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Life – a user's manual Part II - Boksidan

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Well into the 1900s, the defense was still the state's largest expenditure item (chart 9), followed by social<br />

protection (social care + pensions) and education. In 2000, however, the defense swallowed no more than<br />

7% of the state budget (chart 10), while the social protection system was the incomparably largest<br />

expenditure item.<br />

Ministry of Trade<br />

2%<br />

Ministry of<br />

Agriculture<br />

5%<br />

Ecklesiastikdep.<br />

24%<br />

Goverments expenditures 1921-25<br />

Ministry of<br />

Pensions<br />

7%<br />

Justice.<br />

2% Ministry of<br />

Forregin Affairs<br />

1%<br />

Ministry of<br />

Defence<br />

28%<br />

Chart 9. The Swedish<br />

governements’ annual<br />

expences1921-25 (5-years<br />

average) according to Statistics<br />

Sweden (Historisk statistik för<br />

Sverige, statistiska<br />

översiktstabeller till och med<br />

1950, SCB, 1960, Stockholm).<br />

Ecklesiastikdep resembles<br />

approximatey to the office for<br />

education. It treated questions<br />

regarding education, the<br />

church, science, liberarys,<br />

culture nd museums. Among<br />

the cost for Ministry of<br />

Finance is hidden foremost the<br />

intrest on the national debt.<br />

Investments in infrastructure<br />

was payed out through the<br />

Ministry for transports.<br />

Ministry of<br />

Finance<br />

9%<br />

Ministry of<br />

Communications<br />

5%<br />

Ministry of<br />

Social Welfare<br />

17%<br />

Intrests<br />

13%<br />

Contributions<br />

to the counties<br />

14%<br />

Infrastructure<br />

6%<br />

Others<br />

5%<br />

Education and<br />

education<br />

support<br />

7%<br />

Governement expenditure 2000<br />

Administratio<br />

n<br />

2%<br />

Forregin<br />

Justice systemaffairs<br />

3% 3%<br />

Defence<br />

7%<br />

Social<br />

security<br />

40%<br />

Chart 10. The<br />

Swedish<br />

governement<br />

expenditure<br />

2000 (according<br />

to SCB 2005).<br />

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