Financial Risk:
Very Low
Score:
88/100
Asset Disposals
Q24
58/100
How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?
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The policy and regulatory process for the disposal of assets is somewhat clear. In cooperation with the Defence Material Administration Agency (FMV), the Armed…
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Planned disposals are known in advance and are published publicly, before a buyer has been identified, in the SAF document ‘Planned materiel supply 2014…
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The financial results of disposals are made available in the SAF annual reports [1] [2] [3] [4], but are presented in aggregate form.
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Q25
83/100
Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?
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Asset disposals are scrutinised regularly, thoroughly, and in a formalised fashion by the National Audit Office (NAO) [1].
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As the NAO is an autonomous auditing body reporting to parliament, neither the executive nor the military are able to unduly influence scrutiny regarding…
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Audit reports of the military organisation’s asset disposals, and other relevant elements of the SAF annual reports, tend to be released after 3 months…
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Secret Budgets
Q26
100/100
What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?
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The allocations for the National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA), the State Inspection for Defence Intelligence (SIUN), and the Defence Intelligence Court constitute 0,01995322% of…
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Q27
100/100
Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?
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The parliamentary Defence Committee [1], consisting of 17 MPs representing all parties in parliament, receives all the necessary information on classified spending. According to…
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Q28
100/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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According to the regulation of annual reporting and budgets [1] and the state auditing law [2] , the National Audit Office (NAO) may review…
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The Defence Committee [1] convenes regularly to review and follow up on audit reports, and to highlight any potential shortcomings in auditing processes. It…
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Q29
88/100
In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?
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The Budget Law [1] and Appropriations Law [2], which both entered into force in 2011, regulate budget expenditure for all defence agencies [3] [4]. The laws…
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There are no off-budget miliatary expenditures in practice. Budget expenditure and financial reporting is regulated by the Budget Law [1] and Appropriations Law [2].
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NAO has not found any off-budget expenditures in the audit for the Swedish Armed Forces in the studied time period [1]. All defence related…
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Q30
88/100
Are mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector effective?
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The Public Access Law [1] and Law on Freedom of the Press [2] together stipulate how the public can access information pertaining to the…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. The legal framework of the Public Access Law [1] also clearly dictates the conditions…
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The public is able to access information from the defence sector regularly, in detail, and within a reasonable timeline since all such official documents…
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Q31
100/100
Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?
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The government – not a particular defence or security institution as such – owns a number of small to medium sized commercial businesses that…
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The state’s ownership of these commercial businesses is publicly declared, with details of their operations and finances being transparent and fully disclosed [1] [2].
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Military-owned Businesses
Q32
100/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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Since November 1999, when the company Saab purchased the Swedish government’s remaining shares in the Celsius Corporate Group, there have been no state or…
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Since November 1999, the Swedish state and military organisation has had no ownership of defence companies [1]. Therefore, this indicator is marked ‘Not Applicable’.
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Illegal Private Enterprise
Q33
63/100
Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?
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The government does not explicitly outlaw private enterprises. Defined as ‘bisyssla’ (translated to ‘sideline activity’ or ‘additional job’), the law on public employment states…
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Unauthorised private enterprise is a problem with a few select individuals or institutions. The media has exposed corrupt behaviour in the defence minister’s closest…
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Actual Military Spending
Q77
88/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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Details of actual spending on defence and security are proactively published in disaggregated form in the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF) annual reports [1] [2]…
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The vast majority of actual defence spending is fully disclosed. There is provision for oversight of the full budget by the Swedish National Audit…
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The SAF annual reports [1] [2] [3] [4], which include the details of actual spending, are published within six months of the end of the…
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Variances between the published budget and actual spend are detailed and explained in the SAF annual reports [1] [2] [3] [4].
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