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:

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)

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

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

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

Offices

Prime Minister	Prime Minister List Deputy Prime Minister

Heads of Ministries	Justice Foreign Affairs Defence Social Security Finance Education Environment Enterprise Culture Employment

Other cabinet ministers	Climate EU Affairs Trade Home Affairs International Development Cooperation Public Administration Housing and Urban Development Social Security Financial Markets Upper Secondary School and Adult Education and Training Higher Education and Research Energy Infrastructure Rural Affairs Migration Government Coordination Children and Elderly Gender Equality Public Health, Healthcare and Sports IT Nordic Cooperation

Historic ministerial portfolios	Budget Economy Management of the Economy Immigration Communications Municipal Affairs War Naval Affairs Taxes Schools Integration Elderly Care and Public Health Social Affairs Strategy, Future and Nordic Cooperation

Ministries

Present	Prime Minister's Office Justice Foreign Affairs Defence Health and Social Affairs Finance Education and Research Environment and Energy Enterprise and Innovation Culture Employment

Former	Land Defence Naval Affairs Civil Affairs Trade Communications Public Housekeeping Interior Housing Budget Economy Integration and Gender Equality Rural Affairs

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