Patrik Oksanen is a columnist for Svenska Dagbladet and other local newspapers, senior fellow at security think tank Frivärld (pro-market, pro-Atlantic, pro-EU), and security advisor for green liberal think tank Fores. H is strategic advisor for Centre of Total Defence and Societal Security at Swedish Defence University, and a member of Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences and Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences.
Formerly, Oksanen was a TV-journalist at public broadcaster Swedish Television and commercial channel 4, as well as news producer and EU-correspondent. He was also political editor for Centre Party affiliated newspaper Hudiksvalls Tidning.