Swedish Social Insurance Agency

Swedish Social Insurance Agency
Försäkringskassan
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Headquarters in Hägersten, Stockholm
Agency overview
Formed1 January 2005
JurisdictionGovernment of Sweden
HeadquartersLM Ericssons väg, 126 26 Hägersten, Stockholm
59°17′55″N 17°59′37″E / 59.298688°N 17.993562°E / 59.298688; 17.993562
Employees~14,000 (2019)[1]
Annual budgetSEK 200.1 billion (2014)[citation needed]
Agency executive
Parent agencyMinistry of Health and Social Affairs
Websitewww.forsakringskassan.se Edit this at Wikidata

The Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan, Swedish pronunciation: [fœˈsɛːkrɪŋsˌkasːan]) is a government agency in Sweden responsible for administering the national social insurance system.

Responsibilities

The agency administers a wide range of benefits and allowances.[2]

  • Immigrant support and allowances (etableringsersättning)
  • Pensions and disability benefits (pension och förtidspension)
  • Parental leave benefit (föräldrapenning)
  • Pregnancy benefit (graviditetspenning)
  • Child allowance (barnbidrag)
  • Housing benefit (bostadsbidrag)
  • Sickness benefit (sjukpenning)
  • Rehabilitation allowance (rehabiliteringsersättning)
  • Enforcement of child support orders, domestic and international (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 (Sweden). Retrieved 2019-07-15.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Social_Insurance_Agency