Government agencies

A number of agencies, responsible for the routine work of government administration, belong in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs area of activities. The Government establishes objectives, guidelines and the allocation of resources for agencies activities but it does not decide how the agencies should apply a law or how they should make decisions on different matters. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is responsible for eleven agencies.

• Swedish Export Credits Guarantee Board

  The task of the Swedish Export Credits Guarantee Board is to promote the export of Swedish goods and services by issuing guarantees.
  Box 3064
  103 61 Stockholm
  Tel: 08-778 00 00
  Fax: 08-411 81 49
  

• Folke Bernadotte Academy

  The Folke Bernadotte Academy works in the field of international conflict and crisis management and Swedish participation in peace-keeping missions and disaster-relief operations. Its basic task is to prepare, train and provide coordinated training to personnel who are to take part in international disaster-relief operations and crisis-management and peace-keeping missions.
  872 64 Sandöverken
  Tel: 0612-82 200
  Fax: 0612-82 021

• National Inspectorate of Strategic Products

  The National Inspectorate of Strategic Products controls Swedens export of military equipment and products that can be used both for civilian and military purposes. It also monitors the provisions of the UN Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
  Box 70252
  107 22 Stockholm
  Tel: 08-406 31 00
  Fax: 08-20 31 00

• Swedish Agency for Development Evaluation, Sadev

  The Swedish Agency for Development Evaluation evaluates Swedish bilateral and multilateral development cooperation and analyses international development cooperation.
  P.O. Box 1902
  651 19 Karlstad
  Tel: +46 54 10 37 00

• Invest in Sweden Agency (the delegation for foreign investment in Sweden)

  The remit of the Invest in Sweden Agency is to play an active part, through information and contacts, in encouraging foreign companies to invest in Sweden or cooperate with Swedish companies to bring about new business establishment and new investment in Sweden.
  Box 90
  101 21 Stockholm
  Tel: 08-402 78 00
  Fax: 08-402 78 78

• National Board of Trade

  The National Board of Trade is the central administrative authority for foreign trade and trade policy and works for an open trading system, both within and outside the EU.
  Box 6803
  113 86 Stockholm
  Tel: 08-690 48 00
  Fax: 08-30 67 59

• Nordic Africa Institute

  The task of the Nordic Africa Institute is to promote and conduct scientific research on Africa, and promote cooperation and contacts between Nordic and African researchers.
  Box 1703
  751 47 Uppsala
  Tel: 018-56 22 00
  Fax: 018-56 22 90

• Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment

  The Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment is the central authority for technical control and acts, inter alia, as an accreditation body for laboratories, certification bodies and environmental verifiers.
  Box 878
  501 15 Borås
  Tel: 033-17 77 00
  Fax: 033-10 13 92

• Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)

  Sida is the central administrative agency for Swedens bilateral development cooperation with developing countries and for support to countries in Central and Eastern Europe to promote security, democracy and sustainable development.
  105 25 Stockholm
  Tel: 08-698 50 00
  Fax: 08-20 88 64

• Swedish Institute

  The Swedish Institute is responsible for disseminating knowledge about Sweden abroad and for organising exchanges with other countries in the spheres of culture, education, research and public life in general.
  Box 7434
  103 91 Stockholm
  Tel: 08-789 20 00
  Fax: 08-20 72 48