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    Swedish Accident Investigation Authority

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    Swedish Accident Investigation Authority
    Statens haverikommission
    Agency overview
    Formed1 July 1978[1]
    HeadquartersSveavägen 151, Stockholm, Sweden
    Agency executive
    • Hans Ytterberg, Director General
    Parent departmentMinistry of Defence
    Key document
    Websitewww.havkom.se/en/

    The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (Swedish: Statens haverikommission, SHK), formerly the Swedish Accident Investigation Board in English, 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.[2] Its headquarters are in Stockholm.[3]

    Directors General

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    Directors General:[1]

    • 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 – 2020-05-01: Hans Ytterberg
    • 2020-05-01 – present: John Ahlberk

    Notable investigations

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    • Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 (1991)
    • M/S Estonia (1994)
    • Falsterbo Swedish Coast Guard C-212 crash (2006)
    • MV Finnbirch (2006)
    • Norwegian Air Force C-130 crash (2012)
    • Saltsjöbanan train crash (2013)
    • West Air Sweden Flight 294 (2016)
    • Skydive Umeå Gippsland GA8 Airvan crash (2019)

    See also

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    • Swedish Civil Aviation Administration
    • Swedish Maritime Administration

    References

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    1. ^ a b "Historik" [History] (in Swedish). Swedish Accident Investigation Authority. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
    2. ^ Swedish Accident Investigation Board website
    3. ^ "Contact Us Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine." Swedish Accident Investigation Authority. Retrieved on 4 May 2013. "Visitors: Sveavägen 151" - Map
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