In January 2023, the Ministry of Infrastructure was abolished and its competencies were transferred to the Ministry of Rural Affairs and Infrastructure, the Ministry of Climate and Enterprise, and the Ministry of Finance. The latter is now responsible for matters relating to digital policy. The Minister specifically responsible for digital policy is Mr. Erik Slottner, Minister for Public Administration. 

In 2018, the Agency for Digital Government (Digg) was established to serve as hub for the digitalisation of the public sector. The primary objective is to improve the coordination of public sector digitalisation and support it at the central, regional and local levels. The agency is also responsible, inter alia, for eIdentification, eInvoicing, digital post, web accessibility, digital infrastructure for information exchange, and promotion of access to and usability of public data. Digg is also the Swedish National Coordinator for the Single Digital Gateway, as defined in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1724. Moreover, Digg manages the Swedish data portal, dataportal.se, with the goal of providing a national infrastructure which increases access to public data. During 2021, Digg established a formal organisation for the Swedish data portal responsible for the development and support of increased access to open data and data-driven innovation. Digg also provides methodological support and guidelines to help public actors in making data available for reuse.  

In the budget bill for 2021 and 2022, the Swedish government decided to set aside annual funds for the growth of a common public sector digital infrastructure. The funds are at the disposal of Digg and can be used by cooperating parties to intensify work. 

The National Government Service Centre (Statens Servicecenter) coordinates the administration of government agencies by offering administrative support services to other government agencies. By working together with other authorities, the Centre can coordinate the overall administrative service needs and deliver services that create volume advantages and cost efficiency within the Swedish State administration.  

More specifically, it offers basic services in the areas of salary administration, financial administration and eCommerce. Its operations in payroll, human resources and finance will make the State’s administration more efficient. At the service offices, it provides guidance and service to citizens and entrepreneurs in services from the Employment Agency, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, the Swedish Pensions Agency and the Swedish Tax Agency. The Centre has also expanded cooperation with the municipalities in the country. An example is the city of Malmö and the service office in Rosengård, where citizens receive State and municipal services in the same place. 

The Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan) is tasked by the government to offer coordinated and secure IT operations for Sweden’s authorities. For a more efficient and safer digitisation of the State administration, increased access to secure functions and improved competence regarding IT operations in the public sector are needed. The government verifies that Försäkringskassan has the necessary capacity, competence and experience in the field to build up the necessary capabilities within a relatively short time.  

Försäkringskassan offers everything, from a comprehensive commitment to IT operations for authorities that have little resources for IT operations, to individual IT services for authorities that manage most of their IT operations in-house. The assignment originally extended through 2020, but has been prolonged until 31 December 2024. 

The Swedish eHealth Agency (E-hälsomyndigheten) was established in 2014. It is responsible for registers and IT services relating to the management of prescriptions, meeting pharmacies’ and caregivers’ need to have access to patient-safe and costeffective information. The Agency is also responsible for coordinating the government’s initiatives concerning eHealth and following the overall development in the eHealth area. During the last years, the Agency has been responsible for issuing the EU Digital Covid Certificates in Sweden. 

The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) is responsible for issues related to civil protection, public safety, emergency management and civil defence. The MSB’s responsibilities include supporting and coordinating Swedish cyber and information security, acting as the single point of contact (SPOC) for Directive (UE) 2016/1148 concerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the Union (NIS Directive) as well as issuing regulations on cybersecurity.  

The MSB provides extensive support for a systematic and risk-based information security management, partly through the website informationssakerhet.se. The MSB is also tasked with receiving reports of serious IT incidents from critical market operators (as part of the NIS Directive) as well as from governmental agencies. Based on these two kinds of reports the MSB publishes two summarising reports on a yearly basis. Furthermore, the MSB hosts the Swedish national Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), CERT-SE. For more information about CERTSE, see the dedicated paragraph below. 

The National Procurement Services, a department within the central government agency called Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency (Kammarkollegiet), procure and manage coordinated framework agreements for the public sector in the area of ICT. More in general, the task of the National Procurement Services is to procure and provide coordinated framework agreements for goods and services of general use to central government agencies, as specified in the Government Regulation concerning the Kammarkollegiet and in the Ordinance on Coordinated Public Procurement (1998:796). In the area of ICT framework agreements can also be used by local and regional authorities. 

Government agencies that were members of the eGovernment delegation started a programme in 2015 to continue their collaboration in the digital field. The main focus of the eCollaboration Programme (eSamverkansprogrammet) is to cooperate in developing digital solutions and promote interoperability by networking, using guidelines, and sharing knowledge and best practices. The steering group is formed by the directorgenerals of the member agencies. By the end of 2021, 35 government agencies had joined the eCollaboration Programme as members. The secretariat is hosted by the Swedish Pensions Agency. 

