| Finansdepartementet | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1840[1] |
| Employees | about 470 |
| Ministers responsible | |
| Website | www |
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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.[citation needed] 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).[2]
The ministry offices are located at Drottninggatan 21 in central Stockholm.
- ^ "Finansdepartementet". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 November 2010. (subscription required)
- ^ "Ministry of Finance". The Government of Sweden. Retrieved 31 March 2015.