Swedish National Audit Office

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The Swedish National Audit Office is Sweden’s independent supreme audit institution responsible for reviewing the use of public funds by the government and public agencies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government agency ⓘ
supreme audit institution ⓘ
aimsTo promote effective use of public funds ⓘ
promote transparency in public administration ⓘ
strengthen democratic accountability ⓘ
audits Swedish central government agencies ⓘ
central government accounts ⓘ
state-owned enterprises (within its mandate) ⓘ
cooperatesWith international audit organizations ⓘ
other supreme audit institutions ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
followsStandard international public sector auditing standards ⓘ
governedBy Riksdag-appointed Auditor General(s) ⓘ
hasLegalBasis Act on the Audit of State Activities ⓘ
Riksdag decisions on state audit ⓘ
hasRole external auditor of the central government ⓘ
independent auditor of public funds ⓘ
hasScope central government sector ⓘ
state budget ⓘ
headquartersLocation Stockholm ⓘ
isIndependentOf Government of Sweden ⓘ
linked to: Swedish government
isPartOf Swedish public administration oversight system ⓘ
jurisdiction Government of Sweden ⓘ
linked to: Swedish government

Swedish public agencies ⓘ
languageOfWork Swedish ⓘ
mainFunction audit of central government finances ⓘ
compliance audit of public administration ⓘ
financial audit of government agencies ⓘ
performance audit of government activities ⓘ
memberOf EUROSAI ⓘ
INTOSAI ⓘ
nativeName Riksrevisionen ⓘ
performs independent examination of government operations ⓘ
publishes annual reports ⓘ
audit reports ⓘ
reportsTo Riksdag ⓘ
shortName SNAO ⓘ
subjectOf Swedish Constitution provisions on audit ⓘ
supervises use of public funds by government ⓘ
use of public funds by public agencies ⓘ
typeOfAudit compliance audit ⓘ
financial audit ⓘ
performance audit ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Riksdag → supervises → Swedish National Audit Office ⓘ
Swedish Prosecution Authority → subjectToOversightBy → Swedish National Audit Office (budget and performance audit) ⓘ
linked to: Swedish National Audit Office
Riksrevisionen → officialName → Swedish National Audit Office ⓘ
SNAO → fullName → Swedish National Audit Office ⓘ
SNAO → acronymFor → Swedish National Audit Office ⓘ
SNAO → typeOfOrganization → supreme audit institution of Sweden ⓘ
linked to: Swedish National Audit Office
Act on the Audit of State Activities → appliesTo → Swedish National Audit Office ⓘ
Act on the Audit of State Activities → grantsPowerTo → Swedish National Audit Office ⓘ
Act on the Audit of State Activities → usedBy → Swedish National Audit Office ⓘ