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The National Audit Office

The National Audit Office is an authority under the Riksdag which is responsible for examining the way in which the Government uses the taxpayers' money in central government activities.

The overall purpose of the National Audit Office is to help to promote good use of central government resources and an efficient public administration.

The National Audit Office has an independent status. It is headed by three Auditors General who decide what is to be audited themselves. The Auditors General are appointed by the Riksdag.

The National Audit Office proposes measures, but it is the Government and Riksdag that decide whether to take measures.

The National Audit Office is responsible for one element of the Riksdag's parliamentary control functions. Ensuring that the Government and public authorities perform their official duties correctly is one of the Riksdag's principal tasks.

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Contact information

  • Telephone: +46 8 517 140 00
  • E-mail: registrator@riksrevisionen.se
  • Website: www.riksrevisionen.se

Postal address

Riksrevisionen
Nybrogatan 55
SE 114 90 Stockholm
Sweden

Reviewed: 1 December 2020

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    • The Board for the Examination of Transitionary Restrictions for Ministers and State Secretaries

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