Swedish Social Insurance Agency

Swedish Social Insurance Agency

Försäkringskassan
Headquarters in Hägersten, Stockholm
Agency overview
Formed	1 January 2005
Jurisdiction	Government of Sweden
Headquarters	LM Ericssons väg, 126 26 Hägersten, Stockholm 59°17′55″N 17°59′37″E / 59.298688°N 17.993562°E / 59.298688; 17.993562
Employees	~14,000 (2019)[1]
Annual budget	SEK 200.1 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 (Försäkringskassan, Swedish pronunciation: [fœˈsɛːkrɪŋsˌkasːan]) is a government agency in Sweden responsible for administering the national social insurance system.

Responsibilities

The agency administers a wide range of benefits and allowances.^[2]

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

See also

• Welfare in Sweden

References

1. "Möt dina kollegor" (in Swedish). Försäkringskassan. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
2. "Social Insurance in Sweden" (PDF). Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Sweden). Retrieved 2019-07-15.