Ministry of Defence
Agency overview
Försvarsdepartementet
Coat of Arms of the Ministry of Defence
Formed	1 July 1920 (1920-07-01)
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Land Defence Ministry for Naval Affairs
Jurisdiction	SFS 1996:1515
Headquarters	Jakobsgatan 9, Stockholm
Employees	150 (2023)^[1]
Ministers responsible	Pål Jonson, Head of the Ministry Minister for Defence Carl-Oskar Bohlin, Minister for Civil Defence
Website	government.se

The Ministry of Defence (Swedish: Försvarsdepartementet) is a ministry in the Government of Sweden responsible for policies related to national defence and civil defence.

The ministry is currently headed by the Minister for Defence, Pål Jonson of the Moderate Party.^[2]

History

The ministry was established on 1 July 1920^[3] when the Ministry of Land Defence and the Ministry for Naval Affairs was merged into one ministry.

It's located at Jakobsgatan 9 at Gustaf Adolfs torg in Stockholm, where it has been located since 1966.

Government agencies

The Ministry of Defence is principal for 12 government agencies, one partly state-owned company (SOS Alarm) and one fund.

Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten)
Defence Materiel Administration (Försvarets materielverk)
Defence Conscription and Assessment Agency (Totalförsvarets plikt- och prövningsverk)
National Defence Radio Establishment (Försvarets radioanstalt)
Defence Research Agency (Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut)
Foreign Intelligence Inspectorate (Statens inspektion för försvarsunderrättelseverksamheten)
Foreign Intelligence Court (Försvarsunderrättelsedomstolen)
Agency for Defence Analysis (Myndigheten för totalförsvarsanalys)
Coast Guard (Kustbevakningen)
Psychological Defence Agency (Myndigheten för psykologiskt försvar)
Civil Contingencies Agency (Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap)
Accident Investigation Authority (Statens haverikommission)

SOS Alarm AB, partly owned by the state (50%) with the other half being owned by the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions.

For a full list of ministers for defence, see Minister for Defence (Sweden).

No.	Portrait	Name	Title	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		Prime Minister
1		BohlinCarl-Oskar Bohlin (born 1986)	Minister for Civil Defence	18 October 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 116 days		Moderate	Kristersson, UlfUlf Kristersson (M)

Swedish Ministry of Defence

Swedish Ministry of Defence
Pål Jonson (M), Minister of Defence Carl-Oskar Bohlin (M), Minister for Civil Defence
Government agencies	Armed Forces Defence Materiel Administration Defence Radio Establishment Defence Research Agency Defence Conscription and Assessment Agency Foreign Intelligence Inspectorate Foreign Intelligence Court Psychological Defence Agency Civil Contingencies Agency Accident Investigation Authority Agency for Defence Analysis Coast Guard
Former government agencies	Army Materiel Administration Army Supply Administration Army Staff Army Ordnance Administration Civil Defence Board Psychological Defence Planning Committee Air Force Materiel Administration Air Staff Aeronautical Research Institute Defence Factories Defence Research Institute Administration Board Quartermaster Administration Intelligence Board Defence and Security Export Agency Defence Staff Armed Forces Chemical Institute General Staff Krigsmaterielverket Emergency Management Agency Air Protection Inspectorate Naval Materiel Administration Naval Staff Military Physics Institute Commission of Economic Defence Rescue Services Agency Board of Psychological Defence Defence Committee on Public Information Board of Civilian Preparedness Board of Economic Defence
Allotment system Ministry of Land Defence Ministry for Naval Affairs

Swedish ministries and ministerial offices

Offices
Prime Minister	Prime Minister List Deputy Prime Minister
Heads of Ministries	Culture Defence Education Employment and Integration Energy, Business and Industry Finance Foreign Affairs Social Affairs, Public Health and Sports Justice Rural Affairs
Other cabinet ministers	Climate and the Environment Consumer Affairs Democracy Digital Development EU Affairs Financial Markets Foreign Trade Gender Equality Higher Education and Research Infrastructure and Housing International Development Cooperation Migration Schools Nordic Cooperation Public Administration Social Security
Historic ministerial portfolios	Agriculture Budget Children Civil Service Affairs Commerce and Industry Economics Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs Elderly Elderly Care and Public Health Government Coordination Healthcare Home Affairs Immigration Interior Management of the Economy Municipal Affairs Naval Affairs Physical Planning and Local Government Public Health Strategic Development and Nordic Cooperation Supply Taxes Upper Secondary School and Adult Education and Training War

Ministries
Present	Prime Minister's Office Culture Defence Education and Research Employment Climate and Enterprise Finance Foreign Affairs Health and Social Affairs Rural Affairs and Infrastructure Justice
Former	Agriculture Budget Civil Service Affairs Commerce and Industry Communications Economics Industry Environment Integration and Gender Equality Housing Interior Land Defence Local Government Naval Affairs Supply Rural Affairs Infrastructure

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