2025-04-232024/25:SoU24 · p.2SoUHealth & social services
Conditions for Farm Sales
Conditions for on-farm sales of alcoholic beverages
What's at stake: The decision affects how much small-scale producers may sell and how much visitors may buy on each occasion, as well as whether a repeat visit to the same farm requires a paid experience every time. It concerns local producers who want to develop their visitor operations and consumers who want to buy locally produced alcohol.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is how strict the conditions for the new on-farm alcohol sales should be - including how low the volume limits for producers and consumers should be, whether a paid visitor experience should be required for every purchase, and whether the reform should be time-limited - or whether fewer restrictions should apply.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee shares the government's assessment that, for reasons of alcohol and public-health policy, it is justified to limit on-farm sales through a maximum production volume and a limit on how much a consumer may buy per occasion, in line with a normal purchase at the state alcohol retailer. The committee also shares the assessment that sales should be tied to a paid, educational visitor experience that includes information on the harms of alcohol, and that the new rules should be time-limited to six years so they can be evaluated and remain compatible with EU law. Against this background, the committee rejects the motions concerning the conditions for on-farm sales.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 3 (SD)
The reservation (SD) welcomes the proposal for on-farm sales but argues that the conditions should be less restrictive, including through higher volume limits for both producers and consumers, no requirement for a paid experience at every purchase, and no six-year time limit. The reasoning is that the proposed limits risk stifling growth and undermining the purpose of the reform, and that it is not reasonable, for example, for a neighbour buying a couple of bottles of wine to be forced to pay for an experience every time.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 3 by SD.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
What each plan points to — and how the party voted
For each party: the vote its own election manifesto and party programme point to in this case, next to how the party actually voted. A plan can only point to Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| Plan | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | Yes | Abstain 0/0/21/3 | departs from the plan | confidence: high | explicit |
| S | Yes | Yes 90/0/3/13 | follows the plan | confidence: low | not addressed |
| MP | Yes | Yes 14/0/1/3 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | derived |
| C | No | Abstain 0/0/20/4 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | derived |
| L | No | Yes 14/0/0/2 | departs from the plan | confidence: low | derived |
| KD | Yes | Yes 16/0/0/3 | follows the plan | confidence: high | derived |
| M | No | Yes 60/0/0/8 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| SD | No | No 0/62/0/10 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
Broke with the party line
| SAnna-Caren Sätherberg (S, Jämtlands län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SFredrik Lundh Sammeli (S, Norrbottens län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| SKalle Olsson (S, Jämtlands län) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
| MPUlrika Westerlund (MP, Stockholms kommun) | Abstain — party line: Yes |
MPs whose vote differs from their party's majority position in this division. Marked with a dark ring in the chamber view.
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions 2024/25:3319 by Leonid Yurkovskiy et al. (SD) demand 1 and 2024/25:3330 by Christofer Bergenblock et al. (C) demands 2-4.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2024/25:3319 av Leonid Yurkovskiy m.fl. (SD) yrkande 1 och 2024/25:3330 av Christofer Bergenblock m.fl. (C) yrkandena 2-4.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag approved the government's proposal which means that, for a limited period, a possibility shall be introduced to sell alcoholic beverages on a smaller scale at farm sales. The aim is to improve conditions for the local tourism industry. Certain restrictions are introduced to ensure that sales occur on a limited scale and that it is the visit rather than the sale that is in focus. Therefore, among other things, the following requirements are introduced: The alcoholic beverages shall be self-produced by small-scale independent producers. Farm sales may only take place to visitors who have participated in an educational event organized by the producer and paid for. Sales to each individual visitor may not exceed 0.7 liters of spirits, 3 liters of wine, 3 liters of strong beer and 3 liters of other fermented alcoholic beverages at the same visit. The legislative changes enter into force on 1 June 2025 and for six years onwards. Before the regulation is repealed, the reform should be evaluated.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants fewer restrictions on farm sales, with higher volume limits, no paid experience requirement, and no time limitation. (SD) — Reservation 3
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The party programme requires restrictive regulation of alcohol and highlights Systembolaget (the state alcohol monopoly) as an example of how joint ownership sets limits on private companies.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme requires restrictive regulation of alcohol and highlights Systembolaget (the state alcohol monopoly) as an example of how joint ownership sets limits on private companies. The counter-proposal's requirement for higher volume limits, abolished visitor arrangements and no time restriction means the opposite: less restrictive farm sales alongside the retail monopoly. The plan's alcohol policy line therefore speaks against the easing.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet kräver en restriktiv reglering av alkohol och lyfter Systembolaget som exemplet på hur gemensamt ägande sätter ramar för privata företag. Motförslagets krav på högre volymgränser, slopat besöksarrangemang och ingen tidsbegränsning innebär motsatsen: en mindre restriktiv gårdsförsäljning vid sidan av detaljhandelsmonopolet. Planens alkoholpolitiska linje talar därför emot lättnaderna.
