The questions
56 questions
The questions
Every question in the compass
56 theses on Swedish politics, grouped by issue. Open any one to see where all parties stand — drawn from the 2026 manifestos.
01
Economy
Growth, tax levels, public spending, business climate.
- Income taxes for high earners should be lowered to encourage growth.
- The state should own the dominant electricity producers and grid operators.
- Sweden should reintroduce a wealth tax on individuals with assets above 50 million SEK.
- Corporate tax should be cut to attract international investment to Sweden.
- A statutory minimum wage should be introduced.
- Public spending should run a budget surplus over the economic cycle.
- The state should borrow more to fund infrastructure even if it raises debt.
02
Climate
Emissions targets, energy mix, biodiversity, transport.
- Sweden should reach net-zero emissions by 2040, not 2045.
- New nuclear power plants should be built to replace fossil capacity.
- A national meat tax should be introduced to reduce climate impact from agriculture.
- Onshore wind power should be expanded even where local councils object.
- Fuel and petrol taxes should rise to accelerate the transition off fossil fuels.
- Subsidies for electric vehicle purchases should be expanded.
- Stricter emissions limits should be imposed on Swedish agriculture.
03
Migration
Asylum, work permits, language requirements, integration.
- The annual cap on asylum seekers should be raised significantly above current levels.
- Citizenship should require passing a Swedish-language test at intermediate level.
- Permanent residence permits should replace temporary ones as the default.
- Family reunification rules should be tightened further.
- Sweden should restore an active labour-immigration pathway for skilled workers.
- Asylum seekers should have the right to work from day one of their application.
- Newly granted residents should not get priority access to public housing.
04
Defence
Military spending, NATO posture, civil defence.
- Defence spending should rise to at least 3% of GDP within five years.
- Military service should be extended to a full year for all young adults.
- Sweden should host permanent NATO bases on Swedish soil.
- Civil defence training should be reintroduced for all adults.
- Sweden should allow weapons exports to Ukraine without case-by-case restrictions.
- Sweden should accept hosting NATO nuclear weapons on Swedish soil.
- The intelligence services should be granted broader surveillance powers.
05
Law & order
Police, sentencing, gang violence, civil liberties.
- Sentences for serious gang-related crimes should be doubled.
- The police should be allowed broader use of secret data interception.
- Visitation zones (visitationszoner) where police can search without suspicion are acceptable.
- The age of criminal responsibility should be lowered from 15 to 14 for serious crimes.
- Sweden should expand high-security prison capacity significantly.
- Anonymous witness testimony should be allowed in gang-related trials.
- Police should be allowed to use real-time facial recognition in public spaces.
06
Welfare
Healthcare access, pensions, housing, family policy.
- Healthcare should be funded entirely by the state, with no private alternatives.
- The retirement age should rise in step with life expectancy.
- Rent regulation (hyresreglering) should be loosened to allow more market-driven rents.
- Profits in publicly funded elderly care should be capped.
- Universal child benefit (barnbidrag) should be raised significantly.
- Dental care should be fully integrated into the regular healthcare system.
- Sick-pay benefits should be raised so people can recover longer without financial pressure.
07
Education
Schools, universities, vocational training, for-profit schools.
- For-profit free schools (vinstdrivande friskolor) should be banned.
- Universities should be tuition-free for non-EU students as well.
- Mobile phones should be banned in compulsory school during school hours.
- Schools should be re-centralised under state ownership instead of municipal.
- Standardised national testing should be required at every grade level.
- Teacher salaries should be raised significantly even at the expense of class sizes.
- Religious schools (konfessionella friskolor) should be banned.
08
EU
EU integration, foreign aid, trade, multilateralism.
- Sweden should join the Euro within the next five years.
- Sweden should support a stronger common EU foreign and defence policy.
- Foreign aid budget should rise back to 1% of gross national income.
- Sweden should support EU enlargement to include Ukraine.
- The EU should build its own joint army.
- Sweden should rule out participating in any future EU joint debt.
- Sweden should formally recognise Palestine as a state.