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The Public Health Agency of Sweden is responsible for overall coordination and monitoring of a policy for alcohol, narcotics, doping, tobacco and nicotine products, and gambling 2022–2025.

Around 50 percent of adults in Sweden are overweight or obese. Obesity is among the main five risk factors in Sweden for healthy years of life being lost.

The Public Health Agency of Sweden is responsible for the National vaccination register and for monitoring vaccination coverage.

One of the most important tasks of the Public Health Agency of Sweden is to continuously follow the epidemiological situation concerning communicable diseases, especially those included in the Communicable Diseases Act.

The aim of public health reporting is to provide a broad description of the state of public health in Sweden. It contains analyses of both the prevalence of diseases and of our lifestyles and living conditions, which to a large extent affect the development of public health.

The Public Health Agency of Sweden is the national supervisory authority for the manufacture and wholesale of alcoholic beverages, the import and sale of technical spirits and trade in alcoholic preparations. You can learn more about our supervisory assignment and working methods here.

The International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) are a legally-binding framework in place for the member states of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The purpose is to prevent, protect against, control and respond to cross-border health threats in ways that avoid unnecessary interference with international…

Described here are the rules for obtaining a permit to organise the tasting of alcoholic beverages and preparations. The information is primarily aimed at those who are the business operator or those who wish to arrange a tasting.