Government agencies
Each ministry is responsible for a number of government agencies tasked with applying the laws and carrying out the activities decided on by the Riksdag and the Government.
The state is a significant owner of enterprises in Sweden. The state business portfolio contains of 49 wholly or partly owned enterprises, two of which are listed. In addition, two business foundations and one EU company are administered. In total, these enterprises employ approximately 163 000 people.
Government agencies
Total 295 hits.
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Nationalmuseum
Nationalmuseum is tasked with promoting art, interest in art and knowledge of art. The agency has a particular responsibility for bringing older art forms to life, highlighting their connection with contemporary art and the development of society, and promoting artistic and cultural renewal.
from Ministry of Culture
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Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities
Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities distributes state grants to Swedish denominations - except the Church of Sweden.
from Ministry of Culture
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Swedish Inspectorate of Auditors (SIA)
Swedish Inspectorate of Auditors (Revisorsinspektionen - RI) is a governmental authority under the Ministry of Justice. RI handles matters relating to auditors and auditing. Thus, RI arranges exams, issues authorization of auditors and registered audit firms.
from Ministry of Justice
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Prison Museum of Sweden
The Prison Museum of Sweden displays, manages, uses, collects and documents cultural heritage from the history of the Swedish prison service.
from Ministry of Culture
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Higher Education Appeals Board (Överklagandenämnden för högskolan)
The Higher Education Appeals Board is the public authority responsible for hearing appeals against decisions made in the higher education sector and in the sector for post-secondary vocational education and training. The Higher Education Appeals Board is the final appeal body and its decisions may not be challenged.
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National Board of Appeal for Student Aid (Överklagandenämnden för studiestöd)
The National Board of Appeal for Student Aid is a government authority whose main task is to examine appeals against decisions by the The Swedish Board of Student Finance (CSN) on granting and reclaiming student finance.
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Örebro University (Örebro universitet)
The university provides education and research in humanities, law, social science, science, technology, health care, medicine, education, music and sport science. The university offers approximately 600 courses, 60 undergraduate programmes and 20 postgraduate programmes. For international students Örebro University offers a number of Master programmes that are taught in English.
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The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet)
The Swedish Research Council is a public agency under the authority of the Ministry of Education and Research. The Swedish Research Council has a leading role in developing Swedish research of the highest scientific quality, thereby contributing to the development of society.
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Uppsala University (Uppsala universitet)
Uppsala University has 2,000 individual courses and 140 programs. The University has a wide range of research and education organized in three scientific fields; Humanities and Social Sciences, medicine and pharmacy, as well as Science and Technology.
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The Swedish Higher Education Authority (Universitetskanslersämbetet)
Their operations comprise three main areas: Quality assurance of higher education and appraisal of the degree-awarding powers of public-sector higher education institutions and Legal supervision of higher education. Monitoring efficiency, follow-up and horizon scanning as well as responsibility for statistics in the higher education sector.
