The Swedish Prison and Probation Service () is a government agency that is part of the Swedish judicial system, tasked with incarcerating suspects during pre-trial and trial and convicts after sentencing. The Main Office of the agency is located in Norrköping.
The agency also handles deportations of individuals not allowed in the country. Due to the increase in Swedish prison populations, the agency announced it would consider sending incarcerated individuals to other countries as it aims to increase the number of prison spaces from 9,000 to 27,000 by 2033.
History The predecessor of today's agency was established on 3 February 1825 under the name Board of Prisons and Work Institutions in the Realm (), with its headquarters at Långholmen, Stockholm. In 1859, it was renamed the National Swedish Prisons Board () and in 1970 to the National Prison and Probation Administration (, KVS). In 2011, the agency changed its name to the Swedish Prison and Probation Service ().
Directors-General
National Prisons Board February 1855 – May 1855: Louis de Geer (acting) 1855–1867: Wilhelm Stråle 1867–1885: Gustaf Fridolf Almquist 1885–1910: Sigfrid Wieselgren 1910–1927: Viktor Almquist 1927–1936: Gustaf Vilhelm Masreliez 1936–1960: Hardy Göransson 1960–1970: Torsten Eriksson
National Prison and Probation Administration 1970–1987: Bo Martinsson 1987–1987: Ulf Larsson 1987–1994: Björn Weibo 1994–2003: Bertel Österdahl 2003–2004: Lena Häll Eriksson 2004–2011: Lars Nylén
Prison and Probation Service 2011–2012: Inga Mellgren (acting) 2012–2019: Nils Öberg 2019–2020: Stefan Strömberg (acting) 2020–2026: Martin Holmgren 2026–2026: Peter Yngve (acting) 2026–xxxx: Rikard Jermsten
See also Swedish National Board of Institutional Care
References
External links www.kriminalvarden.se (Swedish main page, with links to several languages) Swedish Prison and Probation Service (in English)