Government agencies

The Swedish Agency for Work Environment Expertise (SAWEE) is mandated by the Government to serve as the national work environment knowledge centre.

The Swedish Foreign Intelligence Inspectorate is the supervisory agency for foreign intelligence including signals intelligence.

The Foreign Intelligence Court is a special court that is responsible for issuing permits for signals intelligence.

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.

Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities distributes state grants to Swedish denominations - except the Church of Sweden.

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.

The Prison Museum of Sweden displays, manages, uses, collects and documents cultural heritage from the history of the Swedish prison service.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Swedish Council for Higher Education is a government agency with many different tasks in the education sector. One of their main focus areas is higher education.

Umeå University conducts education at the undergraduate and graduate level in education fields of humanities, law, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, nursing, dentistry, medicine, teaching, design, art, music, and sports.

Södertörn University offers courses and programmes in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and Technology, as well as teacher education with an intercultural profile. Research at Södertörn University covers many different disciplines and areas. There are high quality, creative research environments in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and Education Studies.

At Stockholm University more than 70,000 students, 1,800 doctoral students and 5,000 staff are active within science, the humanities, law and social sciences.

Stockholm University of the Arts (Uniarts) provides education and conducts research in the fields of circus, dance, film, media, opera and performing arts.

The Swedish Schools Inspectorate scrutinizes schools and assesses applications to run an independent school. You can also turn to the Swedish Schools Inspectorate if you think that a school has done something wrong. The objective is good education in a safe environment.

The National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools (SPSM in Swedish) task is to ensure that children, young people and adults – regardless of functional ability – have adequate conditions to fulfil their educational goals. This is done through special needs support, education in special needs schools, accessible teaching materials and government funding.