National Defence Radio Establishment

National Defence Radio Establishment
Försvarets radioanstalt (FRA)
	Coat of arms of the National Defence Radio Establishment
	Coat of arms of the Signals Intelligence Service
Agency overview
Formed	1 July 1942
Jurisdiction	Government of Sweden
Headquarters	Rörbyvägen, Lovön, Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County; 59°19′55.39″N 17°51′14.08″E
Employees	approx. 700 (2009)
Annual budget	SEK 860,262,000 (2014)
Minister responsible	Pål Jonson, ; Minister for Defence;
Agency executives	Björn Lyrvall, ; Director-General; Charlotta Gustafsson, Deputy Director-General;
Parent agency	Ministry of Defence
Key document	Regleringsbrev (2014);
Website	www.fra.se

The National Defence Radio Establishment (Swedish: Försvarets radioanstalt, FRA) is a Swedish government agency organised under the Ministry of Defence. The two main tasks of FRA are signals intelligence (SIGINT), and support to government authorities and state-owned companies regarding computer security.

The FRA is not allowed to initialize any surveillance on their own, and operates purely on assignment from the Government, the Government Offices, the Armed Forces, the Swedish National Police Board and Swedish Security Service (SÄPO). Decisions and oversight regarding information interception is provided by the Defence Intelligence Court and the Defence Intelligence Commission; additional oversight regarding protection of privacy is provided by the Swedish Data Protection Authority.

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