Brief facts and organisation

Facts

• The Public Health Agency of Sweden is a government agency accountable to the Government (Ministry of Health and Social Affairs).
• Office locations are both in Solna (Stockholm) and in Östersund.
• The number of employees is approximately 600.
• The Agency was formed on 1 January 2014 through a merger of The Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control and The Swedish National Institute of Public Health.
• On 1 July 2015 the Agency assumed the overall responsibility for the country's communicable disease control from The National Board of Health and Welfare.
• The Agency is the national focal point concerning international threats to public health.
• On 1 August 2021 the Agency was designated official statistics agency for the two areas development of public health and communicable disease control.
• The prioritized target groups for the Agency are:
  • the Riksdag and the Government
  • Governmental agencies
  • Regions
  • Municipalities
  • County Administrative Boards
  • various organisations

Organisation

Figure. Organisationchart of The Public Health Agency of Sweden.

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