Swedish Social Insurance Agency
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| Försäkringskassan | |
| File:Försäkringskassan Logo.svg | |
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 Headquarters in Hägersten, Stockholm | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1 January 2005 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Sweden |
| Headquarters | LM Ericssons väg, 126 26 Hägersten, Stockholm Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Employees | ~14,000 (2019)[1] |
| Annual budget | SEK 200.1 billion (2014)[citation needed] |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Health and Social Affairs |
The Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan, Swedish pronunciation: [fœˈsɛːkrɪŋsˌkasːan]) is a government agency in Sweden responsible for administering the national social insurance system.
Responsibilities
[edit | edit source]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
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