Ministry of Finance (Sweden)

Finansdepartementet
Agency overview
Formed 1840 (1840)[1]
Employees about 470
Ministers responsible
Website www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2062
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The Ministry of Finance (Swedish: Finansdepartementet) is a Swedish government ministry responsible for matters relating to economic policy, the central government budget, taxes, banking, security and insurance, international economic work, central, regional and local government.

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 - currently Magdalena Andersson (s), the Minister for Financial Markets - currently Per Bolund (mp) and the Minister for Public Administration - currently Ardalan Shekarabi (s).[2]

The ministry offices are located at Drottninggatan 21 in central Stockholm.

Government agencies

The Ministry of Finance is principal for the following government agencies:

Economic Affairs Department

Budget Department

Fiscal Affairs Department

Financial Institutions and Markets Department

Housing Division

County Administrative Division

Commercially-operated Government Owned Companies

Others

Areas of responsibility

References

  1. "Finansdepartementet". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 November 2010. (subscription required)
  2. "Ministry of Finance". The Government of Sweden. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

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Coordinates: 59°19′48.76″N 18°03′53.75″E / 59.3302111°N 18.0649306°E / 59.3302111; 18.0649306

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