Government agencies in Sweden

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The government agencies in Sweden are state-controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Sweden. The ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to monitor the agencies and preparing decision and policy papers for the government as a collective body to decide upon.

A Cabinet Minister is explicitly prohibited from interfering with the day-to-day operation in an agency or the outcome in individual cases. The cardinal rule is that Ministers are not allowed to issue orders to agencies in their portfolio personally (with only a few exceptions) as the government agencies are subject to decisions made by the government, although the government cannot even directly overrule an agency in the handling of an individual case.

Other than the executive branch, the Riksdag also has a number of independent agencies.

Riksdag[edit]

Ministry of Justice[edit]

Ministry for Foreign Affairs[edit]

Ministry of Defence[edit]

Ministry of Employment[edit]

Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation[edit]

Ministry of Health and Social Affairs[edit]

Ministry of Finance[edit]

Ministry of Education and Research[edit]

Schools, children and youth
Higher education
Research

Ministry of Culture[edit]

Academies and institutes
Public museums
Performing arts

Ministry of the Environment[edit]

Ministry of Infrastructure[edit]

Defunct agencies[edit]

Some historic government agencies have been merged with other agencies or simply closed down.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Landes, David (11 February 2008). "Agency disbanded for not mending enough fences". The Local. Retrieved 18 June 2011.