Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities explained

Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities
Native Name:Swedish: Myndigheten för stöd till trossamfund (SST)
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Headquarters: Stockholm
Employees:5-10 (2011-2015 variation)
Minister1 Name:Alice Bah Kuhnke
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Chief1 Name:Åke Göransson
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Parent Department:Ministry of Culture
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Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities (Swedish: Myndigheten för stöd till trossamfund) is an agency that provides state aid to religious communities in Sweden.[1] [2]

In 2011 the Reinfeldt Cabinet via the Minister for Public Administration, Stefan Attefall, announced that the state aid to was to increase from 50 million SEK to 60 million, in particular directed towards Islam and the orthodox church.[3] In 2011, 22 faith communities qualified for state aid.

Some of the state aid was directed towards Jewish congregations to enable them to commission security installations to thwart antisemitic attacks. In 2015 this state aid was widened to include all faith communities, provided they qualified for state aid.[4]

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  1. News: Stöd till trossamfunden ses över. Nyheter. SVT. SVT Nyheter. 2018-02-17. sv.
  2. News: Muslimska trossamfund missgynnas. Nyheter. SVT. SVT Nyheter. 2018-02-17. sv.
  3. News: Kraftigt ökat stöd till svenska trossamfund - Nyheter (Ekot). Radio. Sveriges. Sveriges Radio . 7 September 2011 . sv. 2018-04-28.
  4. News: Hotade samfund kan få säkerhetsbidrag - P4 Malmöhus. Radio. Sveriges. Sveriges Radio . 30 December 2014 . sv. 2018-04-28.
  5. News: Myndighetschef attackerad med flera knivhugg - DN.SE. 2017-01-31. DN.SE. 2018-02-17. sv-se.