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What is a proposal that the government submits to the Riksdag, for example about a new law, called?

In the exam (Swedish)

Vad kallas ett förslag som regeringen lämnar till riksdagen, till exempel om en ny lag?

  1. aMotion (motion)Motion
  2. bBill (proposition)PropositionCorrect answer
  3. cPublic notice (kungörelse)Kungörelse
  4. dInterpellation (interpellation)Interpellation

Why?

The government's proposals to the Riksdag are called propositions (government bills), and the Riksdag then votes on them. Proposals made by members of the Riksdag are instead called motions (motioner).

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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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