Ministry of Defence (Sweden)

The Ministry of Defence (Swedish: Försvarsdepartementet) is a ministry in the Government of Sweden responsible for policies related to national defence and civil defence.

Ministry of Defence

Försvarsdepartementet
Coat of Arms of the Ministry of Defence
Agency overview
Formed	1 July 1920 (1920-07-01)
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Land Defence Ministry for Naval Affairs
Jurisdiction	SFS 1996:1515
Headquarters	Jakobsgatan 9, Stockholm
Employees	150 (2023)[1]
Ministers responsible	Pål Jonson, Head of the Ministry Minister for Defence Carl-Oskar Bohlin, Minister for Civil Defence
Website	government.se

The ministry is currently headed by the Minister for Defence, Pål Jonson of the Moderate Party.^[2]

History

The ministry was established on 1 July 1920^[3] when the Ministry of Land Defence and the Ministry for Naval Affairs was merged into one ministry.

It's located at Jakobsgatan 9 at Gustaf Adolfs torg in Stockholm, where it has been located since 1966.

Government agencies

Source:^[4]

The Ministry of Defence is principal for 12 government agencies, one partly state-owned company (SOS Alarm) and one fund.

• Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten)
• Defence Materiel Administration (Försvarets materielverk)
• Defence Conscription and Assessment Agency (Totalförsvarets plikt- och prövningsverk)
• National Defence Radio Establishment (Försvarets radioanstalt)
• Defence Research Agency (Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut)
• Foreign Intelligence Inspectorate (Statens inspektion för försvarsunderrättelseverksamheten)
• Foreign Intelligence Court (Försvarsunderrättelsedomstolen)
• Agency for Defence Analysis (Myndigheten för totalförsvarsanalys)
• Coast Guard (Kustbevakningen)
• Psychological Defence Agency (Myndigheten för psykologiskt försvar)
• Civil Contingencies Agency (Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap)
• Accident Investigation Authority (Statens haverikommission)

Government funds

• Gällöfsta Education Fund (Stiftelsen Gällöfsta utbildningscentrum)^[4]

State-owned companies

• SOS Alarm AB, partly owned by the state (50%) with the other half being owned by the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions.^[4]

Areas of responsibility

Source:^[5]

• Military defence
• Emergency preparedness
• Civil defence

Cabinet ministers

Ministers for Defence

For a full list of ministers for defence, see Minister for Defence (Sweden).

Ministers for Civil Defence

No.	Portrait	Name	Title	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		Prime Minister
1		BohlinCarl-Oskar Bohlin (born 1986)	Minister for Civil Defence	18 October 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 291 days		Moderate	Kristersson, UlfUlf Kristersson (M)

See also

• Defence diplomacy