2025-02-262024/25:JuU9 · p.2JuUJustice
An opportunity to provide information on own initiative
School principals' duty to proactively share information with law-enforcement authorities
What's at stake: An obligation gives law enforcement access to more information about pupils, guardians and others, but principals risk being placed in a difficult, resource-intensive position where it is unclear whether they have shared enough, or too much.
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 school principals, like government agencies, municipalities and regions, should be obliged to share information with law-enforcement authorities on their own initiative when it is needed for law-enforcement purposes, or whether principals should instead be given a discretionary option rather than an obligation to do so.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee rejects the motions to replace principals' obligation to share information on their own initiative with a discretionary option, and maintains that the obligation should extend to school principals as well.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 2 (S)
The reservation considers the duty to share information on one's own initiative suitable for government agencies but unsuitable for school principals, who risk a difficult and resource-intensive sorting task, and wants the obligation for principals replaced with a discretionary option instead.
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 2 by S.
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 | No | Abstain 1/0/18/5 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| S | Yes | No 0/93/0/13 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | derived |
| MP | No | Abstain 0/0/15/3 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | No | Abstain 0/0/21/3 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| L | Yes | Yes 12/0/0/4 | follows the plan | confidence: high | explicit |
| KD | Yes | Yes 15/0/0/4 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | derived |
| M | Yes | Yes 60/0/0/8 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | derived |
| SD | Yes | Yes 63/0/0/9 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | derived |
Broke with the party line
| VCiczie Weidby (V, Jönköpings län) | Yes — party line: Abstain |
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 2024/25:3284 by Teresa Carvalho et al. (S) proposal 1, 2024/25:3293 by Rasmus Ling et al. (MP) proposal 1 and 2024/25:3295 by Ulrika Liljeberg et al. (C).
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2024/25:3284 av Teresa Carvalho m.fl. (S) yrkande 1, 2024/25:3293 av Rasmus Ling m.fl. (MP) yrkande 1 och 2024/25:3295 av Ulrika Liljeberg m.fl. (C).
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag approved the government's proposal for a new law that means municipalities, regions, schools and a number of government agencies, without obstruction by confidentiality, shall provide certain information to the Police Authority and other crime prevention authorities. This obligation means that information shall be provided upon request but also that information shall be provided on own initiative. The Riksdag also approved the government's proposal that means social services and healthcare shall have greater opportunities to provide information that is relevant for crime prevention. The proposed rules give the crime prevention authorities improved opportunities to access information held by other actors about, for example, committed crimes, suspected criminal schemes and individuals with connections to crime. This provides them better conditions to prevent and combat crime as well as to prevent children and young people from becoming involved in crime. The new law and amendments to existing laws enter into force on 1 April 2025.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants to replace the proposed duty for school rectors to proactively share information with law enforcement. (S) — Reservation 2
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 plan states that everyone has a right to protection of their personal integrity and that the path to low crime goes through stable contexts, not through repression.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan states that everyone has a right to protection of their personal integrity and that the path to low crime goes through stable contexts, not through repression. Allowing school principals the option rather than obligation to report suspicions preserves the school's trusting relationships and prevents teachers and principals from being transformed into administrators, which the election manifesto criticizes. The plan wants to see a school with a broad mission to support each child.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att alla har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet och att vägen till låg brottslighet går genom stabila sammanhang, inte genom repression. Att göra rektorers uppgiftslämnande till en möjlighet i stället för en skyldighet bevarar skolans förtroendefulla relationer och undviker att lärare och rektorer förvandlas till administratörer, vilket valplattformen kritiserar. Planen vill se en skola med ett brett uppdrag att stödja varje barn.
- protection of personal integritydecisive»har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“has a right to protection of their personal integrity.”
- prevention over repression»Vägen till ett samhälle med låg brottslighet går genom en genomtänkt« (party programme ↗)“The path to a society with low crime goes through a well-thought-out”
- against administrative burden»Läkare och sjuksköterskor, undersköterskor, lärare och socialsekreterare, alla som behövs i välfärden, förvandlas till administratörer« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Doctors and nurses, nursing assistants, teachers and social workers, everyone needed in welfare, are transformed into administrators”
- the school's task is education»Vi vill se en skola med ett brett uppdrag« (party programme ↗)“We want to see a school with a broad mission”
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 decisive commitment is to tear down confidentiality barriers between authorities so that police and other professionals can do their jobs, and to increase cooperation between police, student health, social services and school to stop recruitment into crime.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan's decisive commitment is to tear down confidentiality barriers between authorities so that police and other professionals can do their jobs, and to increase cooperation between police, student health, social services and school to stop recruitment into crime. Replacing principals' obligation with a voluntary option would weaken that information flow. Principals are not explicitly mentioned, so the position is derived.
