Swedish National Space Board

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The Swedish National Space Board, or Rymdstyrelsen is a Swedish government agency operating under the Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications. For research, it receives fundings from Ministry of Education and Science. The board distributes government grants to research and development, initiates research and development in space and remote sensing, and is the Swedish contact in international cooperation. The space programme is mostly carried out through international cooperation. Examples range from large scale projects such as the Swedish part in the International Space Station to the Odin and SMART-1 satellites.