SwedenPolitiska val och partier 11 · Elections and political parties
What does the threshold (spärren) in the Riksdag election mean?
In the exam (Swedish)
Vad innebär spärren i riksdagsvalet?
- aA party may never get more than half of the seats in the Riksdag after an electionEtt parti får aldrig få mer än hälften av platserna i riksdagen efter ett val
- bA party must get a certain minimum share of the votes to get seats in the RiksdagEtt parti måste få en viss minsta andel av rösterna för att få platser i riksdagenCorrect answer
- cEach voter may only vote for a party that has existed for at least ten yearsVarje väljare får bara rösta på ett parti som har funnits i minst tio år
- dA person must have lived in Sweden for at least ten years to be allowed to vote in the electionEn person måste ha bott minst tio år i Sverige för att få rösta i valet
Why?
The threshold keeps very small parties out of the Riksdag. A party must get at least 4 percent of the votes in the whole country, or 12 percent in one constituency, to get seats.
Translated with AI. In the exam the question is in Swedish, as shown above.
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The Riksdag votes on the Speaker's proposal for Prime Minister. When is the proposal approved?Correct answer:If no more than half of all members of the Riksdag vote no
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Our own practice questions, written from the facts in UHR’s study material “Sverige i fokus” and the subjects of the ordinance (2026:451) on the citizenship test. They are not the real test questions, which are not published, and no text from the material is reused. Each question was written, answered blind and fact-checked in separate rounds. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Swedish. We are not affiliated with the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) or the Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket).
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