Ministry of Defence (Sweden)

Ministry of Defence
Försvarsdepartementet
	Coat of Arms of the Ministry of Defence
Agency overview
Formed	1 July 1920
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Land Defence; Ministry for Naval Affairs;
Jurisdiction	SFS 1996:1515
Headquarters	Jakobsgatan 9, Stockholm
Employees	150 (2023)
Ministers responsible	Pål Jonson, ; Head of the Ministry ; Minister for Defence; Carl-Oskar Bohlin, ; Minister for Civil Defence;
Website	government.se

The Ministry of Defence (Swedish: Försvarsdepartementet) is a ministry in the Government of Sweden responsible for policies related to national defence and civil defence.

The ministry is currently headed by the Minister for Defence, Pål Jonson of the Moderate Party.

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