Health and Safety
Executive / Commission
Organisations
(SVENSKT NARINGSLIV)
SE-114 82 Stockholm, Sweden
Status: Association
Principal functions and activities: A pro-business organisation representing nearly 54,200 Swedish companies, whose mandate is to heighten public and official awareness of the importance and value of Swedish enterprise.
(UTVECKLINGSRADET)
Box 16403, S 10327 Stockholm, Sweden.
Status: Joint council.
Principal functions and activities: The Council consists of representatives of the state sector organisations and of the state as employer. It is the partners' joint council on work environment matters in the government sector. As such, its practical functions are: publishing information and training material; planning the content of management - employee work environment training activities; encouraging, observing and initiating scientific research on work environment problems.
( SKOGFORSK STIFTELSEN SKOGSBRUKETS FORSKNINGSINSTITUT)
Uppsala Science Park, S-75183 Uppsala, Sweden
Status: Private research institute
Principal functions and activities: SkogForsk was created in 1992 with the mission to pursue R and D aimed at long-term, profitable, and ecologically sound forestry. The institute is supported by the entire forestry industry and the government. One important field of research is human resources and work organisation.
Box 210, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
Principal functions and activities: The Institute of Environmental Medicine (IEM) at the Karolinska Institute is an interdisciplinary research organisation and an expert voice within the field of environmental medicine. In addition to its extensive research activities, IEM is also responsible for several teaching programmes and for investigations and analyses, pertaining to physical and chemical aspects of environmental medicine and health protection. IEM is a World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaboration Centre for environmental health effects. The scientific work at IEM is carried out within the following areas of interdisciplinary focus: air pollutants and lung disease; metals; dioxins and other halogenated pollutants; indoor environment; tumour diseases; cardiovascular diseases; genetics and the environment; mechanisms of cell killing and toxic cell injury, development of methods; and education and information.
Box 20133, S-104 60 Stockholm, Sweden
Principal functions and activities: Prevent is the Nordic countries' leading supplier of knowledge and training in the work environment field. We work for a healthy, safe and sound work life through the transfer of knowledge and methods to every workplace. Our principals are Svenskt Naringsliv (Confederation of Swedish Enterprise); LO (the Swedish Trade Union Confederation) and PTK (the Federation of Salaried Employees in Industry and Services)
Department of Environmental Technology and Work Science, S-10044, Stockholm, Sweden
Status: University department
Principal functions and activities: Conducts research into the main fields of environmental sciences: work science and environmental technology. The research will result in practical improvements of work environments and conditions. Especially addresses environmental analyses and development of strategies and techniques to minimise waste and emissions of contaminating substances.
see Swedish Council for Work Life Research
Box 2206, 103 15 Stockholm, Sweden.
Principal functions and activities: SACO is a confederation of 24 unions for professional personnel. Its total membership amounts is some 586,000 in both private and public sectors, all of whom have an academic education.
(TJäNSTEMäNNENS CENTRALORGANISATION) (TCO)
S-114 94 Stockholm, Sweden
Principal functions and activities: Represents about 1,200,000 white collar employees.
(FORSKNINGSRÄDET FÖR ARBETSLIV OCH SOCIALVETENSKAP (FAS)
Box 2220, SE-103 15 Stockholm, Sweden
Status: Swedish government agency
Principal functions and activities: To promote the accumulation of knowledge in matters relating to working life and the understanding of social conditions and processes through promotion and support of research and co-operation and dissemination of information.
(ARBETSMILJOVERKET)
Formerly National Swedish Board of Occupational Safety and Health (Arbetarskyddsstyrelsen)
Ekelundsvägen 16, SE-171 84 Solna, Sweden
Status: Central government authority.
Principal functions and activities: Issue ordinances and general recommendations for the implementation of legislation. Overall planning and co-ordination of the Labour Inspectorates activities. Compiling and distributing information about the working environment. Maintaining a work injury information system.