Rättsmedicinalverket

What Rättsmedicinalverket does

Rättsmedicinalverket (RMV) is a Swedish government agency (statlig myndighet) operating under the Ministry of Justice that delivers forensic medical services to the country's judicial system. The agency operates through four interconnected service lines: Rättsgenetik (forensic genetics, including DNA analysis, kinship investigations, and disaster victim identification), Rättskemi (forensic chemistry, including toxicology of blood, urine, and hair), Rättsmedicin (forensic medicine, including autopsies, forensic odontology, and medical age assessments), and Rättspsykiatri (forensic psychiatry, including Section 7 examinations, full forensic psychiatric assessments, and risk evaluations). A fifth output, Rättsintyg (forensic certificates), documents findings across all four service lines. RMV employs approximately 600 staff across 65 different professional roles, distributed across six forensic medicine units (Stockholm, Uppsala, Linköping, Lund, Göteborg, Umeå) and two forensic psychiatry examination units (Stockholm, Göteborg), with a contracted unit in Umeå. The agency performs approximately 5,000 forensic medical autopsies annually (about half of all such autopsies in Sweden) and around 500 forensic psychiatric examinations per year.

The agency's technology stack is anchored in proprietary forensic methods. The FORCE (Forensic Research Consortium for Enhancement) DNA method, co-developed by RMV and validated through an international consortium of 15 laboratories including the FBI and Australian Federal Police, expands usable DNA markers from approximately 100 to 5,500, enabling analysis of small or degraded samples. RMV's research on FoVOx, FoVOx2, and FoVOx-P risk assessment instruments — developed in collaboration with Karolinska Institutet and Oxford University — provides recidivism risk prediction for patients discharged from forensic psychiatric care. RMV also maintains a national forensic database covering all autopsy cases performed in Sweden since 1991, providing longitudinal reference data for toxicology and population genetics research. Forensic geneticist Andreas Tillmar leads work on biostatistical computation in forensics, and the agency contributes roughly one-fifth of Sweden's tissue donations for transplantation.

RMV's business model is a government appropriations model with no commercial pricing: services are commissioned by and free at point of use to authorized Swedish public bodies — police (Polismyndigheten), prosecutors (Åklagarmyndigheten), courts, Kriminalvården (prison and probation), healthcare providers, social services, Migrationsverket (migration agency), and Tull och Kustbevakning (customs and coast guard). The agency received a formal government research mandate effective 1 July 2020, which was evaluated positively for the 2021–2024 period. RMV processes data in compliance with GDPR and the Swedish Criminal Data Act (2018:1177), and participates in Interpol's Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) program. An in-housing and expansion of the internal IT unit, which has more than doubled since 2016, signals a shift toward owning digital infrastructure rather than outsourcing it.

Name

Rättsmedicinalverket

Legal name

Rättsmedicinalverket

Website

https://rmv.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Rättsmedicinalverket is a Swedish government agency under the Ministry of Justice providing forensic medical services — including DNA analysis, toxicology, pathology, and forensic psychiatry — to police, prosecutors, courts, and other state commissioning clients across Sweden.

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Product category

Forensic Medicine Services

NAICS

Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922), Investigation and Security Services (5616)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Forensic & Correctional Behavioral Health Services (HLAFACAM)

Keywords

• Forensic medicine services
• Forensic DNA analysis
• Forensic toxicology testing
• Forensic psychiatry examinations
• Forensic autopsy services

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockholm

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: As a Swedish government agency, Rättsmedicinalverket is funded through government appropriations. Services are provided free at point of use to authorized judicial and governmental commissioning clients including police, prosecutors, courts, criminal care institutions, healthcare providers, and social services.

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Core offering

Rättsmedicinalverket (RMV) is the Swedish National Board of Forensic Medicine, a government agency providing forensic medical services to the justice system. It delivers forensic genetics (DNA analysis, kinship testing, identification), forensic chemistry (toxicology, drug and alcohol testing), forensic medicine (autopsies, forensic pathology, medical age assessments, forensic odontology), and forensic psychiatry (court-ordered psychiatric examinations and risk assessments). Services are commissioned by police, prosecutors, courts, criminal care, healthcare, social services, and the Swedish Migration Agency.

Product overview

Rättsmedicinalverket (National Board of Forensic Medicine) is a Swedish government expert agency serving the judicial system. The organization operates as a unified platform providing four interconnected forensic services: Rättsgenetik (Forensic Genetics) for DNA analysis and identification, Rättskemi (Forensic Chemistry) for toxicology and substance analysis, Rättsmedicin (Forensic Medicine) for autopsies and forensic pathology, and Rättspsykiatri (Forensic Psychiatry) for criminal psychiatric assessments. Rättsintyg (Forensic Certificates) serves as the documentation output mechanism across all services. The agency provides impartial analyses and assessments to support police, prosecutors, and courts in criminal investigations, operating approximately 600 employees across six locations in Sweden.

