The government agencies in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
are state-controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the
Government of Sweden
The Government of the Kingdom of Sweden ( sv, Konungariket Sveriges regering) is the national cabinet of Sweden, and the country's executive authority.
The Government consists of the Prime Ministerappointed and dismissed by the Speaker of the ...
. The
ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to monitor the agencies and preparing decision and policy papers for the government as a collective body to decide upon.
A Cabinet Minister is
explicitly prohibited from interfering with the day-to-day operation in an agency or the outcome in individual cases. The cardinal rule is that Ministers are not allowed to issue orders to agencies in their portfolio personally (with only a few exceptions) as the government agencies are subject to decisions made by the government, although the government cannot even directly overrule an agency in the handling of an individual case.
Other than the executive branch, the
Riksdag
The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and se ...
also has a number of independent agencies.
Riksdag
The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and se ...
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Riksbank
Sveriges Riksbank, or simply the ''Riksbank'', is the central bank of Sweden. It is the world's oldest central bank and the fourth oldest bank in operation.
Etymology
The first part of the word ''riksbank'', ''riks'', stems from the Swedish ...
, Sweden's
central bank
A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the currency and monetary policy of a country or monetary union,
and oversees their commercial banking system. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central ba ...
.
*
National Audit Office () — the
supreme audit institution of Sweden.
*The
Parliamentary Ombudsman Parliamentary Ombudsman ( fi, Eduskunnan oikeusasiamies, sv, Riksdagens ombudsman, is, Umboðsmaður Alþingis, da, Folketingets Ombudsmand, no, Sivilombudet) is the name of the principal ombudsman institutions in Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Nor ...
().
Ministry of Justice A Ministry of Justice is a common type of government department that serves as a justice ministry.
Lists of current ministries of justice
Named "Ministry"
* Ministry of Justice (Abkhazia)
* Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan)
* Ministry of Just ...
Ministry for Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...
Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Employment
Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a part of the government in most countries that is responsible for matters related to the finance.
Lists of current ministries of finance
Named "Ministry"
* Ministry of Finance (Afghanistan)
* Ministry of Finance and Ec ...
Ministry of Education and Research
Ministry of Culture Ministry of Culture may refer to:
*Ministry of Tourism, Cultural Affairs, Youth and Sports (Albania)
* Ministry of Culture (Algeria)
*Ministry of Culture (Argentina)
*Minister for the Arts (Australia)
*Ministry of Culture (Azerbaijan)
* Ministry of ...
Ministry of the Environment
Ministry of Infrastructure
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Svenska kraftnät
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Electrical Safety Board ()
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Energy Markets Inspectorate ()
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Civil Aviation Administration
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()
*
Agency for Digital Government
Agency may refer to:
Organizations
* Institution, governmental or others
** Advertising agency or marketing agency, a service business dedicated to creating, planning and handling advertising for its clients
** Employment agency, a business that s ...
()
*
Oil Crisis Board
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()
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Post and Telecom Authority ()
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Maritime Administration Maritime administrations, or flag state administrations, are the executive arms/state bodies of each government responsible for carrying out the shipping responsibilities of the state, and are tasked to administer national shipping and boating issue ...
()
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Energy Agency ()
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Road and Transport Research Institute ()
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Transport Analysis ()
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Transport Administration ()
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Transport Agency ()
Defunct agencies
Some historic government agencies have been merged with other agencies or simply closed down.
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Aliens Appeals Board of Sweden, or ''Utlänningsnämnden, UN''. Discontinued and replaced by
Migration Courts on 31 March 2006, when the new Aliens Act entered into force.
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Swedish National Board of Education, or ''Skolöverstyrelsen'', governed primary and secondary schools. Was replaced by the
Swedish National Agency for Education in 1991 when the responsibility for schools was transferred from the state to the municipalities.
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Swedish National Board of Universities and Colleges, or ''Universitets- och högskoleämbetet'', was responsible for higher education until 1992 when the central agency was abolished. It was replaced with an agency with a considerably more limited field of operations, the
Office of the Chancellor of the Swedish Universities, or ''Kanslersämbetet''. The
Swedish National Agency for Higher Education was set up on 1 July 1995, incorporating the Office of the Chancellor, the Council for the Renewal of Undergraduate Education (''Grundutbildningsrådet'') and parts of the
Swedish National Agency for Services to Universities
Swedish or ' may refer to:
Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
.
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Swedish National Integration Board, or ''Integrationsverket''. Located in
Norrköping
Norrköping (; ) is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Linköp ...
. Field of operations: The Swedish Integration Board to ensure that the visions and goals of Sweden's integration policies have an impact in the various areas of society. Closed down on 1 July 2007.
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Swedish National Plant Variety Board, or ''Statens växtsortnämnd''. Field of operations: issues relating to plant breeding and the admission of plants into the different classification lists. Made a part of the
Swedish National Board of Agriculture on 1 January 2006.
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Swedish National Public Transport Agency, or ''Rikstrafiken'' on 1 April 2010.
*The Railway Safety Fencing Board ( sv, Stängselnämnden) was a government agency responsible for settling conflicts between
municipalities
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
and
rail transport
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companies regarding the building of
fence
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...
s along railways.
The board existed 1976—2008. It only decided in one case, which occurred in 1977.
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* Swedish Seed Testing and Certification Institute, or ''Statens utsädeskontroll''. Field of operations: seed testing. Made a part of the Swedish National Board of Agriculture on 1 January 2006.
* The State Institute for Racial Biology or ''Statens institut för rasbiologi''. Field of operations: studying eugenics and human genetics. Established in 1922 and changed to ''State Institute for Human Genetics'' in 1958 and merged into ]Uppsala University
Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in opera ...
.
See also
*List of Swedish government enterprises
This is a list of Swedish companies owned by the Swedish State:
State-owned companies are legally in a form of aktiebolag but mainly or fully state-owned. They are expected to be funded by their sales, and not be given direct tax money. A big ...
* Government agencies in Iceland
The government agencies in Iceland are state controlled organisations who act independently to carry out the policies of the Icelandic government.
Parliament
Agencies
* Althing Ombudsman (''Umboðsmaður Alþingis'')
* Icelandic National Audit ...
* Government agencies in Norway
References
Current Government Agencies
on Government's website
Governmental ordinance
(in Swedish) listing agencies affiliation per ministry
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
Lists of organizations based in Sweden