Ministry Of Finance (Sweden)
The Ministry of Finance (Swedish: Finansdepartementet) is a Swedish government ministry responsible for matters relating to economic policy, the central government budget, taxes, banking, security and insurance, international economic work, central, regional and local government.
The ministry has a staff of 490, of whom only 20 are political appointees. The political executive is made up of two ministers: the Minister for Finance - currently Anders Borg (m), and the Minister for Local Government Finances and Financial Market Issues - currently Peter Norman (m).
The ministry offices are located at Drottninggatan 21 in central Stockholm.
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