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Products and services

• Rättsgenetik (Forensic Genetics) Forensic genetics services including DNA analysis, paternity and kinship investigations, twin analysis, identification of deceased persons, biometrics for crime prevention, and disaster victim identification (DVI). Services are provided to police, prosecutors, courts, migration authorities, and private individuals.
• Rättskemi (Forensic Chemistry) Forensic chemistry services analyzing blood, urine, and hair samples for alcohol, drugs, and pharmaceutical substances. Includes toxicology assessments, poisoning death investigations, and reference lists for interpreting concentrations in bodies.
• Rättsmedicin (Forensic Medicine) Forensic medicine services including autopsies, forensic medical certificates, forensic odontology, identification of deceased persons, medical age assessments, tissue donation, and disaster victim identification (DVI). About 5,130 forensic medical autopsies were performed in 2025.
• Rättspsykiatri (Forensic Psychiatry) Forensic psychiatry services including Section 7 examinations, forensic psychiatric examinations, risk assessments, and psychopathology evaluations conducted on behalf of courts. Approximately 500 forensic psychiatric examinations are conducted annually.
• Rättsintyg (Forensic Certificates) Forensic medical certificates documenting injuries and medical findings for use in legal proceedings, serving police, prosecutors, courts, healthcare providers, and social services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 5,000 forensic medical autopsies performed annually in Sweden, with RMV conducting about half
• +3 more outcomes

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• International Forensic Research Consortium (FBI, Australian Federal Police, European laboratories)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRMV led an international collaboration between the world's leading forensic genetic laboratories in Europe, USA, and Australia, including the FBI and Australian Federal Police. The FORCE method was tested and further developed through this partnership. The results were published in Forensic Science International: Genetics journal. 15 forensic genetics laboratories from different parts of the world collaborated to jointly evaluate, compare, and further develop new methods.
• Karolinska InstitutetcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearchers at RMV collaborated with Karolinska Institutet along with Oxford University to study the FoVOx risk assessment instrument and develop updated versions (FoVOx2 and FoVOx-P) with better accuracy for predicting recidivism in violent crime after discharge from forensic psychiatric care.
• Oxford UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOxford University researchers Amir Sariaslan and Professor Seena Fazel collaborated with RMV and Karolinska Institutet to evaluate and update the FoVOx risk assessment instrument for forensic psychiatric care. The study was conducted as a registry study of persons sentenced to forensic psychiatric care in Sweden.
• InterpolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRMV participates in Interpol's Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) program, following Interpol guidelines for identification in major incidents with multiple casualties. International conferences are held annually where experts from many countries discuss DVI events and methods used. Dental information from unidentified bodies can be searched against Interpol's database of missing persons.
• Swedish Universities and Research InstitutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRMV maintains active research collaborations with Swedish universities, including population genetics studies in northern Sweden. Andreas Tillmar has conducted research on DNA variations in Norrland regions, collaborating with historians to map population genetics and historical migration patterns affecting DNA variant distributions.

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Others

• Eurojust / Europol: EU-level judicial and law-enforcement cooperation bodies that increasingly drive cross-border forensic standards and case workload affecting national forensic medicine agencies like RMV.
• INTERPOL – Disaster Victim Identification: INTERPOL hosts the global DVI framework that RMV participates in, coordinating cross-border victim identification protocols — an ecosystem partner rather than competitor.

Direct peers

• Norwegian Institute of Public Health / Oslo University Hospital Forensic Department: Norway provides comparable national forensic medicine and toxicology services through Oslo University Hospital, sharing Scandinavian regulatory and case-mix characteristics with RMV; relevant peer given geographic and institutional proximity.
• Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI): NFI is the Netherlands' national forensic science agency, providing impartial forensic investigation services (DNA, toxicology, pathology, digital forensics) to police, prosecutors, and the courts — the closest structural analogue to RMV in another European jurisdiction.
• Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM): VIFM is Australia's leading forensic medicine institute covering forensic pathology, clinical forensic medicine, and toxicology, operating as an independent statutory authority serving justice agencies — a direct international peer to RMV in scope and statutory model.
• Institut de Recherche Criminelle de la Gendarmerie Nationale (IRCGN): IRCGN is France's central forensic and criminal research institute under the National Gendarmerie, providing DNA, toxicology, ballistics, and post-mortem analysis to law enforcement and courts — a direct peer in national forensic medicine service delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) – Forensic Sciences: Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office includes a substantial forensic sciences division covering DNA, IT forensics, and toxicology — overlapping capabilities but embedded in a broader federal law-enforcement portfolio rather than a standalone impartial authority.
• Australian Federal Police – Forensic Services: AFP forensic services contributed to the international FORCE DNA consortium alongside RMV; broader federal law-enforcement mandate but overlapping scientific capability in DNA and toxicology.
• FBI Laboratory Division: The FBI Laboratory is one of the world's largest and most advanced forensic service providers in DNA, trace evidence, and digital forensics; an international heavyweight that collaborated with RMV on FORCE DNA validation.

Emerging players

• Karolinska Institutet – Department of Neuroscience / Forensic Psychiatry Research: Karolinska Institutet co-developed the FoVOx risk assessment instruments with RMV and conducts academic forensic psychiatric and genetic research — a research-oriented adjacent peer rather than a service-delivery competitor.

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