The Swedish Schools Inspectorate (

Swedish 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 ...

: ''Statens skolinspektion''), commonly known as the School Inspectorate (Swedish: ''Skolinspektionen''), is a Swedish government agency headed by a

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appointed by the government. The primary aim of the Swedish Schools Inspectorate is to contribute to school improvement and development. The overall goal is a school system where all children have equal rights to a good education and knowledge in a secure environment. The agency has two types of assignments. One of them is to conduct regular supervisory audits, and the other one is to conduct

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control. Regular supervision is conducted in every

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by three-year intervals, while quality control is conducted randomly or at the request of someone, often

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. The agency has the opportunity to decide on complaints, orders or

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s with a penalty to get school boards to implement necessary measures. As a last resort, the

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may withdraw the authorization for

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, adopt measures on the

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local principal's expense, or to close a school. Several other missions, such as auditing of grants for schools and reviews of test results, is also conducted by the agency. The agency was formed on 1 October 2008 on the initiative of Minister for Education

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but is a separate agency from the

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Director-Generals

* Ann-Marie Begler, 2008-2015 * Helén Ängmo, 2016-

Schools closed by the agency

* Fredens skola;

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Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden. The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1 ...

, closed on 28 September 2011 * Kunskapsboningen;

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

Skåne County Skåne County ( sv, Skåne län, link=no ), sometimes referred to as Scania County in English, is the most southern county, or , of Sweden, basically corresponding to the traditional province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronobe ...

, closed on 22 December 2011 * Central Skola Al-Hud;

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

Stockholm County Stockholm County ( sv, Stockholms län, link=no ) is a county or '' län'' (in Swedish) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm ...

, closed on 6 July 2012. *

Lundsbergs skola Lundsbergs boarding school ( sv, Lundsbergs skola) is a Swedish boarding school located in the Parish of Storfors north of Kristinehamn in Värmland, Sweden. Lundsberg was founded in 1896 with inspirations from classical English boarding school ...

;

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Värmland County Värmland County (''Värmlands län'') is a county or '' län'' in west central Sweden. It borders the Swedish counties of Dalarna, Örebro and Västra Götaland, as well as the Norwegian counties of Viken and Innlandet to the west. Prince Carl P ...

, Sweden's oldest

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, closed temporarily on 28 August 2013. The

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ruled on 6 September 2013 that the school should be re-opened on 9 September 2013.Lundsberg to be re-opened on 9 September 2013.
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References

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