Swedish Social Insurance Agency

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Swedish Social Insurance Agency
Försäkringskassan

Headquarters of the agency
Agency overview
Formed1 January 2005
JurisdictionGovernment of Sweden
HeadquartersLm Ericssons väg, 126 26 Hägersten
59°17′55″N 17°59′37″E / 59.298688°N 17.993562°E / 59.298688; 17.993562
Employeesca. 14,000 (2019)[1]
Annual budgetSEK 200,121 billion (2014)[citation needed]
Agency executive
Parent agencyMinistry of Health and Social Affairs
Websitewww.forsakringskassan.se

The Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Swedish: Försäkringskassan, pronounced [fœˈsɛːkrɪŋsˌkasːan]) is a government agency that administers social insurance in Sweden.

Responsibilities

Among other the agency is responsible for administering the following benefits.[2]

  • Immigrant support and allowances (etableringsersättning)
  • Pensions and disability benefits and allowances (pension och förtidspensionering)
  • Parental leave benefit (föräldrapenning)
  • Maternity benefits (graviditetspenning)
  • Child allowance (barnbidrag)
  • Housing benefit and allowance (bostadsbidrag)
  • Sickness benefit (sjukpenning)
  • Rehabilitation allowance (rehabiliteringsersättning)
  • Enforcement of domestic and international child support orders (underhållsbidrag)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Möt dina kollegor" (in Swedish). Försäkringskassan. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  2. ^ "Social Insurance in Sweden" (PDF). Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. Retrieved 2019-07-15.