Original (Swedish)
Planens avgörande åtagande är att sekretesshinder mellan myndigheter ska rivas så att polisen och andra yrkesgrupper kan göra sitt jobb, och att samarbetet mellan polis, elevhälsa, socialtjänst och skola ska öka för att stoppa nyrekryteringen till kriminalitet. Att byta rektorernas skyldighet mot en frivillig möjlighet skulle svaga just det informationsflödet. Rektorer nämns inte uttryckligen, så ställningstagandet är härlett.
- tear down confidentiality barriersdecisive»Sekretesshinder mellan myndigheter ska rivas så att polisen och andra yrkesgrupper kan göra sitt jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Confidentiality barriers between authorities must be torn down so that police and other professionals can do their jobs.”
- police and school cooperation»Det behövs mer samarbete mellan polis, elevhälsa, socialtjänst och skola.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More cooperation is needed between police, student health, social services and school.”
- stop recruitment into crime»Ingen ung ska bli kriminell. Nyrekryteringen måste stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“No young person should become criminal. Recruitment into crime must be stopped.”
- personal integrity as a limit»Det är samhällets absoluta skyldighet att skydda friheten och den personliga integriteten« (party programme ↗)“It is society's absolute duty to protect freedom and personal integrity”
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 election manifesto wants to ease confidentiality between school, social services and police in preventive work, that is to open a possibility to share information – not impose a general duty on principals.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto wants to ease confidentiality between school, social services and police in preventive work, that is to open a possibility to share information – not impose a general duty on principals. The plan at the same time opposes disproportionate inroads into integrity, wants school to be characterized by trusting relationships and that politics does not detail-direct school's professions. Replacing principals' duty with a possibility is therefore in line with the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet vill lätta på sekretessen mellan skola, socialtjänst och polis i det förebyggande arbetet, det vill säga öppna en möjlighet att dela uppgifter – inte lägga en generell plikt på rektorer. Planen motsätter sig samtidigt oproportionerliga ingrepp i integriteten, vill att skolan präglas av förtroendefulla relationer och att politiken inte detaljstyr skolans professioner. Att ersätta rektorers skyldighet med en möjlighet ligger därför i linje med planen.
- possibility for cooperation, not dutydecisive»lätta på sekretessen mellan områdespoliser, skola, socialtjänst och stärka samarbetet med civilsamhälle så att inga barn faller mellan stolarna i det förebyggande arbetet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“ease confidentiality between area police, school, social services and strengthen cooperation with civil society so that no child falls between the cracks in preventive work.”
- trusting relationships in school»Skolan ska präglas av förtroendefulla relationer« (party programme ↗)“School shall be characterized by trusting relationships”
- no disproportionate inroads»alla lagar som innebär oproportionerliga ingrepp i« (party programme ↗)“all laws that mean disproportionate inroads into”
- no detail-direction of school staff»detaljstyra och kontrollera pedagogen i dennes« (party programme ↗)“detail-direct and control the educator in his”
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 party programme requires that legislation be tested against its impact on personal integrity and that the restriction is proportionate to its purpose, and the election manifesto defends the individual's rights against the state.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme requires that legislation be tested against its impact on personal integrity and that the restriction is proportionate to its purpose, and the election manifesto defends the individual's rights against the state. The plan simultaneously puts the school's core mission and students' safety first, which argues against placing a difficult-to-assess duty on headmasters. That the duty is replaced with a possibility thus aligns with the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet kräver att lagstiftning prövas mot dess påverkan på den personliga integriteten och att inskränkningen står i proportion till syftet, och valmanifestet försvarar individens rättigheter gentemot staten. Planen sätter samtidigt skolans kärnuppdrag och elevernas trygghet främst, vilket talar mot att lägga en svårbedömd uppgiftsskyldighet på rektorer. Att skyldigheten ersätts med en möjlighet ligger därför i linje med planen.
