Swedish Social Insurance Agency

Nils Öberg, Director general

Parent agencyMinistry of Health and Social AffairsWebsitewww.forsakringskassan.se

The Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Swedish: Försäkringskassan, pronounced [fœˈsɛːkrɪŋsˌkasːan]) is a government agency that administers social insurance in Sweden.

Responsibilities

Among other the agency is responsible for administering the following benefits.^[2]

Immigrant support and allowances (etableringsersättning)
Pensions and disability benefits and allowances (pension och förtidspensionering)
Parental leave benefit (föräldrapenning)
Maternity benefits (graviditetspenning)
Child allowance (barnbidrag)
Housing benefit and allowance (bostadsbidrag)
Sickness benefit (sjukpenning)
Rehabilitation allowance (rehabiliteringsersättning)
Enforcement of domestic and international child support orders (underhållsbidrag)

References

^ "Möt dina kollegor" (in Swedish). Försäkringskassan. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
^ "Social Insurance in Sweden" (PDF). Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. Retrieved 2019-07-15.