Police (sweden)

State level	Range
Position of the authority	police
Headquarters	Stockholm
Authority management	Rikpolischef Anders Thornberg
Employee	20,000 civil servants, 9,000 civilian employees
Website	www.polisen.se

Swedish police vehicle

The Swedish police force ( Swedish polisen ) is centrally organized and subordinate to the Swedish Ministry of Justice. Until 2014 Rikspolisstyrelsen (RPS) was the central administrative and supervisory authority of the police. As of January 1, 2015, this became part of a comprehensive restructuring of the police in the national police authority polismyndigheten .

The Swedish police force consists of two organizational units with a total of 20,000 officers and 9,000 civilian employees. The central police authority Polismyndighet is regionally divided between the 21 provinces . The Police Department is the central administrative and supervisory authority of the police based in Stockholm .

Around 43 percent of police officers in Sweden are women. In total, Sweden has over 300 police stations.

Polismyndighet

Member of the Swedish riot police Beredskapspolisen

Swedish police officers in holiday uniform

Swedish police dog squadron during a nationalist demonstration in 2007 on the national holiday

Swedish police helicopter Eurocopter

The Polismyndighet (Police Department) is the central administrative and supervisory authority of the Swedish Police. It can be roughly equated with the German Federal Criminal Police Office . The authority, based in Stockholm, was founded in 1964 and is headed by a Reich Police Chief ( Rikspolischef ), who is appointed directly by the government .

The Polismyndighet is divided into the 7 police regions, which consist of a total of 27 police districts ( polisområde ). The largest police region is in Stockholm County with 6,700 employees, 5,000 of them police officers. The smallest authority is that of Gotland County with 140 employees, 99 of whom are police officers.

In the course of rationalization measures, individual police districts are also to be merged. The Polismyndighet is also responsible for the Police College (Polishögskolan) in Solna near Stockholm and the two other educational centers at the universities of Umeå and Växjö . The basic training consists of four semesters of training at university level and a subsequent six-month practical phase.

The Police Museum (Polismuseet) is also subordinate to the Polismyndighet.

Police regions

region	Main location	Embracing
Polis region north	Umeå	Jämtlands , Norrbottens , Västerbottens , Västernorrlands län
Polis region Mitt	Uppsala	Gävleborgs , Västmanlands , Uppsala län
Polis region Bergslagen	Örebro	Dalarnas , Värmlands , Örebro County
Polis region Stockholm	Stockholm	Gotlands , Stockholm County
Polis region of Väst	Gothenburg	Västra Götalands , Hallands län
Polis region East	Linkoping	Jönköpings , Södermanlands , Östergötland län
Polis region of Syd	Malmo	Blekinge , Kronobergs , Kalmar , Skåne län

The regions have four units that operate throughout the region, the operations, investigation and intelligence units and the regional office, which reports directly to the regional police chief. Each unit is divided into several functional areas.

Police districts

In most cases, the police districts extend over an entire country . The largest areas are divided into more than one police district. Each police district is headed by a police district head and an assistant police district head. A police district has investigation and intelligence services, local police stations and an office.

Police stations

A police district is divided into local police stations where investigative, crime prevention, and intervention departments are set up. The police station may also have a support and service unit.

National forensic center (NFC)

Nationellt forensiskt centrum (NFC), until December 31, 2014: Statens kriminaltekniska laboratorium (SKL). The National Forensic Center has been based in Linköping since 1975 and is responsible for forensic investigations with around 285 employees.

The institute works on securing evidence and analyzing material from criminal cases. NFC has experts and scientists from different disciplines (chemists, biologists, technicians) to evaluate and assign traces on objects and crime scenes.

The NFC consists of a management body with administration and currently four departments:

1. biological department
2. Drug and medication analysis
3. the chemical-technical unit
4. documentation and archiving

In addition to forensic analysis, the institute also works in research and training in forensic science.

National Operations Department

The National Operations Department is responsible, among other things, for the Nationella Insatsstyrkan, the Police Flight, the National Bomb Protection, the National Command Center, the coordination of the efforts of several authorities to fight serious organized crime and as a national contact point for the Security Police, the Swedish Armed Forces and the radio facility for national Defense in charge.

Nationella Insatsstyrkan

Nationella Insatsstyrkan ('National Forces') are the Swedish police forces operating nationwide . The unit, established in 1990, consists of 60 men and a staff of experienced police officers in the background. The main responsibilities of the NI include anti-terrorism operations and the fight against organized crime, as well as hostage rescue operations . The forces are also used to intervene against armed persons, in the event of intensified robberies, reconnaissance in inaccessible areas, in preparations for state visits, crisis negotiations in the event of hostage-taking and in personal protection. Nationella Insatsstyrkan cooperate in training and tactics with the Swedish military and the Swedish Special Operations Police (SEKs in different parts of Sweden).

Spikets

Police patrol car in Stockholm, 1939.

The pikets are the Swedish police's regional mobile task forces . The teams formed from fast teams of the riot police have a long tradition. The first rapid riot police unit was set up in Stockholm as early as 1887 . The Piketen had a Packard as early as 1939 , which was equipped with a radio. Because of its equipment, it was the most modern police car in Europe at the time.

Säkerhetspolis

The Säkerhetspolis Säpo (Security Police) is Sweden's domestic intelligence service and was subordinate to the Rikspolisstyrelsen until 2014 . Säpo has been an independent authority since 2015. Main areas of responsibility are counter-espionage , the protection of the constitution , the fight against terrorism and personal protection (for example the royal family and politicians).

The headquarters are in Stockholm. The five regional offices are located in Gothenburg , Luleå , Malmö , Uppsala and Örebro . At the headquarters, Säpo is divided into eleven operational units.

Web links

Commons : Police (Sweden)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Annual report of the Swedish police for 2016 . From: Polismyndigheten (Swedish).
2. ↑ polisen.se: 21 självständiga polismyndigheter
3. ↑ polisen.se: Nationellt Forensiskt Centrum (NFC) (English).
4. ↑ polisen.se: Nationella insatsstyrkan (Swedish)
5. ↑ http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_OeffigteSicherheit/2011/01_02/files/SCHWEDEN.pdf