The Swedish Police Service (Swedish: Polisen, or Polismyndigheten) is a collection of Government agencies concerned with police matters in Sweden. The Swedish Police Service consists of 28,500 employees of which 39 percent are women. The staff consists of 20,000 police officers of which 25 percent are women and 8,500 civilian staff of which 70 percent are women. Almost all active duty police officers are members of the Swedish Police Union (Polisförbundet).
The Swedish Police Service consists of the Swedish National Police Board and 21 county police authorities.
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