The Bilaal Personnel Cooperative, which has been granted the license to conduct preschools in Umeå, Gävle and Söderhamn, has appealed the decision in all three municipalities. It was in December last year that school politicians in the three municipalities withdrew the permits after they, individually, conducted a so-called ownership and management test.

It has been known before that the so-called Umeå mother, whom the government has decided to expel because he poses a threat to Sweden's security, has played a prominent role on Bilal's board. Big flaws in the financial accounts were discovered when the man was sitting as treasurer.

Information from Säpo

In now public documents, information from Säpo emerges that links another expulsion convicted extremist to the staff cooperative's board, something Gefle Dagblad was the first to tell. It appears that another one of the total six persons, which the government decided during the autumn to be expelled for threats to the security of the state, has a close connection with a former member of the board for the staff cooperative.

"Violent extremism"

It is about a 38-year-old man, with a Chechen background, who was written between 2015-2017 by a board member who left the board in the autumn. When he left, his wife instead took a seat on the board. The woman, in turn, left her board seat just a day before Christmas, after the three decisions to withdraw the preschool's permit were made.

"The security police's overall assessment is that the circle of owners - both formal and informal members - has probably known about the links to violence-promoting extremism," writes Gävle municipality in its ownership review.

A total of 125 children, of which just over half in Umeå, are affected by the fact that Bilaal lost the permits, all of which will be offered a place in the municipal preschools.

SVT Nyheter has repeatedly, without success, applied for Bilal's Board of Directors.