Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities

Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities
Myndigheten för stöd till trossamfund (SST)
Agency overview
Headquarters	Stockholm
Minister responsible	Parisa Liljestrand;
Agency executive	Isak Reichel;
Parent department	Ministry of Culture

Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities (Swedish: Myndigheten för stöd till trossamfund) is an agency that provides state aid to religious communities in Sweden.^[1]^[2] The agency is set to be incorporated into Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society on 1 January 2026.^[3]

In 2011 the Reinfeldt Cabinet via the Minister for Public Administration, Stefan Attefall, announced that the state aid to was to increase from 50 million SEK to 60 million, in particular directed towards Islam and the orthodox church.^[4] In 2011, 22 faith communities qualified for state aid.^[4]

Some of the state aid was directed towards Jewish congregations to enable them to commission security installations to thwart antisemitic attacks. In 2015 this state aid was widened to include all faith communities, provided they qualified for state aid.^[5]

State aid distributed by SST (10 SEK ~ 1 euro), 2009–2015^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Leadership

Åke Göransson, general director (2017–2020)^[10]
Helena Josefson, acting general director (2020–2021)^[11]
Isak Reichel, general director (2021–2026)^[3]

References

^ Nyheter, SVT. "Stöd till trossamfunden ses över". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-02-17.
^ Nyheter, SVT. "Muslimska trossamfund missgynnas". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-02-17.
^ ^a ^b "MUCF och SST ska bli en myndighet | MUCF". www.mucf.se (in Swedish). 2025-03-24. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
^ ^a ^b Radio, Sveriges (7 September 2011). "Kraftigt ökat stöd till svenska trossamfund - Nyheter (Ekot)". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-04-28.
^ Radio, Sveriges (30 December 2014). "Hotade samfund kan få säkerhetsbidrag - P4 Malmöhus". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-04-28.
^ Årsredovisning 2010 (PDF). SST. p. 19. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ Årsredovisning 2012 (PDF). Stockholm: SST. p. 21.
^ Årsredovisning 2014 (PDF). Stockholm: SST. 2015. p. 33. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ Årsredovisning 2015 / SST (PDF). February 2015. p. 40 (54). Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ "Myndighetschef attackerad med flera knivhugg - DN.SE". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
^ "Ny chef för Myndigheten för stöd till trossamfund - Altinget". www.altinget.se. 2020-11-05. Retrieved 2025-05-15.