Swedish Equality Ombudsman (Diskrimineringsombudsmannen, DO)

As part of its mandate, the Swedish Equality Ombudsman conducts supervision to ensure that the Discrimination Act is complied with. A core aspect of the Equality Ombudsman's work is to intervene to ensure that individuals subjected to discrimination obtain redress. The Equality Ombudsman do this by, for example, receiving and investigating complaints. An investigations can lead to the Equality Ombudsman requesting discrimination compensation, entering into settlements or taking proceedings to court.
Country Sweden
Entity type
Public authority
Victim groups supported
Racial or ethnic origin or nationality
Religion or belief
LGBTI
Disability or health condition
Other (sex, age, poverty etc)
Women/girls
Sexual orientation
Organization location
POINT (18.0192 59.36383)
Organization address
Diskrimineringsombudsmannen Råsundavägen 18 169 67 Solna SWEDEN
Organization Web site URL
https://www.do.se/choose-language/english
Hotline/telephone line - email contact details
E-Mail: do@do.se Tel.:+468 120 20 700