The Swedish Fortifications Agency () is a Swedish government agency under the Ministry of Finance, tasked with managing government-owned defence-related buildings and land. The agency functions as the landlord for the Swedish Armed Forces (), managing various types of military installations.Holmström 2008 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.Swedish Agency for Public Management 2004, p. 5-6 The main purpose with the reform was to create economic incentives for the authorities in the public sector to economise on premises.Lind 2005 In the defence 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 defence sector.Swedish Fortifications Agency 2007, p. 12. 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.Ministry of Finance 2009, p. 5. 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.Ministry of Finance 2009, p. 1. To finance investments, the SFA borrows money from the National Debt Office (), which acts as the internal bank of the government.Ministry of Finance 2003
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,Swedish Fortifications Agency 2008, p. 7. where employees work in areas such as project management, property development and maintenance services.Swedish Fortifications Agency: At the regional and national level, employees work in real estate purchasing and sales, defence facility development, and various management functions. The SFA considers its core competencies to be security and protective technology.Swedish Fortifications Agency 2008, p. 5. 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.Swedish Fortifications Agency 2007, p. 8.
Real estate stock In 2008, the book value of the government real estate stock managed by the SFA was 10.1 billion SEK,Swedish Fortifications Agency, p. 39. largely consisting of depots, garrisons, training facilities, offices, and proving grounds.Swedish Fortifications Agency 2007, pp. 18, 20. In 2007, the total real estate stock included:Swedish Fortifications Agency 8 000 buildings 3.3 million square meters of open space facilities 7 700 defence facilities 11 airfields 380 000 hectares of land, including: 100 000 hectares of forest
Directors General
Directors General of the Swedish Fortifications Administration 1948–1951: Nils Josef Einar Carlqvist 1951–1963: Gunnar Christianson 1963–1971: Birger Wallén 1971–1983: Stig Swanstein 1983–1989: Eric Pettersson 1989–1994-06-30: Björn Körlof
Directors General of the Swedish Fortifications Agency 1994-07-01 – 1999: Torsten Engberg 1999–2002: Jane Cederqvist 2003–2009: Sören Häggroth 2009-03-01 – 2011-12-31: Lena Jönsson 2012-01-01 – 2018: Urban Karlström 2018-04-09 – 20xx: Maria Bredberg Pettersson
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