Ministry of Finance (Sweden)
Finansdepartementet | |
Agency overview | |
---|---|
Formed | 1840[1] |
Employees | about 470 |
Ministers responsible |
|
Website | www |
|
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 Mikael Damberg (s), the Minister for Financial Markets – currently Max Elger (s) and the – currently Ida Karkiainen (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:
- Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency (Kammarkollegiet)
- Institute of Economic Research (Konjunkturinstitutet)
- Fiscal Policy Council (Finanspolitiska rådet)
- Financial Management Authority (Ekonomistyrningsverket)
- Tax Agency (Skatteverket)
- Enforcement Authority (Kronofogdemyndigheten)
- Customs Service (Tullverket)
- Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen)
- National Debt Office (Riksgäldskontoret)
- County administrative boards (Länsstyrelserna)
- Statistics Sweden or (Statistiska Centralbyrån)
- National Property Board (Statens fastighetsverk)
- Fortifications Agency (Fortifikationsverket)
- Consumer Agency (Konsumentverket)
- (Spelinspektionen)
- Lantmäteriet
- (Boverket)
- (Statens tjänstepensions- och grupplivnämnd)
- (Offentliga sektorns särskilda nämnd)
- Agency for Government Employers (Arbetsgivarverket)
- (Statskontoret)
- (Statens servicecenter)
- (Statens tjänstepensionsverk)
- (Statens överklagandenämnd)
- (Statens ansvarsnämnd)
- (Skiljenämnden i vissa trygghetsfrågor)
- (Bokföringsnämnden)
- (Fastighetsmäklarinspektionen)
- Board for Consumer Disputes (Allmänna reklamationsnämnden)
- The National Agency for Public Procurement (Upphandlingsmyndigheten)
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 (in English)
Coordinates: 59°19′48.76″N 18°03′53.75″E / 59.3302111°N 18.0649306°E
- Government ministries of Sweden
- Finance ministries
- Public finance of Sweden