Swedish Customs Service

Swedish Customs Administration

Tullverket
Coat of arms for Swedish Customs
Coat of arms for Swedish Customs
Common nameSwedish Customs, "Tullen"
MottoBara godkända varor över gränsen
Only approved goods make it across the border
Agency overview
Formed1636
Employees~2,000 (2020)
Annual budgetSEK 2.1 billion (2020)
Legal personalityGovernmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
National agencySweden
Operations jurisdictionSweden
Primary governing bodyRiksdag
Secondary governing bodyMinistry of Finance
Constituting instruments
Specialist jurisdiction
Operational structure
HeadquartersStockholm, Sweden
Minister responsible
Agency executive
Website
www.tullverket.se/en

The Swedish Customs (Swedish: Tullverket, lit.'Customs Administration') is the customs service of the Kingdom of Sweden. It is a department of the Government of Sweden. It is one of the oldest governmental agencies in Sweden, as it was founded in 1636.[1][2] It is also Sweden's de facto border guard.

  1. ^ tullverket (2014-11-03), Swedish Customs Search Dog Program, retrieved 2016-03-14
  2. ^ tullverket (2014-09-04), Tullverkets sökhundverksamhet, retrieved 2016-03-14