- proportionality against integrityweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet. Det måste finnas en proportionalitet mellan lagstiftningens inskränkning av medborgarnas integritet och lagarnas syfte.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be tested against its impact on people's personal integrity. There must be proportionality between the legislation's restriction of citizens' integrity and the laws' purpose.”
- school's core missiondecisive»Att förbättra skolresultaten måste vara en huvudprioritering. Det vill vi åstadkomma med bättre stöd och fortbildning för lärare och rektorer, och rätt stöd till alla elever.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Improving school results must be a main priority. We want to achieve this with better support and professional development for teachers and headmasters, and right support for all students.”
- safe school and student wellbeing»Skolan ska vara en trygg plats — fri från rasism, homofobi och trakasserier grundade på kön — där barn kan växa och utvecklas. En bättre elevhälsa är en förutsättning för det.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“School shall be a safe place — free from racism, homophobia and harassment based on gender — where children can grow and develop. Better student wellbeing is a prerequisite for that.”
- individual's rights against state»Rättsstaten och individens rättigheter gentemot staten måste försvaras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The rule of law and the individual's rights against the state must be defended.”
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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 election manifesto requires that the main rule becomes that schools always file police reports and reports of concern in case of suspected criminal activity, precisely so that police and social services always gain knowledge of children who are on the wrong path.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto requires that the main rule becomes that schools always file police reports and reports of concern in case of suspected criminal activity, precisely so that police and social services always gain knowledge of children who are on the wrong path. Exchanging rectors' obligation for a possibility goes directly against this commitment. The plan's desire to relieve teachers supports the counter-proposal's workload argument, but does not override the main rule on reporting.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet kräver att huvudregeln blir att skolan alltid gör polisanmälan och orosanmälan vid misstänkt brottslighet, just för att polis och socialtjänst alltid ska få kännedom om barn som är på fel väg. Att byta rektorernas skyldighet mot en möjlighet går rakt emot detta åtagande. Planens vilja att avlasta lärare talar för motförslagets arbetsbördeargument, men bär inte över huvudregeln om anmälan.
- schools shall always reportdecisive»ska huvudregeln bli att skolan alltid gör polisanmälan och orosanmälan vid misstänkt brottslighet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“the main rule shall be that schools always file police reports and reports of concern in case of suspected criminal activity.”
- schools prevent crime»Stoppa kriminaliteten redan i klassrummen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop crime already in the classroom.”
- information sharing as a main rule»Polis och socialtjänst ska som huvudregel alltid kunna utbyta information sinsemellan och ska oftare dela lokaler.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Police and social services shall as a main rule always be able to exchange information with each other and shall more often share facilities.”
- relieved teachers»Lärare ska avlastas för att kunna vara just lärare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Teachers shall be relieved to be able to be just teachers”
The election manifesto requires a complete review of secrecy regulations so that authorities can share information to prevent and solve crimes, and the party programme requires the school, social services and police to have close cooperation to early prevent criminality among children and young people.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto requires a complete review of secrecy regulations so that authorities can share information to prevent and solve crimes, and the party programme requires the school, social services and police to have close cooperation to early prevent criminality among children and young people. To replace the principal's obligation to provide information with a voluntary option goes in the opposite direction and would weaken the information flow. The plan therefore speaks against the counter-proposal's requirement.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet kräver en total översyn av sekretessreglerna så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter för att förebygga och klara upp brott, och partiprogrammet ålägger skolan, socialtjänsten och polisen nära samverkan för att tidigt hindra kriminalitet hos barn och unga. Att byta rektorers skyldighet att lämna uppgifter mot en frivillig möjlighet går i motsatt riktning och skulle svaga informationsflödet. Planen talar därför emot motförslagets krav.
- information sharing against crimedecisive»Total översyn av sekretessreglerna, så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Complete review of secrecy regulations, so that authorities can share information between them to prevent and solve crimes.”
