Swedish National Audit Office
Independent auditing contributes to effective central government activities.
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Deficiencies in governance and monitoring of immigration detention
The Swedish Migration Agency and the Swedish Police Authority may decide that an individual is to be detained. The Swedish National Audit Office’s audit shows that the government agencies’ work is deficient in several respects, including in the prior...
Neglected maintenance of the state’s cultural and historical properties
Maintenance of the state’s cultural and historical properties has been neglected. Despite the National Property Board having long alerted to this situation, the Government has not taken the necessary measures, according to the Swedish National Audit Office’s audit.
Shortcomings in central government efforts on climate transition in agriculture
Progress on the agricultural sector’s climate transition is slow. The Swedish National Audit Office’s audit shows that this is partly because central government efforts are too limited. This is despite the fact that there are measures available withi...
We examine the effectiveness and efficiency of central government
Performance audits help the Riksdag to make informed political decisions. In this respect, auditing is about bringing about improvement. However, it is important to note that, at the Swedish National Audit Office, we do not engage in developing society or accountability. Our task is to produce factual material. Robin Travis, Deputy Head of The Performance Audit Department, tells us more about performance audit.
What is performance auditing?Our auditing helps establish trust in government agencies
Every year, we audit government agencies’ annual reports, since they are important for ensuring that the agencies are making correct and effective use of their resources in accordance with decisions by the Swedish Government and Riksdag.
What is financial auditing?
Multifaceted international engagement
The Swedish National Audit Office is involved in extensive international activities, in which we collaborate on the development of standards and help other audit institutions build their operations.
International engagementAccess to facts has never been more important
Our central government agencies deal with important functions in society, on which we all depend, and which must stand up to scrutiny. It is a matter of democratic transparency. And access to facts.
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