Ministry of Finance (Sweden)

Ministry of Finance
Finansdepartementet
Agency overview
Formed1840 (1840)[1]
Employees554 (2024)[2]
Annual budgetSEK 694 million[3]
Ministers responsible
Parent agency
Government Offices[a]
Websitewww.government.se

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 three ministers: the Minister for Finance – currently Elisabeth Svantesson (m), the Minister for Financial Markets – currently Niklas Wykman (m) and the Minister for Public Administration – currently Erik Slottner (kd).[4]

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

Government agencies

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

Areas of responsibility

  • Financial markets
  • Central government budget
  • International cooperation
  • Local authorities
  • Taxes

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Before 1 January 1975, the Government Offices was called the Royal Chancery.

References

  1. ↑ "Finansdepartementet". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 November 2010. (subscription required)
  2. ↑ "Regeringskansliets anställda" [Government Office employees] (in Swedish). Government Offices of Sweden. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Regeringskansliets utgifter" [Government Offices' expenses] (in Swedish). Government Offices of Sweden. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Ministry of Finance". The Government of Sweden. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

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