Swedish government agency
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 ...
which deals with youth policy and issues relating to Swedish civil society. Magnus Jägerskog is the Director General since 2025.
History
The name of the agency prior to 2014 was .
Late 2017 announcement of planned relocation to
Växjö
Växjö () is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 71,282 inhabitants (2020) out of a Municipalities of Sweden, municipal population of 97,349 (2024). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial ce ...
led to resignation of many employees.
In 2024 the
government
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allowed the agency to have two headquarter seats, one in Stockholm and one in Växjö, as the
Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities
Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities () is an agency that provides state aid to religious communities in Sweden. The agency is set to be incorporated into Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society on 1 January 2026.
In 2011 the Reinfe ...
is set to be incorporated into the agency on 1 January 2026. In 2025 the
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proposed giving the agency control over minority questions instead of the Stockholm administrative board as it was more cost-efficient.
Work
The agency distributes between 350 and 600 million SEK annually to about 400
civil society
Civil society can be understood as the "third sector" of society, distinct from government and business, and including the family and the private sphere. According to an evaluation by the Swedish Agency for Public Management, about half the organisations receiving funding from MUCF state that they are dependent upon state funding to a great or very great extent and that their economical dependence upon state grants has been increasing since 2014. On average, the recipients state that state funding represents about 60-70% of their income. Of the 150 investigated organisations, 14 stated that their only income is state funding from MUCF. Of the fifty investigated ethnic-community organisations, four stated their only source of income was from MUCF.