Organisation

 

We have approximately 130 employees, most of them are lawyers and economists. 57 percent of the employees are women and 43 percent are men.

Director General and management group

The management group consists of the Director General and the heads of departments.

Director General

Dan Sjöblom

DG Coordination

The department supports the Director-General in strategic matters.

Chief Economist: Sten Nyberg
Assistant Chief Economist: Arvid Fredenberg
Responsible for international affairs: Monica Widegren
Responsible for merger coordination: Maria Ulfvensjö Baltatzis
Responsible for tip-off and complaints function: Peter Delden

Public Procurement Department

The department is responsible for monitoring the compliance with the Public Procurement Act and for guidance and information about public procurement.

Head of Department: Peter Lindblom

Competition Department 1

The department initiates investigations into alleged infringements of the Competition Act and the EC competition rules and handles notifications of concentrations between undertakings. The department is also responsible for the coordination of leniency applications.

Principal areas: building sector, food sector including non-durable goods and agriculture sector.

Head of Department: Anne Vadasz-Nilsson
Leniency co-ordinator: Charlotte Landström

Competition Department 2

The department initiates investigations into alleged infringements of the Competition Act and the EC competition rules and handles notifications of concentrations between undertakings. 

Principal areas: financial services, telecommunications, media and IT.

Head of Department: Gunnel Schön

Competition Department 3

The department initiates investigations into alleged infringements of the Competition Act and the EC competition rules and handles notifications of concentrations between undertakings.  

Principal areas: transport, energy, chemical-technical industry and pharmaceuticals.

Head of Department: Göran Karreskog

Competition Department 4

The department initiates investigations of competition between public and private sectors and handles notifications of concentrations between undertakings. The department also has special responsibility regarding the Transparency Act.

Principal areas: health care in the public sector.

Head of Department: Johan Hedelin

Legal Department

Represents the Authority in the courts and is responsible for legal analyses.

Head of Department: Charlotte Zackari

Communication and Research Department

The department has the overall responsibility for communication and research. 

Head of Department and Deputy Director General: Jan-Erik Ljusberg
Press Officer: Jimmy Dominius

Administrative Department

The department is responsible for the Authority’s overall planning process, personnel, budget and financial issues and IT co-ordination.

Head of Department: Kristina Geiger

Councils affiliated to the Competition Authority

Council for Competition Research

The Authority contributes to competition related research in the disciplines of economics and law. In this work we have support from an affiliated body, the Council for Competition Research.

Secretary of the Council for Competition Research: Josefin Nilsson

Council for Public Procurement

The Council is an important support for the Authority's efforts to exercise oversight of public procurement and provides a forum for the exchange of experience in terms of both general procurement issues as questions about the need for measures to support the development of an efficient public procurement.

Secretary of the Council for Public Procurement: Ann Fryksdahl