SwedenPolitiska val och partier 13 · Elections and political parties

Who puts forward the proposal for who should become Prime Minister after an election?

In the exam (Swedish)

Vem lägger fram förslaget om vem som ska bli statsminister efter ett val?

  1. aThe Speaker of the RiksdagRiksdagens talmanCorrect answer
  2. bThe Election AuthorityValmyndigheten
  3. cThe KingKungen
  4. dThe largest trade unionDen största fackföreningen

Why?

The Speaker (talmannen) leads the work of the Riksdag. After talks with the party leaders, the Speaker proposes a Prime Minister, and the Riksdag then votes on the proposal.

Translated with AI. In the exam the question is in Swedish, as shown above.

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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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