Incorrect population register data and coordination numbers

What happened

The Swedish National Audit Office has on several occasions reviewed the quality of the population register and the handling of coordination numbers. Errors in the population register are judged to open the way for welfare fraud and identity misuse.

Who reviewed

The Swedish National Audit Office (Riksrevisionen)

Criticism

Riksrevisionen found deficient controls when coordination numbers were assigned, weak follow-up of population register data, and that several agencies had relied on data without verified identity.

Outcome

A new act on coordination numbers (2022), stricter identification requirements at assignment, a population registration offence introduced in 2018 and tightened in 2023. An extended mandate for the Tax Agency to deregister incorrect data.

Agency's own reply

The Tax Agency has stated that it has strengthened its controls, expanded cooperation with the Police and the Migration Agency, and that more coordination numbers have been deregistered since 2022.

Updated 2026-07-08

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