SwedenSveriges demokratiska system 14 · Sweden's democratic system
Sweden is a constitutional monarchy. What does that mean?
In the exam (Swedish)
Sverige är en konstitutionell monarki. Vad innebär det?
- aThe King governs the country and has the final say in all the government's decisionsKungen styr landet och har sista ordet i alla regeringens beslut
- bThe country has a king or queen as head of state, but without political powerLandet har en kung eller drottning som statschef men utan politisk maktCorrect answer
- cThe country has no head of state, only a prime minister who leads everythingLandet har ingen statschef, utan bara en statsminister som leder allt
- dThe king or queen is elected by the people in an election every four yearsKungen eller drottningen väljs av folket i ett val vart fjärde år
Why?
In a constitutional monarchy, the constitution decides what the monarch may do. In Sweden, political power is exercised by people elected by the voters, not by the King.
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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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