Ministry of Finance (Sweden)

Agency overview
Finansdepartementet
Formed	1840 (1840)^[1]
Employees	about 470
Ministers responsible	Magdalena Andersson Per Bolund Ardalan Shekarabi
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

Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency, or Kammarkollegiet. (Official site)
Swedish National Institute of Economic Research, or Konjunkturinstitutet. (Official site)
Swedish Fiscal Policy Council, or Finanspolitiska rådet. (Official site)

Budget Department

Swedish National Financial Management Authority, or Ekonomistyrningsverket (ESV). (Official site)

Fiscal Affairs Department

Swedish National Tax Board, or Skatteverket. (Official site)
Swedish Enforcement Administration, or Kronofogdemyndigheten. (Official site)
Swedish Customs Service, or Tullverket. (Official site)
Swedish National Accounting Standards Board, or Bokföringsnämnden. (Official site)

Financial Institutions and Markets Department

Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, or Finansinspektionen (FI). (Official site)
Swedish National Debt Office, or Riksgäldskontoret. (Official site)
Swedish National Deposit Guarantee Board, or Insättningsgarantinämnden (IGN). (Official site)
Swedish Pensions Agency, or Pensionsmyndigheten. (Official site)
Swedish National Pension Insurance Funds
- Första AP-fonden - The First Public Pension Fund
- Andra AP-fonden - The Second Public Pension Fund
- Tredje AP-fonden - The Third Public Pension Fund
- Fjärde AP-fonden - The Fourth Public Pension Fund
- Sjunde AP-fonden - The Seventh Public Pension Fund

Housing Division

Swedish National Housing Credit Guarantee Board, or Statens bostadskreditnämnd (BKN). (Official site)
Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning, or Boverket. (Official site)

County Administrative Division

County Administrative Boards of Sweden, or Länsstyrelserna. (Official site)

Commercially-operated Government Owned Companies

Apoteket (Official site) Nationwide pharmacy and former monopoly.
Bilprovningen (Official site) Former national monopoly for vehicle inspections.

Others

Statistics Sweden or Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB). (Official site)
National Property Board of Sweden, or Statens fastighetsverk (SFV). (Official site)
Swedish National Fortifications Administration, or Fortifikationsverket (FortF). (Official site)

Areas of responsibility

Financial markets
Central government budget
International cooperation
Local authorities
Taxes

References

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

External links

Ministry of Finance, official website (English)

Swedish ministries and ministerial offices

Offices

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Historic ministerial portfolios	Budget Economy Management of the Economy Immigration Communications Municipal Affairs War Naval Affairs Taxes Schools EU Affairs Integration Elderly Care and Public Health Trade Social Affairs

Ministries

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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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