SwedenSverige och omvärlden 8 · Sweden and the wider world

What is the basic idea of the Schengen cooperation, which Sweden is part of?

In the exam (Swedish)

Vad är grundtanken med Schengensamarbetet, som Sverige är med i?

  1. aThat as a rule you should be able to travel between the countries without passport checks at the borderAtt man i regel ska kunna resa mellan länderna utan passkontroll vid gränsenCorrect answer
  2. bThat all the countries in the cooperation should have exactly the same taxes, wages and pensionsAtt alla länder i samarbetet ska ha exakt samma skatter, löner och pensioner
  3. cThat all the countries in the cooperation should have the same currency and the same central bankAtt alla länder i samarbetet ska ha samma valuta och samma centralbank
  4. dThat the countries should have a joint army that defends them against attackAtt länderna ska ha en gemensam armé som försvarar dem mot anfall

Why?

The Schengen countries have in principle removed passport checks at the borders between them. Instead they cooperate on checks at the external borders.

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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