Swedish National Audit Office
The Swedish National Audit Office (
The mission of the Swedish National Audit Office is to examine the government's activities in order to contribute to the effective management of state administration. The agency is led by one Auditor General (riksrevisor) who is appointed for a seven-year term without the possibility of re-appointment. The Auditor General decide independently on aspects of the state government to be audited, how to do its investigations. The independence of the office and the Auditor General is specified in Chapter 13 of the Regeringsformen, which is part of the
History
Auditing responsibilities in regards to the finances of the Swedish Government first began in 1530 when King
Separately in 1867, the Parliamentary (Riksdag) Auditors was formed as an administrative authority of the Riksdag (the Swedish parliament) to audit and review all activities of the Riksdag.
On 15 December 2000, the Riksdag decided to merge both the Auditor General of the National Swedish Accounting and Audit Bureau and the Parliamentary (Riksdag) Auditors into the present-day Swedish National Audit Office, which took effect on 1 July 2003. The final Auditor General of the Auditor General of the National [Swedish] Accounting and Audit Bureau, Inga-Britt Ahlenius, was against said merger, as she claimed in several statements to the media that the merger would limit the Swedish National Audit Office's ability to act independently from the government.
See also
- Office of the Auditor General of Norway (Riksrevisjonen) - the corresponding agency in Norway
- Rigsrevisionen - the corresponding agency in Denmark
- National Audit Office of Finland (fi: Valtiontalouden tarkastusvirasto; sv: Statens revisionsverk) - the corresponding agency in Finland
References
- Sveriges Riksdag (translated by Ray Bradfield), The Constitution of Sweden: The Fundamental Laws and the Riksdag Act. Sveriges Riksdag, Stockholm. 2012. ISBN 978-91-86673-25-3
- ISBN 978-0-415-42395-3 – via Google Books