broader implications of police-managed CCTV surveillance of public spaces for democracy and individual rights.
Keywords: CCTV, police-managed CCTV surveillance, privacy and integrity, democratic governance, longitudinal policy analysis | | Del av verk: | Nordic Journal of Criminology Volume 27 no 1 |
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