Ministry of Finance (Sweden)

Finansdepartementet
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Formed 1840 (1840)[1]
Employees about 470
Ministers responsible Anders Borg
Peter Norman
Website
www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2062
Kingdom of Sweden

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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 two ministers: the Minister for Finance - currently Anders Borg (m), and the Minister for Local Government Finances and Financial Market Issues - currently Peter Norman (m).

The ministry offices are located at Drottninggatan 21 in central Stockholm.

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Government agencies

The Ministry of Finance is principal for the following government agencies:

Economic Affairs Department

Budget Department

Fiscal Affairs Department

Financial Institutions and Markets Department

Housing Division

County Administrative Division

Others

References

  1. ^ "Finansdepartementet" (in Swedish). Nationalencyklopedin. http://www.ne.se/finansdepartementet. Retrieved 13 November 2010.  (subscription required)

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