The Swedish Psychological Defence Agency is a government entity devoted to
countering malign foreign influence in the cognitive domain and further
strengthening societal resilience against such threats, promoting the core values
of democracy and sovereign decision making. The Agency started its activities on
January 1, 2022.

Dr Hjort was in April 2021 appointed by the Swedish Government to lead the
establishing of the Swedish Psychological Defence Agency and was from January
1 2022 Deputy Director General and head of the agency’s Capability Building
Department. In October 2022 he was appointed Acting Director General and as
of September 2023 Director General.

Dr. Hjort was previously Head Secretary in the Inquiry Commission that
presented the proposal for a new government agency for Psychological Defence
in May 2020. His previous positions include Senior Analyst at the Swedish
Defence University, Deputy Chief of Staff at the Swedish Council for Higher
Education, Deputy Director General at the Swedish National Agency for Higher
Education, Head of Strategic Analysis Unit at the Swedish Civil Contingencies
Agency and Head of Research and Strategic Analysis at the Swedish Emergency
Management Agency.

He has a Ph.D. from Stockholm University in History with a research focus on the
Cold War and Security and Military History. Among his published works is the
doctoral thesis from 2004 “Nationens livsfråga”. Propaganda och upplysning i
försvarets tjänst 1944–1963. (The Essential Issue of the Nation. Propaganda and
Information in the Service of Swedish Defence 1944-1963).

Dr. Hjort is a member of The Swedish Royal Academy of War Sciences.