- restrictive alcohol policydecisive»Vi vill se en restriktiv reglering av alkohol och tobak. Systembolaget« (party programme ↗)“We want to see restrictive regulation of alcohol and tobacco. Systembolaget”
- joint ownership sets limits»är ett bra exempel på hur vi genom gemensamt ägande kan ta ansvar« (party programme ↗)“is a good example of how through joint ownership we can take responsibility”
- public health perspective»Vården behöver ses som en del i det bredare arbetet med folkhälsa.« (party programme ↗)“Healthcare needs to be seen as part of the broader work on public health.”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
Neither the election manifesto nor the party programme addresses farm sales or how alcohol policy is designed.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
Neither the election manifesto nor the party programme addresses farm sales or how alcohol policy is designed. The closest-lying principle is that democracy has precedence over the market and that children and young people have the right to an upbringing free from drugs, which argues against easing volume limits and other restrictions on alcohol sales. The position is therefore derived from general principles and uncertain.
Original (Swedish)
Varken valmanifestet eller partiprogrammet behandlar gårdsförsäljning eller alkoholpolitikens utformning. Närmast liggande princip är att demokratin har företräde före marknaden och att barn och unga har rätt till en uppväxt fri från droger, vilket talar emot att lätta på volymgränser och andra restriktioner för alkoholförsäljning. Ställningstagandet är därför härlett ur allmänna principer och osäkert.
- upbringing free from drugsdecisive»en trygg uppväxt fri från droger och våld« (party programme ↗)“a safe upbringing free from drugs and violence”
- democracy's precedence»Demokratin har därför företräde före marknaden« (party programme ↗)“Democracy therefore has precedence over the market”
The party programme emphasizes that alcohol causes society enormous costs and affected individuals great suffering, wants to limit the spread of advertising and ban alcohol advertising, and establishes that what is too harmful shall be prohibited.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme emphasizes that alcohol causes society enormous costs and affected individuals great suffering, wants to limit the spread of advertising and ban alcohol advertising, and establishes that what is too harmful shall be prohibited. Raising volume limits and removing the requirement for a knowledge-raising visit arrangement therefore goes against the plan's restrictive alcohol policy.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet framhåller att alkohol orsakar samhället enorma kostnader och drabbade individer stort lidande, vill begränsa reklamens utbredning och förbjuda alkoholreklam, och slår fast att det som är alltför skadligt ska förbjudas. Att höja volymgränserna och ta bort kravet på ett kunskapshöjande besöksarrangemang går därför emot planens restriktiva alkoholpolitik.
- alcohol's social harmsdecisive»Alkohol och andra droger orsakar samhället« (party programme ↗)“Alcohol and other drugs cause society”
- harmful shall be restricted»det som är alltför skadligt ska förbjudas.« (party programme ↗)“what is too harmful shall be prohibited.”
- restrictive alcohol policy»liksom reklam för spel och alkohol.« (party programme ↗)“as well as advertising for games and alcohol.”
The plan requires that farm sales are allowed to strengthen the tourism industry and develop rural areas, and counts the reform among those that should raise rural competitiveness.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that farm sales are allowed to strengthen the tourism industry and develop rural areas, and counts the reform among those that should raise rural competitiveness. Conditions that sharply limit volumes and require a paid visitor arrangement at each purchase undermine that purpose and are the kind of bureaucracy the plan wants to eliminate. The plan's public health perspective points the other way, but the rural commitment weighs most heavily.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att gårdsförsäljning tillåts för att stärka besöksnäringen och utveckla landsbygden, och räknar reformen till dem som ska höja landsbygdens konkurrenskraft. Villkor som kraftigt begränsar volymer och kräver ett betalt besöksarrangemang vid varje köp motverkar det syftet och är sådan byråkrati planen vill rensa bort. Planens folkhälsoperspektiv talar åt andra hållet, men landsbygdsåtagandet väger tyngst.
