Statistics Sweden ( Swedish Statistiska centralbyrån , SCB ) is the government agency responsible for collecting statistical information in Sweden. The first mention of Sweden’s national statistical information dates back to 1686 , when the Swedish church began to record the country's population. The predecessor of the statistics office, the statistics service ( Tabellverket ), was founded in 1749 . The modern name was obtained in 1858 .
| Statistics Sweden | |
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 Office of Management in Orebro | |
| general information | |
| A country | |
| Jurisdiction | |
| date of creation | |
| Parent agency | Ministry of Finance |
| Headquarters | Stockholm and Örebro |
| Number of employees | about 1,400 (2008) [1] |
| the president | Stefan Lundgren [2] |
| Site | scb.se |
As of 2008, the agency has about 1,400 employees. Agency offices are located in Stockholm and Örebro . [1] Statistics Sweden maintains the Journal of Official Statistics [3] .
See also
- Sweden population
- Swedish Ministry of Finance
- Eurostat
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 "Statistiska centralbyrån" , Nationalencyklopedin , < http://www.ne.se/statistiska-centralbyrån > . Retrieved June 14, 2011.
- ↑ Consequences of the global crisis - Kazakhstan News on Spy.kz
- ↑ Journal of Official Statistics (link unavailable) . Date of treatment January 12, 2012. Archived November 13, 2013.
Links
- scb.se/default____2154.aspx - official site of Statistics Sweden