Ministry of Finance (Sweden)
| Finansdepartementet | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1840[1] |
| Employees | about 470 |
| Ministers responsible | |
| Website | www |
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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.[citation needed] 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
External links
- Ministry of Finance, official website (English)
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