SwedenPolitiska val och partier 15 · Elections and political parties
What is a minority government?
In the exam (Swedish)
Vad är en minoritetsregering?
- aA government that governs only part of the country and has left the rest to the regionsEn regering som bara styr en del av landet och har lämnat resten till regionerna
- bA government whose parties together have fewer than half of the seats in the RiksdagEn regering vars partier tillsammans har mindre än hälften av platserna i riksdagenCorrect answer
- cA government that consists of only one minister and one state secretaryEn regering som bara består av en enda minister och en statssekreterare
- dA government that may only make decisions about minority languages and national minoritiesEn regering som bara får fatta beslut om minoritetsspråk och nationella minoriteter
Why?
A minority government (minoritetsregering) does not have the support of its own majority in the Riksdag. It therefore often has to work with other parties to get its proposals passed.
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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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