Swedish National Space Board

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Swedish National Space Board
Formation 1972
Legal status Government Organisation
Purpose Manage Swedish state-financed space activities
Location
Region served
Sweden Sweden
Director-General
Olle Norberg
Budget
928 633 000 SEK[1] (2014)
Staff
18 staff
Website www.rymdstyrelsen.se

The Swedish National Space Board (SNSB, Swedish: Rymdstyrelsen) is a Government agency in Sweden operating under the Swedish Ministry of Education and Science. SNSB distributes government grants to research and development, initiates research and development in space and remote sensing, and is the Swedish contact in international cooperation. SNSB has eighteen employees (2014) and its office is situated in the Solna Municipality, within Stockholm.

Space programme

The Swedish space programme is mostly carried out through international cooperation. Out of a yearly budget of approximately 900 Mkr (100 M€), about 70% is used to support ESA programmes of importance to Sweden. The programme has included a sequence of satellite missions, both national ones and in cooperation with other nations.

In February 2013, a government audit was released by the Swedish National Audit Office which concluded that "Swedish space investment is distributed among multiple organizations that operate as stovepipes with no real communication between them and no common ambition."[2] While approximately 1 billion Swedish krona (US$158 million) is spent each year on Swedish space initiatives, the audit report calls for additional "government oversight of the European Space Agency (ESA) and a review of the Swedish Space Corporation's structure and mission."[2]

Satellite missions

Directors

Years Name
1972−1979 Hans Håkansson
1979−1989 Jan Stiernstedt
1989−1998 Kerstin Fredga
1998−2009 Per Tegnér
2009− Olle Norberg

See also

References

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