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Swedish Accident Investigation Authority

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Formed
  
1 July 1978

Website
  
www.havkom.se/en/

Founded
  
1 July 1978

Key document
  
SFS 2007:860

Headquarters
  
Stockholm, Sweden

Parent department
  
Ministry of Justice

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Agency executive
  
Hans Ytterberg, Director General

The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (Swedish: Statens haverikommission, or SHK, in English formerly the Swedish Accident Investigation Board) is a Swedish government agency tasked with investigating all types of serious civil or military accidents that can occur on land, on the sea or in the air. Incidents are also to be investigated if there was a serious risk of an accident. Its headquarters are in Stockholm.

Contents

Director Generals

Director Generals:

  • 1978-07-01 – 1987-06-30 – Göran Steen
  • 1987-07-01 – 1997-05-29 – Olof Forssberg
  • 1997-05-30 – 1997-06-08 – S-E Sigfridsson (acting)
  • 1997-06-09 – 2002-01-06 – Ann-Louise Eksborg
  • 2002-01-07 – 2004-01-31 – Lena Svenaeus
  • 2004-02-01 – 2004-05-31 – Carin Hellner (acting)
  • 2004-04-01 – 2011-04-17 – Åsa Kastman Heuman
  • 2011-04-18 – present – Hans Ytterberg

    • Notable investigations

  • Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 (1991)
  • M/S Estonia (1994)
  • MV Finnbirch (2006)

    • References

    Swedish Accident Investigation Authority Wikipedia
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