- cooperation school, police, social services»ska ha en nära samverkan med varandra för att på ett« (party programme ↗)“shall have close cooperation with each other to on a”
- all crimes shall be prosecuted»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be effectively and without exception prosecuted”
- increased detection risk»en ökad upptäcktsrisk för förövarna är viktigt« (party programme ↗)“an increased detection risk for perpetrators is important”
The plan commits to removing all secrecy obstacles between social services and the police and to breaking criminal careers in youth early within the framework of the largest crime prevention reform package in modern times.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan commits to removing all secrecy obstacles between social services and the police and to breaking criminal careers in youth early within the framework of the largest crime prevention reform package in modern times. Making school principals' duty to report information voluntary instead of mandatory goes in the opposite direction and risks precisely the information gaps the plan wants to close. The plan's desire to reduce school administration does not outweigh this.
Original (Swedish)
Planen åtar sig att undanröja alla sekretesshinder mellan socialtjänst och polis och att tidigt bryta unga kriminella karriärer inom ramen för det största brottsförebyggande reformpaketet i modern tid. Att göra rektorers uppgiftslämnande frivilligt i stället för obligatoriskt går i motsatt riktning och riskerar just de informationsluckor planen vill stänga. Planens vilja att minska skolans administration väger inte upp detta.
- no secrecy obstaclesdecisive»Undanröja alla sekretesshinder mellan socialtjänst och polis« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove all secrecy obstacles between social services and the police”
- early stop for criminal careers»Ta bort sekretesshindren mellan polis och socialtjänst samt inrätta ett nationellt no entry-program för unga i riskzonen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove the secrecy obstacles between police and social services and establish a national no entry programme for young people at risk”
- crime prevention is prioritized»Moderaterna vill därför genomföra det största brottsförebyggande reformpaketet i modern tid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderate Party therefore wants to implement the largest crime prevention reform package in modern times.”
- reduced administration in schools»Minska lärarnas dokumentationskrav« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce teachers' documentation requirements”
The plan requires that the justice system's tools and agencies' cooperation for detecting criminals be improved and that schools be given the possibility to intervene at an early stage against young people in criminal environments.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that the justice system's tools and agencies' cooperation for detecting criminals be improved and that schools be given the possibility to intervene at an early stage against young people in criminal environments. Making rectors' reporting requirement a voluntary option weakens precisely that information flow. The plan's requirement for relief for teachers points partly in the other direction, which is why the conclusion is derived.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att rättsväsendets verktyg och myndigheternas samverkan för att upptäcka kriminella förbättras och att skolan ges möjlighet att ingripa i ett tidigt skede mot unga i kriminella miljöer. Att göra rektorers uppgiftsskyldighet till en frivillig möjlighet försvagar just det informationsflödet. Planens krav på avlastning för lärare talar delvis åt andra hållet, varför slutsatsen är härledd.
- agencies' information sharingdecisive»Rättsväsendets samverkan mellan myndigheter och verktyg för att upptäcka och lagföra kriminella ska förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The justice system's cooperation between agencies and tools for detecting and prosecuting criminals should be improved.”
- schools should intervene early»Ge socialtjänst, skola och rättsväsende möjlighet att ingripa med tuffare tag i ett tidigt skede« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give social services, schools and the justice system the possibility to intervene with tougher measures at an early stage”
- mapping of gang-active individuals»Åtgärder ska vidtas för att bättre kunna kartlägga gängaktiva genom t.ex. underrättelsearbete och informationsinhämtning, spaning, kameraövervakning och avlyssning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Measures should be taken to better map gang-active individuals through, for example, intelligence work and information gathering, surveillance, camera monitoring and wiretapping.”
- relief for school staff»Läraryrket ska stärkas med ändamålsenliga pedagogiska verktyg, avlastning och bättre villkor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The teaching profession should be strengthened with appropriate pedagogical tools, relief and better conditions.”
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2024/25:JuU9)
- Committee report full text (HC01JuU9)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2024/25:2965 — Åtgärder mot krigs- och terrorbrott av Markus Wiechel (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:3284 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:65 Ökat informationsflöde till brottsbekämpningen av Teresa Carvalho m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2024/25:3291 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:65 Ökat informationsflöde till brottsbekämpningen av Gudrun Nordborg m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2024/25:3293 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:65 Ökat informationsflöde till brottsbekämpningen av Rasmus Ling m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2024/25:3295 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:65 Ökat informationsflöde till brottsbekämpningen av Ulrika Liljeberg m.fl. (C)
- Proposition 2024/25:65 — Ökat informationsflöde till brottsbekämpningen
Source: The Swedish Parliament