Local authorities have their own Collaboration for Cooperative Use (Sambruk), the purpose of which is to cooperate around business development and digital services, and to exchange best practices, that way speeding up the development of eGovernment in municipalities. Slightly more than one third of the Swedish municipalities have been collaborating for 15 years in more than 30 projects developed to identify, design and introduce common system architectures, technical platforms and basic functions for digital services in municipalities. They also actively share knowledge around state-of-the-art topics regarding digitalisation and related change management.  

The Swedish Agency for Public Management (Statskontoret) is tasked with providing support to the government and to government bodies through analyses and evaluations of State and Statefunded activities. Statskontoret sometimes conducts studies, upon the government’s request, in the field of digitalisation to help modernise public administration through the use of ICT. 

The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) monitors the electronic communications and postal sectors in Sweden. Its mission is to ensure that everyone in Sweden has access to efficient, affordable and secure communication services. The PTS works on consumer and competition issues, efficient utilisation of resources and secure communications. It is a public agency reporting to the Ministry of Finance and is managed by a board appointed by the government. The PTS is also the Swedish supervisory authority for issuers of qualified certificates to the public.  

The Swedish National Digitalisation Council serves in an advisory role on matters of digitalisation in Sweden. In addition to its advisory function, it also provides a forum for strategic discussion between the government, and private and public representatives of various sectors of society. 

CERT-SE is Sweden’s National CSIRT and the constituency consists of the Swedish society, including, but not limited to, governmental authorities, regional authorities, municipalities, enterprises and companies.  

In brief, the relevant ordinance states that CERT-SE shall: 

• Respond promptly when IT incidents occur by spreading information and, where needed, working on the coordination of measures, and assist in the work needed to remedy or alleviate the consequences of incidents; 

• Cooperate with authorities that have specific tasks in the field of information security; and 

• Act as Sweden’s point of contact for equivalent services in other countries, and develop cooperation and information exchanges with them. 

CERT-SE is certified by the Trusted Introducer Service and fulfils the requirements relating to a national CSIRT as established in the NIS Directive. 

The government commissioned four government agencies - the National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA), the Swedish Armed Forces, the MSB and the Swedish Security Service - to establish a national cybersecurity centre by 2020. The National Cybersecurity Centre aims to strengthen and increase national capacity to prevent, detect and manage cyberattacks and other cyberincidents that risk damaging Sweden’s security. The activities in the Centre will be developed gradually and expand over a fiveyear period to have full effect in 2025. The goal in the long run is to: 

• Compile joint analyses and promote overall situational awareness regarding threats and vulnerabilities; 

• Disseminate information between participating authorities and other actors; and 

• Coordinate work in the event of cyberincidents, including cyberattacks. 

AI Sweden is the national centre for applied AI, jointly funded by the Swedish government, and several public and private partners. Its mission is to accelerate the use of AI to the benefit of society, competitiveness and everyone living in Sweden. To achieve this, AI Sweden runs projects of national interest in areas such as information-driven healthcare, AI solutions for the Swedish language, data-driven journalism and AI to help tackle climate change. It also provides targeted training for its partners and the general public.  

To ensure continuous harmony between the latest technological developments in the financial sector and regulatory requirements, Sweden’s Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen) launched in March 2018 the Innovation Centre. This is the first point of contact for businesses that are uncertain about the rules and principles governing innovations. The Centre also acts as a catalyst for testing new business ideas and examining how these may fit in the regulatory framework. Even though Finansinspektionen has no explicit goal in promoting innovations such as the blockchain technology, it is based on the principle that regulation and supervision should not constitute an obstacle to developments in the financial sector, provided that consumers and investors alike are protected.  

The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection is a supervisory authority under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Directive. It also supplements and implements the Act (2018:218) on Data Protection. The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection is also Sweden’s national supervisory authority for the processing of personal data under the Schengen Convention, the Convention on the EU’s Customs Information Systems, the Decision of the Council on the establishment of the EU Agency for law enforcement cooperation (Europol), the Regulation concerning the Visa Information System (VIS Regulation) and the Regulation on the establishment of EURODAC (EURODAC Regulation). 

In 2007, the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and the Federation of Swedish County Councils (FCC) formed a joint federation, the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR). SALAR is an organisation representing and advocating for local government in Sweden. All of Sweden’s municipalities and regions are members of SALAR. 

Inera AB coordinates the development and management of joint digital solutions that will help to streamline regions and municipalities’ operations. Inera AB is a company owned by regions and municipalities, as well as SALAR.