Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities
Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities (Myndigheten för stöd till trossamfund) is an agency that provides state aid to religious communities in Sweden. The agency is set to be incorporated into Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society on 1 January 2026. In 2011 the Reinfeldt Cabinet via the Minister for Public Administration, Stefan Attefall, announced that the state aid was to increase from 50 million SEK to 60 million, in particular directed towards Islam and the orthodox church.
Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities
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- Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities
- Headquarters
- Stockholm
- Dissolved
- 2026
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Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities (Myndigheten för stöd till trossamfund) is an agency that provides state aid to religious communities in Sweden. The agency is set to be incorporated into Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society on 1 January 2026. In 2011 the Reinfeldt Cabinet via the Minister for Public Administration, Stefan Attefall, announced that the state aid was to increase from 50 million SEK to 60 million, in particular directed towards Islam and the orthodox church.
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In 2011, 22 faith communities qualified for state aid. Some of the state aid was directed towards Jewish congregations to enable them to commission security installations to thwart antisemitic attacks. In 2015 this state aid was widened to include all faith communities, provided they qualified for state aid.
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• Name — Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities • Native Name — Myndigheten för stöd till trossamfund (SST) • Headquarters — Sweden Stockholm • Minister1 Name — Parisa Liljestrand • Chief1 Name — Isak Reichel • Parent Department — Ministry of Culture
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• Åke Göransson, general director (2017–2020) • Helena Josefson, acting general director (2020–2021) • Isak Reichel, general director (2021–2026)
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- 1.Nyheter, SVT. Stöd till trossamfunden ses över. SVT Nyheter.
- 2.Nyheter, SVT. Muslimska trossamfund missgynnas. SVT Nyheter.
- 3.MUCF och SST ska bli en myndighet MUCF. www.mucf.se. 2025-03-24.
- 4.Radio, Sveriges. Kraftigt ökat stöd till svenska trossamfund - Nyheter (Ekot). Sveriges Radio. 7 September 2011.
- 5.Radio, Sveriges. Hotade samfund kan få säkerhetsbidrag - P4 Malmöhus. Sveriges Radio. 30 December 2014.
- 6.SST. Årsredovisning 2010. 19.
- 7.SST. Årsredovisning 2012. 21.
- 8.SST. Årsredovisning 2014. 33. 2015.
- 9.Årsredovisning 2015 / SST. 40 (54). February 2015.
- 10.Myndighetschef attackerad med flera knivhugg - DN.SE. Dagens Nyheter. 2017-01-31.
- 11.Ny chef för Myndigheten för stöd till trossamfund - Altinget. www.altinget.se. 2020-11-05.
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