Competent Swedish authorities

Swedish Migration Board and Sweden's missions abroad

The Swedish Migration Board and Sweden´s missions abroad are responsible for applying the travel restrictions.

Swedish Social Insurance Agency

The Swedish Social Insurance Agency handles issues concerning humanitarian exceptions to the freezing of assets.

The appointment of a competent authority to approve an exemption - recently introduced through Council Regulation (EU) 999/2011 and that allows payments from frozen property in order to meet obligations that arose before the list was drawn up - is under consideration.

Finansinspektionen (Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority)

Finansinspektionen receives information on accounts and amounts frozen.

Swedish Agency for Non-Proliferation and Export Controls

The Swedish Agency for Non-Proliferation and Export Controls can respond to questions about the arms embargo, etc. but has no formal remit to grant exemptions.

The agencies´ addresses can be found in the introduction to the sanctions website.

Contact

Per Saland
Ambassador
work +46 8 405 50 82
email