Swedish National Debt Office
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The Swedish National Debt Office (
War against Russia
.
The method of raising funds was to issue
credit money) issued by the Debt office. This produced a heavy seigniorage
-induced inflation, where the exchange rate for the promissory notes against silver was 1 to 4 in 1834.
In 1989, after two hundred years as one of the few state agencies that reported directly to the Riksdag, the Debt office was reconstituted and is now reporting to the Ministry of Finance and the Government. After 1989 it also assumed the role as the government's internal bank from the Riksbank.
Since January 1, 2008 the Debt office handles the Swedish deposit insurance, which 1996-2007 was handled by a separate governmental agency.
Since 2022 the Swedish National Debt Office is headed by Director General Karolina Ekholm, PhD in economics.
Directors-general
- 1945-1950 - Fredrik Emanuel Sandberg
- 1950-1961 - Sten Widlund
- 1961-1977 - Karl Georg Ringström
- 1977-1987 - Lars Kalderén
- 1988-1995 - Staffan Crona
- 1995-2004 - Thomas Franzén
- 2004-2013 - Bo Lundgren
- 2013–2022 - Hans Lindblad
- 2022– - Karolina Ekholm
