FOI

Swedish Defence Research Agency ‒ FOI
Stockholm, Sweden

FOI is a Swedish government research institute focusing on defence and security. Its activities are organised under the following areas: CBRN defence and security, defence technology, defence analysis, research support and administration, and weapons, protection and security.

Contact details

Website:
https://www.foi.se/en/foi.html

Address:
Gullfossgatan 6, 164 40 Kista

Country:
Sweden

Sub-region:
Northern Europe

Areas of focus

Topics of research
Geographics of focus
Europe
Operating languages
English , Swedish

Organisation details

Business model
Government
Institutional affiliations
Government
Founded by
Founders: N/A
Founder gender: N/A
Leadership
Leader(s) (2025): N/A
Leader gender: N/A
Leader(s) (2024): N/A
Leader gender: N/A
Leader(s) (2023): Jens Mattsson
Leader gender: Male
Staff size
2021
FOI
 1,000
Sweden average
 65
Global average
 94

Organisational performance

Publications
2022
FOI
 27
Sweden average
 69
Global average
 49
2020
FOI
 110

Social

Likes (2023)
FOI
 3,708
Sweden average
 8,465
Global average
 26,974
Followers (2025)
FOI
 29,000
Sweden average
 15,991
Global average
 20,551
Followers (2024)
FOI
 29,000
Followers (2022)
FOI
 22,850
Subscribers (2025)
FOI
 1,250
Sweden average
 3,112
Global average
 7,746
Subscribers (2024)
FOI
 1,120
Subscribers (2023)
FOI
 708
Followers (2025)
FOI
 48,000
Sweden average
 16,037
Global average
 16,415
Followers (2024)
FOI
 40,000
Followers (2023)
FOI
 34,767

Data notes

Last updated: 11/03/2025
Rating of data accuracy (find out more) : OTT reviewed
Data sources consulted: Information supplied by organisation, Organisation´s website, Organisation's social media accounts
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