{"id":"7d67f23d-2c78-7aba-eb3e-69930391d66f","short_name":"mcf","human_readable_name":"Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency","dataset_count":2,"created_date":"2026-02-16T11:47:00+00:00","data_portal_url":"","default_licence_id":"notspecified","description":"Our mission\nThe Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency shall contribute to fulfilling the goal of civil defence and the overall goal of total defence, as well as the goal of emergency and crisis preparedness.\n\nThe Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency is the authority that leads, guides and coordinates civil defence.\n\nThe mandate of the Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency: \n\nLeading, guiding and coordinating\nThe Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency leads and strengthens readiness in the national civilian response to war and emergencies, ensuring effective coordination between civil and military defence.\n\nNational, international, allied\nThe Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency manages emergencies nationally and internationally – and acts as an ally in times of war.\n\nDevelop, strengthen, act\nThe Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency develops and strengthens our society's overall capabilities so that we can act together if the worst should happen.\n\nProtect the population\nThe Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency coordinates and unifies preparations to protect the population in the event of war, thereby maintaining the will to defend the country.\n\nSupport the emergency services\nThe Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency helps to ensure that the emergency services are able to operate in everyday situations, during emergencies and accidents, and ultimately in wartime.\n\nThe Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency contributes to fulfilling the civil defence objective.\n\nThe work carried out by the Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency aims to contribute to fulfilling the civil defence objective, the overall goal of total defence, and the objectives for protection against accidents and emergency preparedness.\n\nThe civil defence objective means having the capacity to:\n\nsafeguard the most important public services\ncontribute to military defensive capability within the scope of NATO's collective defence\nprotect the civilian population\nmaintain will to defend the country and society’s resilience against external pressures.\n\nThe Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency was previously known as the The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap – MSB)","exclusions_policy_url":"","first_publication_date":"2026-02-18T07:14:00+00:00","hq_country":"SE","organisation_identifier":"SE-ON-202100-5984","organisation_type":"10","region":"998","reporting_source_type":"primary_source","website":"https://www.mcf.se/en/"}