Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency

Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency

Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap
Logotype of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
Agency overview
Formed	1 January, 2009
Preceding agencies	Swedish Emergency Management Agency Swedish National Board of Psychological Defence Swedish Rescue Services Agency
Headquarters	Karlstad
Employees	1,000
Annual budget	SEK 1.2 billion (2019)
Minister responsible	Carl-Oskar Bohlin, (Minister for Civil Defence)
Agency executive	Charlotte Petri Gornitzka, (Director-General)
Parent agency	Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Website	www.msb.se

The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (Swedish: Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap, MSB) is a Swedish administrative authority, organised under the Ministry of Defence. The agency is responsible for issues concerning civil protection, public safety, emergency management and civil defence. Responsibility refers to measures taken before, during and after an emergency or crisis. MSB work in close cooperation with the municipalities, the county councils, other authorities, organisations and the private sector to achieve increased safety and security at all levels of society. This is done through education, support, training exercises, regulation and supervision.^[1]

The agency covers the whole spectrum of contingencies; from everyday road traffic accidents and fires, up to chemical emergencies, power cuts and other technical failures. Additionally, more serious emergencies, such as bomb threats and other antagonistic attacks, epidemics, natural disasters and war. In most cases, the responsibility for on-scene action does not lie with the Civil Contingencies Agency but with municipal rescue services, law enforcement agencies or other agencies.^[1]