- farm sales for the tourism industrydecisive»Det är orimligt att lokala producenter av alkoholhaltiga drycker inte kan sälja sina produkter till besökare. Tillåt gårdsförsäljning av alkohol för att stärka besöksnäringen och utveckla landsbygden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is unreasonable that local producers of alcoholic beverages cannot sell their products to visitors. Allow farm sales of alcohol to strengthen the tourism industry and develop rural areas.”
- rural competitiveness»Regelförenklingar, skattesänkningar, gårdsförsäljning av alkohol och ett mer tillväxtvänligt strandskydd är bara några av de reformer som måste komma på plats för att stärka landsbygdens konkurrenskraft och öka människors frihet och självbestämmande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Regulatory simplifications, tax cuts, farm sales of alcohol and a more growth-friendly shoreline protection are just some of the reforms that must be put in place to strengthen rural competitiveness and increase people's freedom and self-determination.”
- away with unnecessary rules»Vi ska rensa upp bland överflödiga regler och byråkrati.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall clean up unnecessary rules and bureaucracy.”
- public health consideration»Folkhälsoperspektivet måste genomsyra hela samhället för att ge resultat.« (party programme ↗)“The public health perspective must permeate the whole of society to produce results.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan explicitly wants to remove the requirement for food service for alcohol service and allow licensed shops as a complement to Systembolaget, thus easing precisely the kind of bundling requirements and volume limitations that the counter-proposal opposes.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan explicitly wants to remove the requirement for food service for alcohol service and allow licensed shops as a complement to Systembolaget, thus easing precisely the kind of bundling requirements and volume limitations that the counter-proposal opposes. At the same time, the plan establishes a restrictive alcohol policy and a maintained retail monopoly, which pulls in the opposite direction and makes the assessment uncertain.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill uttryckligen ta bort kravet på matservering för alkoholservering och tillåta licensbutiker som komplement till Systembolaget, alltså lätta på just den sortens kopplingskrav och volymbegränsningar som motförslaget vänder sig mot. Samtidigt slår planen fast en restriktiv alkoholpolitik och ett bevarat detaljhandelsmonopol, vilket drar åt motsatt håll och gör bedömningen osäker.
- eliminated bundling requirements in alcohol salesdecisive»Krav på matservering för alkoholservering på restaurang ska tas bort.« (party programme ↗)“The requirement for food service for alcohol service at restaurants shall be removed.”
- licensed shops under regulated forms»Licensbutiker ska, som komplement till Systembolaget och under reglerade former,« (party programme ↗)“Licensed shops shall, as a complement to Systembolaget and under regulated forms,”
- restrictive alcohol policy»Sverige ska ha en restriktiv alkoholpolitik.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden shall have a restrictive alcohol policy.”
- maintained retail monopoly»Systembolagets detaljhandelsmonopol ska behållas« (party programme ↗)“Systembolaget's retail monopoly shall be maintained”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan's alcohol policy explicitly aims to minimize alcohol harm through low total consumption, with active price policy, sales monopoly and restrictive legislation as means.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan's alcohol policy explicitly aims to minimize alcohol harm through low total consumption, with active price policy, sales monopoly and restrictive legislation as means. Loosening volume limits, removing the requirement for an educational visit and abolishing the time restriction goes directly against that line. The plan also points to alcohol's role in violent crime.
Original (Swedish)
Planens alkoholpolitik syftar uttryckligen till att minimera alkoholskador genom låg totalkonsumtion, med aktiv prispolitik, försäljningsmonopol och restriktiv lagstiftning som medel. Att luckra upp volymgränser, ta bort kravet på ett kunskapshöjande besöksarrangemang och slopa tidsbegränsningen går rakt emot den linjen. Planen pekar också på alkoholens roll i våldsbrottsligheten.
