SwedenSå här styrs Sverige 4 · How Sweden is governed
What can the Riksdag do if a majority of its members no longer have confidence in a minister?
In the exam (Swedish)
Vad kan riksdagen göra om en majoritet av ledamöterna inte längre har förtroende för en minister?
- aHold a referendum about the ministerOrdna en folkomröstning om ministern
- bLet a court decide whether the minister may stayLåta en domstol avgöra om ministern får stanna
- cAsk the King to remove the ministerBe kungen att avsätta ministern
- dVote on a declaration of no confidence in the ministerRösta om en misstroendeförklaring mot ministernCorrect answer
Why?
If more than half of all members of the Riksdag vote for a declaration of no confidence (misstroendeförklaring), the minister must, as a general rule, leave the government. It is one way for the Riksdag to control the government.
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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