The National Road Administration () was a

government agency in Sweden The government agencies in Sweden are state-controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Sweden. The ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to monitor the ...

. Its primary responsibility was to organise building and maintenance of the road network in Sweden. Its headquarters were located in

Borlänge Borlänge () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 44,898 inhabitants as of 2020. It is the seat of the Borlänge Municipality which as of 2017 had a total population of 51,604 inhabitants. History Originally Bor ...

History

The agency was founded in 1841 as the Royal Board for Public Road and Water Structures () and was responsible for Sweden's

canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface ...

s and

road A road is a thoroughfare used primarily for movement of traffic. Roads differ from streets, whose primary use is local access. They also differ from stroads, which combine the features of streets and roads. Most modern roads are paved. Th ...

s. In 1967, the agency changed its name to the National Swedish Road Administration (). National Road Administration (). In 1993 the National Swedish Road Safety Office (''Trafiksäkerhetsverket'') was merged into the agency. In 2009 the responsibility for the

vehicle register The Vehicle register in the United Kingdom is a database of motor vehicles. It is a legal requirement in the UK for most types of motor vehicle to be registered if they are to be used on the public road. All new and imported vehicles are required ...

and issuing of

drivers' license A driver's license, driving licence, or driving permit is a legal authorization, or the official document confirming such an authorization, for a specific individual to operate one or more types of motorized vehicles—such as motorcycles, car ...

s,
About Swedish Transport Agency was moved to a new authority, the

Swedish Transport Agency The Swedish Transport Agency () is a Swedish government agency which is responsible for the regulation of rail, air, sea and road transport and its enforcement. It was formed on 1 January 2009, through a merger of several government agencies, i ...

. At the same time the department for the actual road work was separated from the National Road Administration into a government owned company, called

Svevia Svevia is an independent public company which builds and operates roads and infrastructure in Sweden. Svevia is the fourth largest civil engineering company in the country, with approximately 1,900 employees and a turnover of SEK 8.1 billion (in 2 ...

. For a number of year this department, then called Vägverket Produktion, was a profit-making organisation competing with private companies. The agency was merged with the Swedish National Rail Administration on 1 April 2010 to create the new

Swedish Transport Administration The Swedish Transport Administration () is a government agency in Sweden, controlled by the Riksdag and the Government of Sweden. It is responsible for long-term infrastructure planning for transport: road, rail, shipping and aviation. It owns, c ...

References

External links

Swedish Road Administration (to be phased out)Information about the Swedish driver's license
Road Administration Road authorities 1841 establishments in Sweden 2010 disestablishments in Sweden Government agencies established in 1841 Government agencies disestablished in 2010 Borlänge Transport organizations based in Sweden Defunct transport organizations based in Sweden 21st-century disestablishments in Dalarna County {{Sweden-gov-stub