National Defence Radio Establishment

National Defence Radio Establishment
Försvarets radioanstalt (FRA)
Coat of arms of the National Defence Radio Establishment
Coat of arms of the Signals Intelligence Service[1]
Agency overview
Formed1 July 1942
JurisdictionGovernment of Sweden
HeadquartersRörbyvägen, Lovön, Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County[2]
59°19′55.39″N 17°51′14.08″E / 59.3320528°N 17.8539111°E / 59.3320528; 17.8539111
Employeesapprox. 700 (2009)[3]
Annual budgetSEK 860,262,000 (2014)[4]
Minister responsible
Agency executives
Parent agencyMinistry of Defence
Key document
Websitewww.fra.se

The National Defence Radio Establishment (Swedish: Försvarets radioanstalt, FRA) is a Swedish government agency organised under the Ministry of Defence. The two main tasks of FRA are signals intelligence (SIGINT), and support to government authorities and state-owned companies regarding computer security.[2][7]

The FRA is not allowed to initialize any surveillance on their own,[8] and operates purely on assignment from the Government, the Government Offices, the Armed Forces, the Swedish National Police Board and Swedish Security Service (SÄPO).[7] Decisions and oversight regarding information interception is provided by the Defence Intelligence Court and the Defence Intelligence Commission; additional oversight regarding protection of privacy is provided by the Swedish Data Protection Authority.[9]

  1. ^ Klackenberg, Henrik (2013-05-03). "Nya heraldiska vapen 2008" (in Swedish). National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
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  5. ^ "Björn Lyrvall ny generaldirektör för Försvarets radioanstalt (FRA)" (Press release) (in Swedish). Government of Sweden. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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  7. ^ a b "Uppdragsgivare" (in Swedish). National Defence Radio Establishment. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
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