Swedish Fortifications Agency

Swedish Fortifications Agency

Fortifikationsverket
The coat of arms of the Swedish Fortifications Agency
Agency overview
Formed	1994
Preceding agency	Fortifikationsförvaltningen (1948-1994)
Jurisdiction	Government of Sweden
Headquarters	Kungsgatan 43 631 89 Eskilstuna
Employees	689 (as of 2008)
Annual budget	Self-sufficient through fees. Revenue 3.0 billion SEK(2008)
Minister responsible	Anders Borg, (Minister for Finance)
Agency executive	Lena Jönsson, (Director General)
Parent agency	Ministry of Finance
Website	Fortv.se

The Swedish Fortifications Agency (SFA) (Swedish language: Fortifikationsverket , abbreviated FortV) is a Swedish government agency under the Swedish Ministry of Finance (Finansdepartementet), tasked with managing government-owned defense-related buildings and land. The agency functions as the landlord for the Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten), managing various types of military installations. The SFA is one of the largest holders of real estate in Sweden.

Function in the government

The formation of the SFA in 1994 was part of the Swedish government effort to increase the cost-efficiency of government real estate usage through a system of internal rent, which was meant to emulate market-like conditions. The main purpose with the reform was to create economic incentives for the authorities in the public sector to economise on premises. In the defense sector, the real estate holdings were transferred from the Swedish Armed Forces — the user of the real estate — to the SFA; with the Swedish Armed Forces remaining in the estate as a tenant.

Currently, the SFA acts as landlord for several Swedish government agencies in the defense sector. The main tenant is the Swedish Armed Forces, which in 2007 was the source of over 90% of the SFA:s revenue.

Economy

The SFA does not receive an allowance from the government budget. Instead, it covers its expenses by charging rent for the real estate it leases. In 2008, the agency's revenue was 3.0 billion SEK, and its net income 67 million SEK. The rent is adjusted so that the net income — which goes into the state treasury — conforms to a predefined level of return on equity, as set by the Ministry of Finance. To finance investments, the SFA borrows money from the National Debt Office (Riksgälden), which acts as the internal bank of the government.

Personnel

The SFA employed 689 people in 2008. The majority of the employees work on a local level in real estate units linked to garrisons, where employees work in areas such as project management, property development and maintenance services. At the regional and national level, employees work in real estate purchasing and sales, defense facility development, and various management functions. The SFA considers its core competencies to be security and protective technology. The agency has stated that it aims to increase the amount of outsourcing, and as an experiment in 2006, it outsourced the property maintenance of two garrisons.

Karlberg Palace (Karlbergs Slott) in Solna, Stockholm — which houses the Military Academy Karlberg (Militärhögskolan Karlberg) — is one of the properties managed by the SFA.

Real estate stock

In 2008, the book value of the government real estate stock managed by the SFA was 10.1 billion SEK, largely consisting of depots, garrisons, training facilities, offices, and proving grounds. In 2007, the total real estate stock included:

• 8 000 buildings
• 3.3 million square meters of open space facilities
• 7 700 defense facilities
• 11 airfields
• 380 000 hectares of land, including:
• 100 000 hectares of forest

References

• Ministry of Finance (2007). "Förordning (2007:758) med instruktion för Fortifikationsverket" (in Swedish). Svensk Författningssamling. Sveriges Riksdag. http://www.riksdagen.se/webbnav/index.aspx?nid=3911&bet=2007:758. Retrieved 10 July 2009. 
• Swedish Fortifications Agency (2009). "Official webpage" (in Swedish). http://www.fortv.se. Retrieved 10 July 2009. 
• Ministry of Finance (2009). "Official webpage" (in Swedish). Regeringskansliet. http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/1468. Retrieved 11 July 2009. 
• Ministry of Finance (2009). "Regleringsbrev 2009" (in Swedish) (pdf). Regeringskansliet. Archived from the original on 11 July 2009. http://www.webcitation.org/1247316400760000. Retrieved 11 July 2009. 

• Swedish Fortifications Agency (2008). "Årsberättelse 2008" (in Swedish) (pdf). http://www.fortv.se/upload/Dokument/Om%20oss/arsberattelse_2008.pdf. Retrieved 11 July 2009. 

• Swedish Fortifications Agency (2007). "Årsredovisning 2007" (in Swedish) (pdf). http://www.fortv.se/upload/Dokument/År%202007.pdf. Retrieved 12 July 2009. 

• Swedish Fortifications Agency (2007). "Årsfakta 2007" (in Swedish) (pdf). http://www.fortv.se/upload/Dokument/Om%20oss/arsfakta2007.pdf. Retrieved 12 July 2009. 

• Holmström, Mikael (2008). "Myndigheter och nya förband hotas" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/artikel_1245385.svd. Retrieved 12 July 2009. 
• Ministry of Finance (2003). "Nya principer vid utformning av statsbudgeten" (in Swedish) (pdf). Regeringskansliet. pp. 141–142. http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/108/a/1815. Retrieved 12 July 2009. 
• Lind, Hans; Ted Lindqvist (2005). "Real estate management in the Swedish public sector". Emerald Group Publishing Limited. pp. 178–190. Digital object identifier:10.1108/14630010510812594. ISSN 1463-001X. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/14630010510812594. Retrieved 17 July 2009. 
• Swedish Agency for Public Management (2004). "Hyressättning och kapitalkostnader för försvarsfastigheter" (in Swedish) (pdf). Swedish Agency for Public Management. http://www.statskontoret.se/upload/publikationer/2005/2005106.pdf. Retrieved 17 July 2009. 

External links

• Official website