Magnus Hjort

Dr Magnus Hjort Dr Hjort in April 2021 appointed by the Swedish Government to lead the establishing of the Swedish Psychological Defence Agency and was from January 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. 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.