Swedish Accident Investigation Authority

The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (Statens haverikommission, or SHK, in English formerly the Swedish Accident Investigation Board) is a Swedish government agency tasked with investigating all types of serious civil or military accidents that can occur on land, on the sea or in the air. Incidents are also to be investigated if there was a serious risk of an accident. Its headquarters are in Stockholm.

Directors General
Directors General:
 * 1978-07-01 – 1987-06-30: Göran Steen
 * 1987-07-01 – 1997-05-29: Olof Forssberg
 * 1997-05-30 – 1997-06-08: S-E Sigfridsson (acting)
 * 1997-06-09 – 2002-01-06: Ann-Louise Eksborg
 * 2002-01-07 – 2004-01-31: Lena Svenaeus
 * 2004-02-01 – 2004-05-31: Carin Hellner (acting)
 * 2004-04-01 – 2011-04-17: Åsa Kastman Heuman
 * 2011-04-18 – 2020-05-01: Hans Ytterberg
 * 2020-05-01 – present: John Ahlberk

Notable investigations

 * Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 (1991)
 * M/S Estonia (1994)
 * Falsterbo Swedish Coast Guard C-212 crash (2006)
 * MV Finnbirch (2006)
 * Norwegian Air Force C-130 crash (2012)
 * Saltsjöbanan train crash (2013)
 * West Air Sweden Flight 294 (2016)
 * Skydive Umeå Gippsland GA8 Airvan crash (2019)