Culture
Economy and Trade
Education and Research
General Information
Nature and Environment
News and Media
Politics and Government
Society and Welfare
Statistics
Sweden Abroad
Tourism
Other useful links

CULTURE

Culture Net
www.kultur.nu/
A collection of Swedish cultural links on the Internet

Export Music Sweden
www.cabal.se/

Libris Websearch
www.libris.kb.se/english/
Libris websearch is the collective name for several bibliographic services offered on the Internet. The most important is the Libris database, with more than three million titles representing the holdings of about 180 Swedish libraries.

Nobel Foundation
www.nobel.se
Information about the Nobel Prizes, the Nobel laureates and their discoveries, as well as information about  the donor, Alfred Nobel, and the Nobel Foundation.

Royal Library
www.kb.se/ENG/kbstart.htm
The Royal Library is a central library authority with responsibility for co-ordinating the Swedish research libraries. It collects, describes, preserves, and makes available all Swedish printed materials and publications.

Scandinavian Design
www.scandinaviandesign.com/
A site dedicated to Scandinavian Design, which is seen internationally as a classic expression of simple and solid elegance.

Stockholm Museums
hotel.telemuseum.se/
A comprehensive guide to the museums in the Stockholm area.

Stockholm New
www.stockholmnew.com
A magazine presenting contemporary Stockholm and Sweden to an international audience. Nature, design, fashion, architecture and music are all featured.

Swedish Film Institute
www.sfi.se/eng/eng.htm
The central organisation of Swedish Cinema with the task of supporting the production and the distribution of Swedish quality films.

Swedish Music Festival
www.musikfestivaler.se/engelsk/eng_frameset.html
The official guide to 35 Swedish music festivals celebrated all over Sweden.

Swedish Music Information Center
www.mic.stim.se/indexE.html
Information and documentation centre for 20th century Swedish music, with information about composers and their music as well as copies of Swedish works in manuscript.

Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs
www.kur.se
The council is responsible for implementing national cultural policy determined by government and parliament.

Swedish Society of Crafts and Design
www.svensk-form.se
The world's oldest design society, functions as an opinionmaker and promoter of knowledge in the field of both industrial design and applied art.

ECONOMY AND TRADE

Bank of Sweden
www.riksbank.com/
The oldest central bank in the world (est. in 1668). It is responsible for Sweden's monetary policy and exchange rate policy.

Board of Customs
www.tullverket.se/en/default.htm

Economic and financial data for Sweden
www.riksbank.com/swedishstat

Data presented on this website, including links to the International Monetary Fund's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board's data, will be updated as soon new statistics are available.

Federation of Swedish Industries
www.industriforbundet.se

The Federation of Swedish Industries is the joint organization for Swedish industry. It has a total of some 7000 member companies.

Invest in Sweden Agency
www.isa.se
A government agency which provides information and contact services for foreign investors evaluating opportunities in Sweden.

National Board of Trade
www.kommers.se

An independent governmental agency and the central administrative body in Sweden dealing with foreign trade and trade policy.

National Institute of Economic Research
www.konj.se

A research organization whose principal functions are to monitor and analyze economic developments, to prepare forecasts of the Swedish economy and to carry out associated research.

National Tax Board
www.rsv.se
Information about the Swedish tax system, elections, national registration, and work permits.

Stockholm Stock Exchange
www.xsse.se/
Information from the Stockholm Stock Exchange with statistics and trading figures.

Swedish Chambers of Commerce
www.cci.se

The twelve Swedish Chambers of Commerce represent 10 000 businesses of all sizes in all sectors of the economy. All accredited Chambers provide services to their members.

Swedish Export Credit
www.ekn.se/eekn/ekn.phtml
EKN, the Swedish Export Credits Guarantee Board, is an agency of the Swedish government with an important purpose: Our mandate is to help Swedish companies become more competitive abroad. We do so by offering companies guarantees that amongst other things protect against the risk of credit loss abroad.

Swedish Federation of Trade
www.swedetrade.com

The Swedish Federation of Trade is the principal organization in Sweden for importers, wholesalers, suppliers and retailers.

Swedish Trade Council
www.swedishtrade.com
A gateway to Swedish business and trade with information about Swedish companies and business sectors.

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

High School studies in Sweden
www.nordpraktik.org/
Nordpraktik provides an opportunity for young employees in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, S:t Petersburg, Kaliningrad and the Barents region to fulfil a training period in a Nordic country.

National Agency for Education
www.skolverket.se
The main task of the agency is to oversee Swedish schools and nursery schools and to work actively to ensure that national objectives for childcare and the school system are achieved.

National Agency for higher education
www.hsv.se/english/
A central authority for matters concerning institutions of higher education.

Swedish Council for Planning and Co-operation of Research
www.frn.se

The Council initiates and supports research of special importance to society.

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
www.kva.se
An independent, non-governmental organisation whose major goals are to promote research in mathematics and the natural sciences.

Study in Sweden
www.si.se/eng/estu/estu.html

GENERAL INFORMATION

Statistics Sweden
www.scb.se/indexeng.htm
One of the oldest as well as of the most modern national statistical offices in the world. It provides current statistics from most sectors of Swedish society.

Swedish Institute
www.si.se/eng/eindex.html

Swestatnet
www.svenskstatistic.se

Swedish statistics on the Internet.

