SwedenSå här styrs Sverige 17 · How Sweden is governed
How do most politicians in a municipality work?
In the exam (Swedish)
Hur arbetar de flesta politiker i en kommun?
- aThey are officials who applied for the position like an ordinary job.De är tjänstemän som har sökt uppdraget som ett vanligt jobb.
- bThey have ordinary jobs and work with politics in their free time.De har vanliga jobb och arbetar med politik på fritiden.Correct answer
- cThey are employed by the state and work with politics full time.De är anställda av staten och arbetar med politik på heltid.
- dThey are appointed by the government and may not have any other job.De är utsedda av regeringen och får inte ha något annat arbete.
Why?
Most municipal politicians are so-called spare-time politicians (fritidspolitiker). They have an ordinary job and do politics on the side.
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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