The German who became one of Sweden's top agents

In March 1942, the Swedish security service recruited 23-year-old German Erika Wendt, who subsequently helped the Swedes infiltrate the German intelligence service Abwehr's organization in Sweden. The first contact with Wendt took place on Birger Jarlsgatan at Stureplan. The security service primarily wanted to find out if there was any imminent risk of a German invasion. During her time as an agent, Wendt also provided the names of Gestapo representatives in Stockholm. In 1944, the German authorities began to become suspicious of Wendt and decided to call her back to Berlin. Wendt chose to defect in Sweden, where she was offered both a new identity and citizenship. In his 2003 book Spioner och spioner som spionerar på spioner (Spies and spies who spy on spies), veteran Tore Forsberg describes Erika Wendt as one of Sweden's greatest agents ever.