Swedish National Road Consulting AB (SweRoad) is a limited Company owned by the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications and administered by the Swedish Transport Administration. The business idea of SweRoad is to provide consulting services within the transport sectors, especially road, road safety and railways, to clients outside Sweden, by utilising the expertise available within authorities such as:

•  The Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communication

•  The Swedish Transport  Administration (Trafikverket)

• The Swedish Transport Agency (Transportstyrelsen

• The Swedish Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)

• Other authorities, institutions and organisations in the transport sector.

Due to the close ties with such Swedish authorities, institutions and organisations it is natural for SweRoad to work in close co-operation with road, railway and transport authorities in other countries.

Projects run by SweRoad usually include advisory services and technical assistance to Government agencies and local authorities.
 

SweRoad bases its services on the following concepts:

• Focusing on the needs of the client. Hence, projects are client-driven and based on the client’s full commitment.

• A multi-level approach is giving the best result in a change process. Changes in an institutional framework must be accompanied by supply of efficient tools, training of staff and dissemination of results to all concerned.

• Provide results that support sustainable development.

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In 2010 the Swedish Transport Administration was formed by merging the former Swedish Road Administration, the Swedish Railway Administration and parts of some other Swedish authorities. The new administration is responsible for the long-term planning and development of the national transport system for roads, railways, shipping and aviation according to the needs of the society. It is also the government authority responsible for construction and maintenance of state roads and railways in Sweden and for the supervision of government-subsidised municipal and private roads. It has the overall responsibility for road safety and environmental impacts of the road and railway traffic, public transport, adaptation to the needs of the disabled etc. The whole land transport system including inland waterways, locks and car ferries is thus the responsibility of – and is supervised and monitored by – one and the same government administration.

The Swedish Transport Agency's main tasks are  to issue regulations, licences and permits within the transport system, and supervision to ensure that the components of the system function as intended, with due consideration to safety, environment and health. Other tasks are work to ensure that goals of the transport politics are reached and to contribute to an internationally competitive and safe transport system with minimum impact on the environment. The Agency thus both develops and drafts rules and acts as an inspectorate checking that the rules are observed.