Swedish Social Insurance Agency

Försäkringskassan
Headquarters of the agency
Agency overview
Formed	1 January 2005
Jurisdiction	Government of Sweden
Headquarters	Lm Ericssons väg, 126 26 Hägersten 59°17′55″N 17°59′37″E / 59.298688°N 17.993562°E / 59.298688; 17.993562
Employees	ca. 14,000 (2019)[1]
Annual budget	SEK 200,121 billion (2014)[citation needed]
Agency executive	Nils Öberg, Director general
Parent agency	Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Website	www.forsakringskassan.se

The Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Swedish: Försäkringskassan, pronounced [fœˈsɛːkrɪŋsˌkasːan]) is a government agency that administers social insurance in Sweden.

Responsibilities

Among other the agency is responsible for administering the following benefits.^[2]

• Immigrant support and allowances (etableringsersättning)
• Pensions and disability benefits and allowances (pension och förtidspensionering)
• Parental leave benefit (föräldrapenning)
• Maternity benefits (graviditetspenning)
• Child allowance (barnbidrag)
• Housing benefit and allowance (bostadsbidrag)
• Sickness benefit (sjukpenning)
• Rehabilitation allowance (rehabiliteringsersättning)
• Enforcement of domestic and international child support orders (underhållsbidrag)