The National Board of Appeal for Student Aid               

The National Board of Appeal for Student Aid is a central government agency that upon appeal, reviews decisions made by CSN, which is the national authority that handle the Swedish financial aid for students;( i.e. loans and grants for studies and the recruitment grant).

The Board is also empowered to review certain decisions concerning grants for “short time studies” administred by LO, TCO, Sisus and the Sami parliament.

There is no appeal against a decision of the Board of Appeals.

The Board

The Board of Appeals comprises a Chair and a Deputy Chair. There is also six other members, one of them is the director of the board. The Chair and the Deputy Chair are to be active or former full judges. At least two of the other members are to be lawyers. The Chair and the other members of the Board are appointed by the Swedish Government.

The Board of Appeals meets at least once a month. Furthermore, the Chair and the director of the board has the right to decide certain matters by delegation.

In 2005 the Board dealt with approximately 5 500 matters.

The office of the Board of Appeals which is located in Härnösand has 15 members of staff.

The National Board of Appeal for Student Aid
(Överklagandenämnden för studiestöd)
Visitingadress: Backgränd 9

Shippingadress: Box 110
SE-871 23 Härnösand
Sweden
Tel:  +46 611 34 75 00
Fax: +46 611 34 75 70
E-mail: registrator@oks.se