Swedish Accident Investigation Authority
The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (Statens haverikommission, SHK), formerly the Swedish Accident Investigation Board in English, is a Swedish government agency tasked with investigating all types of serious civil or military accidents that can occur on land, on the sea or in the air. Incidents are also to be investigated if there was a serious risk of an accident. Its headquarters are in Stockholm.
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Swedish Accident Investigation Authority
- Name
- Swedish Accident Investigation Authority
- Founded
- 1978
- Headquarters
- Stockholm
- Part of
- Ministry of Defence of Sweden
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The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (Statens haverikommission, SHK), formerly the Swedish Accident Investigation Board in English, is a Swedish government agency tasked with investigating all types of serious civil or military accidents that can occur on land, on the sea or in the air. Incidents are also to be investigated if there was a serious risk of an accident. Its headquarters are in Stockholm.
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• Name — Swedish Accident Investigation Authority • Native Name — Statens haverikommission • Formed — 1 July 1978 • Headquarters — Sveavägen 151, Stockholm, Sweden • Chief1 Name — Hans Ytterberg • Chief1 Position — Director General • Parent Department — Ministry of Defence • Keydocument1 — SFS 2007:860 • Website — http: www.havkom.se/en/
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Directors General
Directors General: • 1978-07-01 – 1987-06-30: Göran Steen • 1987-07-01 – 1997-05-29: Olof Forssberg • 1997-05-30 – 1997-06-08: S-E Sigfridsson (acting) • 1997-06-09 – 2002-01-06: Ann-Louise Eksborg • 2002-01-07 – 2004-01-31: Lena Svenaeus • 2004-02-01 – 2004-05-31: Carin Hellner (acting) • 2004-04-01 – 2011-04-17: Åsa Kastman Heuman • 2011-04-18 – 2020-05-01: Hans Ytterberg • 2020-05-01 – present: John Ahlberk
Notable investigations
Notable investigations
• Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 (1991) • M/S Estonia (1994) • Nosaby level crossing accident (2004) • Falsterbo Swedish Coast Guard C-212 crash (2006) • MV Finnbirch (2006) • Norwegian Air Force C-130 crash (2012) • Saltsjöbanan train crash (2013) • West Air Sweden Flight 294 (2016) • Skydive Umeå Gippsland GA8 Airvan crash (2019) • 2023 Jetline roller coaster accident (2023)
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1978
Swedish Accident Investigation Authority established.
1978
Swedish Accident Investigation Authority is recorded from 1978.
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