Virtual Sweden
www.virtualsweden.net

Sweden's official website for information about Sweden to the outside world. It is a portal site offering a joint platform for organizations with overall responsibility for providing information about Sweden abroad.

NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT

Swedish Center for Ecological Sustainability
www.swecol.se

A governmental authority that started its activities in 1999. The general aim of the center is to strive to fulfil the idea of building a sustainable society.

Swedish Environment
smn.environ.se/miljonat/english/index.htm
Provides data and information on the Swedish environment work in government agencies, companies and NGOs.

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
www.environ.se

A central government agency with the task of promoting an ecologically sustainable society of collaborating with others to realize this.

Swedish Environment Protection Agency
www.environ.se
A central government agency with the task of promoting an ecologically sustainable society and of collaborating with others to realize this.

NEWS AND MEDIA

Dagens Nyheter
www.dn.se
Swedish daily newspaper.

Swedish Public Television
www.svt.se/inenglish/index.html

Sweden Today
www.newsltd.se

Swedish Radio
www.sr.se

Svenska Dagbladet
www.svd.se
Swedish daily newspaper.

Swedish Newspaper Publishers' Association
www.tu.se
The association is a trade and employers' organization for newspaper publishers and other companies in the media industry.

Nordicom
times.jmg.gu.se/nordicom/
The Nordic information Center for Media and Communication Research documents media-trends and publishes comparative media statistics.

The Swedish Media Page
www.svenska-sidor.com/media/
A comprehensive collection of links to Swedish media.

TV4
www.tv4.se

POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

Federation of Swedish County Councils
www.lf.se
The Federation of Swedish County Councils represents the governmental, professional and employer-related interests of its members: 18 county councils, two regions and one local authority.

Government of Sweden
www.regeringen.se/
Current Information on government policies and statistics from each ministry.

Royal Court of Sweden
www.royalcourt.se/eng/index.html
Information about the monarchy in Sweden, the Royal family and the Royal palaces.

Swedish Armed Forces
www.mil.se/index_e.html
The common website of the army, the air force and the navy with facts about Swedish military defense.

Swedish Association of Local Authorities
www.svekom.se
An association of Sweden's local authorities. It was founded in 1908 and represents all municipal authorities in Sweden.

Swedish County Administrations
www.lst.se
At regional level the Government is represented by the County Administrative Board, which may be described as the extended arm of the state. The head of the County Administrative Board is the Governor, who is appointed by the Government.

Swedish Parliament
www.riksdagen.se/index_en.asp
Information about the Swedish Parliament and its work and decisions.

SOCIETY AND WELFARE

Children's Ombudsman
www.bo.se
Swedish children and young people up to the age of 18 have an Ombudsman of their own, the Children's Ombudsman.

Centre for International Youth Exchange
www.ciu.org
The organisation promotes and broadens the possibilities for youth to participate in international youth exchange.

National Board of Health and Welfare
www.sos.se/sosmenye.htm
A government agency responsible for the supervision, evaluation and monitoring of social services, health care and medical services.

National Council for Crime Prevention
www.brottsforebygganderadet.se/web/english/
An agency with the task of encouraging crime prevention measures. It is also responsible for the official Swedish judicial statistics.

National Institute for Working Life
www.niwl.se/default_en.asp
The institute has the mission of pursuing and fostering research and learning, as well as conducting development projects concerning work, the working environment, and labor market relations.

National Integration Office
www.integrationsverket.se
The task of the Office is to monitor and evaluate developments in society with respect to integration and to promote equal rights and opportunities for all, irrespective of ethnic and cultural background.

National Social Insurance Board
www.rfv.se/english/
Information about the Board and the Swedish social system.

STATISTICS

SWEDEN ABROAD

Ministry for Foreign Affairs
www.ud.se
A Swedish Government Office consisting of the Ministry in Stockholm and about 102 missions and 430 honorary consulates abroad. The website includes information about Swedish foreign policy.

Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency
www.sida.se/
Information about national Swedish development co-operation with facts about the goal and the work of the organisation.

TOURISM

Global Visitor's Guide to Sweden
www.visit-sweden.com/
The Swedish Travel & Tourism Council's gateway to all Internet-based tourist information in Sweden.

Smörgåsbord
www.sverigeturism.se/smorgasbord/
Tourist information about Sweden on the Internet.

Stockholm Information Service
www.stoinfo.se/pages/271/index.asp

Swedish Tourism
www.turism.se

Tax-free shopping in Sweden
www.taxfree.se/sweden

Travel and Tourist Council
www.swetourism.se

OTHER USEFUL LINKS

The Baltic Institute
www.balticinstitute.se

Church of Sweden
www.svenskakyrkan.se
Information about the church and it's more than 40 churches in 25 countries.

Gateway to Sweden
www.wwlink.se/gateway/
A guide to most of the companies, organisations and authorities with an Internet address in Sweden.

Swedish Emigrant Institute
www.svenskaemigrantinstitutet.g.se/eng.html
The purpose of the institute is to promote emigration research at all levels and to facilitate the contacts between Sweden and its emigrants and their descendants.

Swedish Sports
www.svenskidrott.se/english/default.htm
Information about the Swedish sports movement from the Swedish Sports Confederation.