The Ministry of Finance ( sv, Finansdepartementet) is a

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responsible for matters relating to

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, the central government budget,

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es,

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and

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, international economic work, central, regional and

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. The ministry has a staff of 490, of whom only 20 are political appointees. The political executive is made up of three ministers: the

Minister for Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", ...

currently

Elisabeth Svantesson Karin Elisabeth Svantesson (née Lundin; born 26 October 1967) is a Sweden, Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has served as Minister for Finance (Sweden), Minister for Finance in the Kristersson Cabinet, cabinet of Ulf Kristersson si ...

( m), the Minister for Financial Markets currently

Niklas Wykman Niklas Åke Wykman (born 10 March 1981) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as Minister for Financial Markets in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since October 2022 and has been Member of the Riksdag since the 2014 gene ...

( m) and the Minister for Public Administration currently

Erik Slottner Erik Mikael Slottner (born 16 April 1980) is a Swedish politician for the Christian Democrats. Since 18 October 2022 he is the Minister for Public Administration in the Ulf Kristersson cabinet. Since 2018, he is a member of the Riksdagen ...

( kd). The ministry offices are located at

Drottninggatan Drottninggatan (''Queen Street'') in Stockholm, Sweden, is a major pedestrian street. It stretches north from the bridge Riksbron at Norrström, in the district of Norrmalm, to Observatorielunden in the district of Vasastaden. Composition Formin ...

21 in central

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Government agencies

The Ministry of Finance is principal for the following

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Areas of responsibility

* Financial markets * Central government budget * International cooperation * Local authorities * Taxes

References

External links

Ministry of Finance
official website {{authority control

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Public finance of Sweden