The Swedish Agency for Support for Faith Communities
The Agency for Support for Faith Communities is the Swedish government's primary source of expertise in questions relating to religion and faith communities in Sweden.
Organised under the Swedish Ministry of health and social affairs, the SST has a mission to promote dialogue between the government and faith communities in Sweden as well as to contribute to knowledge about religious communities in general. The Agency is responsible for adminestering grants to faith communities and to coordinate them in the Swedish emergency preparedness programmes.
The Agency in brief
Type of organization: Government Agency under the Ministry of Health and Social affairs.
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Jurisdiction: Sweden.
Headquarters: Stockholm (Bromma).
Annual budget: 89 Million SEK (2018)
Department executive: Isak Reichel
Historical backgroud:
The history of the Agency is traced back to the 1970s and a political initiative to strengthen the democratic foundation by instilling a state grant for so-called free churches...
Contact information
Swedish Agency for
Support to Faith Communities
Box 14038,
SE- 167 14 Bromma, Sweden
E-mail: info@myndighetensst.se
Web: www.myndighetensst.se External link.
Switchboard: + 46 (0)8 453 68 70
Vistors centre: Ekumeniska centret
Gustavslundsvägen 18, Bromma
Public transport: Alvik station/Alviks torg
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