Camera surveillance — abolishing the permit requirement and expanding monitoring powers for police and other authorities
What's at stake: The decision affects how easily authorities, municipalities and companies can install surveillance cameras in public spaces, and how well individuals' right to privacy is protected against increased monitoring.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether the permit requirement for camera surveillance should be abolished and monitoring powers expanded, or whether the current safeguards for personal privacy should remain unchanged.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee backs the government's proposal to remove the permit requirement for camera surveillance and expand law-enforcement authorities' ability to monitor more locations, since the current permit process is administratively burdensome and a new requirement to document the balancing-of-interests assessment is judged to give sufficient protection for personal privacy.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (V)
V considers that the government's bill goes too far and calls for the proposition to be rejected, arguing that fully abolishing the permit requirement and expanding monitoring powers poses significant risks to personal privacy without adequate legal safeguards or oversight mechanisms.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
V–
S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
SD–
YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: adopting the government's legislative proposal and rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 1 by V.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
Vown reservation
–
No 0/21/0/3
S
–
Yes 93/0/0/13
MP
–
Yes 14/0/0/4
C
–
Yes 19/0/0/5
L
–
Yes 14/0/0/2
KD
–
Yes 15/0/0/4
M
–
Yes 60/0/0/8
SD
–
Yes 62/0/0/10
Committee proposal
The Riksdag adopts the government's proposals for
1. an act on amendments to the Camera Surveillance Act (2018:1200),
2. an act on amendments to the act (2018:1693) on the police's processing of personal data within the criminal information act's scope,
3. an act on amendments to the act (2019:1182) on the Security Police's processing of personal data,
4. an act on amendments to the act (2023:196) on municipalities' responsibility for crime prevention work,
5. an act on amendments to the act (2023:474) on police powers in border-adjacent areas,
with the modification that
– the acts shall enter into force on 1 April 2025,
– the timing in point 2 of the entry into force and transitional provisions in the government's proposal for an act on amendments to the Camera Surveillance Act shall be the end of March 2025.
The Riksdag thereby partially grants proposition 2024/25:93 points 1–5 and rejects the motions
2024/25:3111 by Teresa Carvalho et al. (S) point 58 and
2024/25:3334 by Gudrun Nordborg et al. (V) points 1–3.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen antar regeringens förslag till
1. lag om ändring i kamerabevakningslagen (2018:1200),
2. lag om ändring i lagen (2018:1693) om polisens behandling av personuppgifter inom brottsdatalagens område,
3. lag om ändring i lagen (2019:1182) om Säkerhetspolisens behandling av personuppgifter,
4. lag om ändring i lagen (2023:196) om kommuners ansvar för brottsförebyggande arbete,
5. lag om ändring i lagen (2023:474) om polisiära befogenheter i gränsnära områden,
med den ändringen att
– lagarna ska träda i kraft den 1 april 2025,
– tidpunkten i punkt 2 ikraftträdande- och övergångsbestämmelserna i regeringens förslag till lag om ändring i kamerabevakningslagen ska vara utgången av mars 2025.
Därmed bifaller riksdagen delvis proposition 2024/25:93 punkterna 1-5 och avslår motionerna
2024/25:3111 av Teresa Carvalho m.fl. (S) yrkande 58 och
2024/25:3334 av Gudrun Nordborg m.fl. (V) yrkandena 1-3.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag approved the government's proposal, which among other things means expanded opportunities for camera surveillance. The proposal includes, among other things, removing the requirement for a permit for camera surveillance for all actors in public activities.
Furthermore, crime prevention authorities will have the opportunity to conduct camera surveillance at more locations than today. These authorities will also have better opportunities to conduct camera surveillance in urgent cases.
To enable the Police Authority and the Security Police to use automatic registration plate recognition technology (ANPR technology) throughout the country, a new exemption from the requirement to conduct an interest assessment in camera surveillance is also being introduced.
The new rules will enter into force on 1 April 2025.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants to maintain the permit requirement for camera surveillance and simplify the administrative procedures for permit applications. (V) — Reservation 1
Motion 2024/25:1004 — Tydlig information om lokal kameraövervaknings syfte av Rickard Nordin (C)
Motion 2024/25:3111 — Utgiftsområde 4 Rättsväsendet av Teresa Carvalho m.fl. (S)
Motion 2024/25:3334 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:93 Kamerabevakning i brottsbekämpning och annan offentlig verksamhet - utökade möjligheter och ett enklare förfarande av Gudrun Nordborg m.fl. (V)
Motion 2024/25:3338 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:93 Kamerabevakning i brottsbekämpning och annan offentlig verksamhet - utökade möjligheter och ett enklare förfarande av Ulrika Westerlund m.fl. (MP)
Motion 2024/25:3340 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:93 Kamerabevakning i brottsbekämpning och annan offentlig verksamhet - utökade möjligheter och ett enklare förfarande av Ulrika Liljeberg m.fl. (C)
Proposition 2024/25:93 — Kamerabevakning i brottsbekämpning och annan offentlig verksamhet - utökade möjligheter och ett enklare förfarande