The Regional State Administration

The regional state administrations have been established as the regional state authority that handles state tasks in areas where it is considered to be an advantage that administration and related contact between authorities and citizens are taken care of at the regional level.

The regional state administrations are five independent regional institutions that belong under the Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Interior as far as budget and organisation is concerned.

The regional state administrations take care of a number of tasks for: 

The Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Interior

General elections

Supervision of municipalities 

The Ministry for Health and Prevention

The psychiatric patients? complaints boards  

The Ministry of Justice 

The Department of Family Affairs

Adoption

Names

Separation and divorce

Child maintenance and spousal support

Access issues

Custody

Paternity

Marriage 

The Civil Affairs Agency

Guardianship

Tied-up funds  

The Ministry of Employment

Complaints regarding municipal decisions within the social sector

Secretariat for the regional development councils 

The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries

Secretariat for the agricultural planning commissions 

The Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs

Complaints regarding municipal decisions under the Building Act 

The Ministry of Taxation

Complaints regarding child allowance 

The Ministry for Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs

Residence permits for EU/EEA citizens

Residence permits for children adopted from abroad

Citizenship 

The Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs

Together with the bishop the director takes care of tasks that fall within the responsibility of the diocesan authorities.