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Ministry Of Infrastructure (Sweden)
The Ministry of Infrastructure ( Swedish: ''Infrastrukturdepartementet''), was a ministry within the Government of Sweden. It operated between 2019 and 2022. A new ministry under the name Ministry of Rural Affairs and Infrastructure was created on 1 January 2023. History The Ministry of Infrastructure was formed on 1 April 2019 and took over some responsibilities previously handled by the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of the Environment. The ministry was succeeded by the Ministry of Rural Affairs and Infrastructure on 1 January 2023 as the responsibilities carried out by the Ministry of Infrastructure was merged with those carried out by the Minister for Rural Affairs, then sorted under the Ministry of Enterprise. Government agencies At the time of its closure, the Ministry was principal for the following government agencies: * Authority for Digital Management * Civil Aviation Administration * Electrical Safety Autho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Rural Affairs And Infrastructure (Sweden)
The Ministry of Rural Affairs and Infrastructure () is a ministry in the Government of Sweden responsible for policies related to rural areas, food and land- and water-based industries, regional development, transport and infrastructure, housing, and community planning. The ministry is currently headed by the Minister for Rural Affairs, Peter Kullgren of the Christian Democrats. History The ministry was established on 1 January 2023 when the responsibilities of the Ministry of Infrastructure was merged with the responsibilities carried out by the Minister for Rural Affairs, then sorted under the Ministry of Enterprise, forming the Ministry for Rural Affairs and Infrastructure. It's located on Herkulesgatan 17 in Stockholm. Government agencies and other bodies The Ministry of Rural Affairs and Infrastructure is principal for 15 government agencies and one state-owned company. Agencies Source: * National Board of Housing, Building and Planning * Maritime Administra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, including the Civil Aviation Administration, under the Ministry of Infrastructure. It has its headquarters in Norrköping, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count .... 2015 data leak In September 2015, the Swedish Transport Agency decided to outsource the management of its database and other IT services to the IBM offices in the Czech Republic and Serbia. The entire Swedish Transport Agency database was uploaded onto cloud servers belonging to these two companies, and some employees got full access to the database, as Swed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, constructs, operates and maintains all state-owned roads and railways and operates many car ferry services. The agency is a member of the Nordic Road Association. For shipping and aviation, it only does planning and purchasing unprofitable traffic. Trafikverket does not do practical physical work to construct or maintain roads or railways, because that is done by separate companies which Trafikverket write contracts with and pay. History A special committee oversaw the effectiveness of the Swedish transport agencies during 2008 and 2009. A conclusion was reached that there would be significant gains compared with the then-present situation if a new agency responsible for long-term planning of the transport system for road, rail, maritime a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Post And Telecom Authority
The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (, abbreviated PTS) is a Government agencies in Sweden, government authority under the Ministry of Infrastructure (Sweden) and is managed by a board of directors appointed by the Swedish government. The Director-General is the chief executive officer of the organisation. Dan Sjöblom has served as Director General since February 2017. It was formed on 1 July 1992 (as ) from a split of the regulatory functions of the former state-owned telecommunications operator Televerket (Sweden), Televerket ahead of its corporatisation into Telia Company, Telia the following year. The agency adopted its current name on 1 March 1994. PTS is the sector authority within the field of Telecommunication, electronic communications and postal services. Their area of responsibility is to monitor competition and consumer issues in this field; ensuring efficient utilisation of resources and secure communications in mail, telephony, the Internet and radio. See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Maritime Administration
The Swedish Maritime Administration () is the government agency in Sweden which provides services to the transport sector by keeping the sea lanes open and safe. The agency is to a certain degree financed through fees levied on commercial shipping. The main services of the Maritime Administration include: pilotage, maintenance of marine fairways, ice-breaking, hydrographics, maritime search and rescue, seamen's service. It also maintains the lighthouses and other aids to navigation of Sweden. Until 1 January 2009, it also was responsible for maritime safety inspection. Seagoing vessels navigating the Baltic Sea must meet certain ice class requirement. While its mainly deals with merchant shipping, other maritime activities are also taken into account. Sjöfartsverket runs the Joint Rescue Center Gothenburg. See also * List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Sweden * P2 – Svenskt Vrakskydd * Sea traffic management * Swedish Coast Guard The Swedish Coast Guard () is a S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svenska Kraftnät
Svenska kraftnät is an electricity transmission system operator in Sweden. It is current led by director-general Per Eckemark since 2025. It is a state-owned public utility, which was created in 1992 by splitting the former government agency Vattenfall into a power generation and distribution company Vattenfall AB and a transmission company Svenska kraftnät. The company has its headquarters in Sundbyberg, near Stockholm in Sweden. Svenska kraftnät owns and manages 17500 km of power lines, 175 transformer - and switching stations as well as foreign connections with both alternating and direct current. Svenska kraftnät owns 28% of Nord Pool along with other Nordic and Baltic transmission system operators. Criticism Svenska Kraftnät has been frequently criticised for mistakes, insufficient problem-solving, organisational dysfunction and lack of responsibility. See also * Electricity sector in Sweden *European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity The Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish National Road And Transport Research Institute
The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (, VTI) is a public research institution with focus on transportation in Sweden. The head office is located in Linköping, where most of the operations are located. History The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute was founded between 1923 and 1925. Since then it has changed names from the National Road Institute in 1934 and then the Swedish National Road and Traffic Research Institute in 1971. It was renamed the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute in 1993. Sites VTI also has offices in several sites all over Sweden. It has offices in Borlänge and Stockholm where the research is in transport economics and transport policy. Another office is located in Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Aviation Administration (Sweden)
The Swedish Civil Aviation Administration () is a Swedish government agency which regulated and oversaw all aspects of aviation in Sweden until 2005. The regulatory division was called (Civil Aviation Authority). The Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) () was established as (LFV). The agency had its head office in Norrköping. In 2005 the regulatory division was separated to a new agency named ''Luftfartsstyrelsen'', from 2009 part of the Swedish Transport Agency. On 1 April 2010, the airport ownership and operation part of the ''Luftfartsverket'' was transferred to Swedish Airports (Swedavia AB), a newly formed fully state-owned company. Air navigation services continue as a state enterprise under the name LFV. See also *Air traffic control * List of Swedish government enterprises * List of airports in Sweden * List of airports References External links *Civil Aviation Administration(Archive) (2005)Civil Aviation Administration(Archive) (2000–2004)(Archive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
