Swedish Accident Investigation Authority

The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (Swedish: Statens haverikommission, SHK), formerly the Swedish Accident Investigation Board in English, is a Swedish government agency tasked with investigating all types of serious civil or military accidents that can occur on land, on the sea or in the air. Incidents are also to be investigated if there was a serious risk of an accident.^[2] Its headquarters are in Stockholm.^[3]

Swedish Accident Investigation Authority

Statens haverikommission
Agency overview
Formed	1 July 1978[1]
Headquarters	Sveavägen 151, Stockholm, Sweden
Agency executive	Hans Ytterberg, Director General
Parent department	Ministry of Defence
Key document	SFS 2007:860
Website	www.havkom.se/en/

Directors General

Directors General:^[1]

• 1978-07-01 – 1987-06-30: Göran Steen
• 1987-07-01 – 1997-05-29: Olof Forssberg
• 1997-05-30 – 1997-06-08: S-E Sigfridsson (acting)
• 1997-06-09 – 2002-01-06: Ann-Louise Eksborg
• 2002-01-07 – 2004-01-31: Lena Svenaeus
• 2004-02-01 – 2004-05-31: Carin Hellner (acting)
• 2004-04-01 – 2011-04-17: Åsa Kastman Heuman
• 2011-04-18 – 2020-05-01: Hans Ytterberg
• 2020-05-01 – present: John Ahlberk

Notable investigations

• Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 (1991)
• M/S Estonia (1994)
• Falsterbo Swedish Coast Guard C-212 crash (2006)
• MV Finnbirch (2006)
• Norwegian Air Force C-130 crash (2012)
• Saltsjöbanan train crash (2013)
• West Air Sweden Flight 294 (2016)
• Skydive Umeå Gippsland GA8 Airvan crash (2019)

See also

• Swedish Civil Aviation Administration
• Swedish Maritime Administration