SwedenSå här styrs Sverige 15 · How Sweden is governed
Where are the most important decisions in a municipality made?
In the exam (Swedish)
Var fattas de viktigaste besluten i en kommun?
- aIn the County Administrative BoardI länsstyrelsen
- bIn the governmentI regeringen
- cIn the municipal councilI kommunfullmäktigeCorrect answer
- dIn the regional councilI regionfullmäktige
Why?
The municipal council (kommunfullmäktige) is the highest decision-making assembly of the municipality. Its members are elected by the municipality's residents in general elections.
Translated with AI. In the exam the question is in Swedish, as shown above.
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A municipality has committees (nämnder). What is a committee?Correct answer:A group of politicians who are responsible for a certain area, such as schools
I en kommun finns nämnder. Vad är en nämnd? — En grupp politiker som ansvarar för ett visst område, som skolan
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How do most politicians in a municipality work?Correct answer:They have ordinary jobs and work with politics in their free time.
Hur arbetar de flesta politiker i en kommun? — De har vanliga jobb och arbetar med politik på fritiden.
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Who decides how high the municipal tax should be?Correct answer:The municipality's own politicians in the municipal council
Vem bestämmer hur hög skatten till kommunen ska vara? — Kommunens egna politiker i kommunfullmäktige
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The politicians in the Riksdag and the government make decisions. What is the task of the government agencies?Correct answer:To carry out the decisions in practice according to laws and rules
Politikerna i riksdag och regering fattar beslut. Vad är de statliga myndigheternas uppgift? — Att genomföra besluten i praktiken enligt lagar och regler
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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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