- low total alcohol consumptiondecisive»Det alkoholpolitiska arbetet ska syfta till att minimera« (party programme ↗)“The alcohol policy work must aim to minimize”
- restrictive alcohol legislation»aktiv prispolitik, försäljningsmonopol och en restriktiv lagstiftning, skapas förutsättningar för att minska« (party programme ↗)“active price policy, sales monopoly and restrictive legislation, conditions are created to reduce”
- prevention for children and young people»I det förebyggande arbetet ska insatser för barn och« (party programme ↗)“In the preventive work, measures for children and”
- alcohol's role in violent crime»Den övervägande delen av våldsbrottsligheten sker« (party programme ↗)“The vast majority of violent crime occurs”
The plan wants to open for direct sales from producer to consumer – explicitly for wild boar meat – and remove a third of companies' regulatory red tape and administrative costs.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to open for direct sales from producer to consumer – explicitly for wild boar meat – and remove a third of companies' regulatory red tape and administrative costs. The counter-proposal's demand for less restrictive conditions for farm sales, without requirements for paid experience at each purchase, is the same line: fewer burdens on small-scale food producers. The plan also wants to strengthen the food strategy and reduce the regulatory burden for agriculture.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill öppna för direktförsäljning från producent till konsument – uttryckligen för vildsvinskött – och ta bort en tredjedel av företagens regelkrångel och administrationskostnader. Motförslagets krav på mindre begränsande villkor för gårdsförsäljning, utan krav på betald upplevelse vid varje köp, är samma linje: färre pålagor på småskaliga livsmedelsproducenter. Planen vill också förstärka livsmedelsstrategin och minska regelbördan för lantbruket.
- direct sales from producerdecisive»Låta jägare sälja vildsvinskött direkt till konsumenter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Let hunters sell wild boar meat directly to consumers”
- reduced regulatory red tape»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove a third of companies' administrative costs and a third of regulatory red tape”
- fewer rules for agriculture»Minska antalet regler för jordbruket och korta handläggningstider för miljötillstånd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce the number of rules for agriculture and shorten processing times for environmental permits”
- strengthened food production»Förstärka livsmedelsstrategin« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen the food strategy”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan states that unnecessary rules where the cost to businesses does not match the benefit should be removed and wants to relieve small businesses' administrative burden.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan states that unnecessary rules where the cost to businesses does not match the benefit should be removed and wants to relieve small businesses' administrative burden. Requirements for paid tasting at every purchase and narrow volume limits are exactly such rules that burden small producers. Less restrictive conditions for farm sales are therefore in line with the plan, which however does not address alcohol policy.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att onödiga regler där kostnaden för företagen inte motsvarar nyttan ska tas bort och vill avlasta småföretagens administrativa börda. Krav på betald upplevelse vid varje köp och snäva volymgränser är just sådana regler som tynger små producenter. Mindre begränsande villkor för gårdsförsäljning ligger därför i linje med planen, som dock inte behandlar alkoholpolitiken.
- away with unnecessary rulesdecisive»För att få fler och växande företag är det viktigt att ta bort onödiga regler där kostnaderna för företagen inte motsvarar nyttan för samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To get more and growing businesses it is important to remove unnecessary rules where the costs to businesses do not match the benefit to society.”
- regulatory simplification for small business»Verka för regelförenkling och avlasta småföretagens administrativa börda« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work for regulatory simplification and relieve small businesses' administrative burden”
- promote business»Skapa förutsättningar för nyföretagande och entreprenörskap« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Create conditions for new business and entrepreneurship”
- strengthened agricultural sector»Öka det svenska jordbrukets konkurrenskraft och Sveriges självförsörjning av livsmedel« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase Swedish agriculture's competitiveness and Sweden's self-sufficiency in food”
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2024/25:SoU24)
- Committee report full text (HC01SoU24)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2024/25:3319 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:86 Bättre förutsättningar för besöksnäringen i fråga om småskalig produktion av alkoholdrycker av Leonid Yurkovskiy m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:3322 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:86 Bättre förutsättningar för besöksnäringen i fråga om småskalig produktion av alkoholdrycker av Karin Rågsjö m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2024/25:3327 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:86 Bättre förutsättningar för besöksnäringen i fråga om småskalig produktion av alkoholdrycker av Fredrik Lundh Sammeli m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2024/25:3330 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:86 Bättre förutsättningar för besöksnäringen i fråga om småskalig produktion av alkoholdrycker av Christofer Bergenblock m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2024/25:3331 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:86 Bättre förutsättningar för besöksnäringen i fråga om småskalig produktion av alkoholdrycker av Ulrika Westerlund m.fl. (MP)
- Proposition 2024/25:86 — Bättre förutsättningar för besöksnäringen i fråga om småskalig produktion av alkoholdrycker
Source: The Swedish Parliament