Brief facts and organization

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.
• The prioritized target groups for the agency are:
  - the Riksdag and the Government
  - Governmental agencies
  - Regions 
  - Municipalities
  - County Administrative Boards
  - various organizations

Organization

• Organization chart for the Public Health Agency of Swedenjpg (151 kB)