Vägverket

Vägverket, or the Swedish Road Administration, was a government agency in Sweden tasked with planning, constructing, operating, and maintaining the national road network. Its mandate covered road safety, traffic management information, and technical standards for road construction, as well as the administration of state-funded road investments. The agency acted under the Swedish government and collaborated with municipalities and counties to implement national transport policy on roads.

Vägverket functioned as the central authority for road matters, maintaining road maintenance fleets and traffic information systems and supporting research on road safety and efficiency. It oversaw long-term investment planning and coordinated with other transport authorities to ensure the road network met national goals.

In 2010, Vägverket was merged with Banverket to form Trafikverket, the Swedish Transport Administration. The new agency absorbed responsibilities for road and rail infrastructure to enable more integrated transport planning. The dissolution marked a major reorganization of Sweden’s transport authorities, while the road network remained a core area of Trafikverket’s remit.