Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities

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| minister1_name = Parisa Liljestrand

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| chief1_name = Isak Reichel

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Swedish Agency for Support to Faith Communities ({{langx|sv|Myndigheten för stöd till trossamfund}}) is an agency that provides state aid to religious communities in Sweden.{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/stod-till-trossamfund-ses-over|title=Stöd till trossamfunden ses över|last=Nyheter|first=SVT|work=SVT Nyheter|access-date=2018-02-17|language=sv}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/olika-bidrag-till-trossamfund|title=Muslimska trossamfund missgynnas|last=Nyheter|first=SVT|work=SVT Nyheter|access-date=2018-02-17|language=sv}} The agency is set to be incorporated into Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society on 1 January 2026.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-24 |title=MUCF och SST ska bli en myndighet {{!}} MUCF |url=https://www.mucf.se/om-oss/aktuellt/mucf-och-sst-ska-bli-en-myndighet |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=www.mucf.se |language=sv}}

In 2011 the Reinfeldt Cabinet via the Minister for Public Administration, Stefan Attefall, announced that the state aid to was to increase from 50 million SEK to 60 million, in particular directed towards Islam and the orthodox church.{{Cite news|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=83&artikel=4683786|title=Kraftigt ökat stöd till svenska trossamfund - Nyheter (Ekot)|last=Radio|first=Sveriges|newspaper=Sveriges Radio |date=7 September 2011 |language=sv|access-date=2018-04-28}} In 2011, 22 faith communities qualified for state aid.

Some of the state aid was directed towards Jewish congregations to enable them to commission security installations to thwart antisemitic attacks. In 2015 this state aid was widened to include all faith communities, provided they qualified for state aid.{{Cite news|url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=96&artikel=6057019|title=Hotade samfund kan få säkerhetsbidrag - P4 Malmöhus|last=Radio|first=Sveriges|newspaper=Sveriges Radio |date=30 December 2014 |language=sv|access-date=2018-04-28}}

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|caption=State aid distributed by SST (10 SEK ~ 1 euro), 2009–2015{{cite book|title=Årsredovisning 2010|publisher=SST|page=19|url=http://www.myndighetensst.se/download/18.55746f3812e09a7e24480008586/1377188502660/%C3%85rsredovisning+2010.pdf|accessdate=18 February 2018}}{{cite book|title=Årsredovisning 2012|publisher=SST|location=Stockholm|page=21|url=http://www.myndighetensst.se/download/18.11165b2c13cf48416de1d39/1377188502834/%C3%85rsredovisning+2012.pdf}}{{cite book|title=Årsredovisning 2014|date=2015|publisher=SST|location=Stockholm|page=33|url=http://www.myndighetensst.se/download/18.1c75d82c14ba29bd60b1ebe9/1424418570333/%C3%85rsredovisning+2014.pdf|accessdate=18 February 2018}}{{cite book|title=Årsredovisning 2015 / SST|date=February 2015|page=40 (54)|url=http://www.myndighetensst.se/download/18.414c21df152e0b4bbb569da2/1455699816597/%C3%85rsredovisning+2015.pdf|accessdate=18 February 2018}}

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