What is Statistics Sweden?
{{Infobox government agency |agency_name = Statistics Sweden |type = |nativename = Statistiska centralbyrån |nativename_a = |nativename_r = |logo = |logo_width = |logo_caption = |seal = |seal_width = |seal_caption = |picture = SCB Örebro.JPG |picture_width = |picture_caption = The office in Örebro |formed = 1858 |preceding1 = |preceding2 = <!-- (etc.) --> |dissolved = |superseding = |jurisdiction = |headquarters = [[Stockholm]] and [[Örebro]] |latd= |latm= |lats= |latNS= |longd= |longm= |longs= |longEW= |region_code = |coordinates = |employees = about 1,400 (2008)<ref name=ne /> |budget = |minister1_name = |minister1_pfo = |minister2_name = |minister2_pfo = <!-- (etc.) --> |chief1_name = Stefan Lundgren |chief1_position = director-general |chief2_name = |chief2_position = <!-- (etc.) --> |agency_type = |parent_department = [[Ministry of Finance (Sweden)|Ministry of Finance]] |parent_agency = |child1_agency = |child2_agency = <!-- (etc.) --> |keydocument1= <!-- (etc.) --> |website = [http://www.scb.se/en_/ www.scb.se/en] |footnotes = |map = |map_width = |map_caption = }} '''Statistics Sweden''' ({{lang-sv|Statistiska centralbyrån}}, '''{{lang|sv|SCB}}''') is the Swedish government [[agency]] that makes the official [[statistics]] for Sweden. National statistics in Sweden were first created in 1686 when the [[Church of Sweden]] was told to start keeping records on the [[population]]. Before the SBC, the Office of Tables (''{{lang|sv|Tabellverket}}''), was set up in 1749. The current name was changed in 1858. Since 2008, the agency had about 1,400 employees. The offices of the agency are in [[Stockholm]] and [[Örebro]].<ref name=ne /> Statistics Sweden prints the ''[[Journal of Official Statistics]]''. ==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name=ne>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Statistiska centralbyrån |encyclopedia=[[Nationalencyklopedin]] |url=http://www.ne.se/statistis