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Swedish Police Authority

Swedish Police Authority
Polismyndigheten
International logotype for the Swedish Police
International logotype for the Swedish Police
Common namePolisen (The police)
Agency overview
Formed1 January 2015
Preceding agencies
Employees32,000 (2020)[1]
Annual budgetSEK 21 billion (2015)[2]
Legal personalityGovernmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
National agencySweden
Operations jurisdictionSweden
Governing bodyRiksdag
Constituting instruments
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersKungsholmen, Stockholm
Minister responsible
Agency executive
Departments
8
  • National Forensics Centre
  • National Operations Department
  • Communications Department
  • Development Department
  • Finance Department
  • Human Resources Department
  • IT Department
  • Legal Department
Police regions
7
  • North Region
  • Central Region
  • Bergslagen Region
  • East Region
  • West Region
  • South Region
  • Stockholm Region
Website
polisen.se/en/

The Swedish Police Authority (Swedish: Polismyndigheten) is the national police force (Polisen) of Sweden. The first modern police force in Sweden was established in the mid-19th century, and the police remained in effect under local government control up until 1965, when it was nationalized and became increasingly centralized,[3] to finally organize under one authority January 1, 2015. Concurrent with this change, the Swedish Security Service formed its own agency.[4] The new authority was created to address shortcomings in the division of duties and responsibilities, and to make it easier for the Government to demand greater accountability.[5] The agency is organized into seven police regions and eight national departments.[6] It is one of the largest government agencies in Sweden, with more than 28,500 employees, of which police officers accounted for approximately 75 percent of the personnel in 2014.[7][4] It takes two and a half years to become a police officer in Sweden, including six months of paid workplace practice.[8] Approximately a third of all police students are women, and in 2011 women accounted for 40 percent of all employees.[9][10]

  1. ^ Swedish Police 2020, 'Antal anställda'.
  2. ^ Swedish National Financial Management Authority 2015.
  3. ^ Furuhagen 2009, p. 43.
  4. ^ a b Swedish Ministry of Justice 2015.
  5. ^ Magnusson 2012.
  6. ^ Swedish Police 2015, 'Organisation'.
  7. ^ Swedish Police 2015, 'Antal anställda'.
  8. ^ Södertörn University 2015.
  9. ^ Swedish Police 2014, 'Statistik'.
  10. ^ Swedish National Police Board 2011, 'Personalstatistik'.

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