First Secretary of State

The first secretary of state of the Ministry of Defence of Sweden visited us today. In the media he as also been adressed as the deputy minister of defence, which I think is correct. With him was a delegation of three civilian advisors and two colonels. They asked me a lot of questions, some of which were difficult to answer even if I knew the answer. One has to bear in mind who one is talking with, and in this particular case it was a high-profile civil servant. They left after lunch, and I tried to recover from staying up late yesterday evening preparing for the visit and getting up at 0600 this morning to run a little, by taking a nap. In the evening there was a storm with strong winds and a little rain.