2023-03-292022/23:SkU8 · p.3SkUTaxation
Population Register etc.
The Swedish Tax Agency's data analyses and selections in population registration
What's at stake: The decision affects how well errors in population registration can be detected and countered, which matters for combating welfare-related and organised crime, while also concerning citizens' protection against improper registration and processing of personal data.
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 Tax Agency should be allowed to use data analyses and selections for more resource-efficient control of population registration, with the privacy intrusion this may involve, or whether further measures and clearer legislation are needed to strengthen control and protect personal privacy.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee welcomes the government's proposal to let the Tax Agency's population-registration activities use analyses and selections for more resource-efficient control work. The committee notes that the processing of personal data in the analysis and selection database may involve a significant intrusion into privacy, but considers this outweighed by the positive effects of fewer errors in population registration and reduced crime against, among other things, the welfare systems, especially given the proposed safeguards on maximum retention periods and confidentiality protection. The committee therefore rejects the motions.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 3 (S)
The Social Democrats consider that control and quality in population registration need to be strengthened further to break segregation, combat crime and protect the welfare system. The party wants the Tax Agency to be given the power to order legal persons, businesses and private individuals to provide information for control purposes (third-party disclosure orders), for it to be clarified how the Tax Agency can flag suspected incorrect welfare payments caused by another person's incorrect registration, and for a public ownership register for housing cooperatives to be established so that people who unlawfully sublet their home while keeping their registration there can be detected.
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 S.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The decision would have gone the other way
Explicit commitments that contradicted the vote: MModeraterna
Ja 145–93Nej 86–152
Counterfactual: the parties above are moved to the position their own documents explicitly point at, carrying their whole contingent present. Every other party keeps its real figures, including dissenters and absentees.
How the AI parties would have voted
For each party: what its own plan – election manifesto and party programme – argues for in this case, next to how the party actually voted. The AI can only answer Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| AI | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | Yes | Yes 21/0/0/3 | match | confidence: medium | derived |
| S | No | No 0/93/0/14 | match | confidence: medium | derived |
| MP | Yes | Yes 15/0/0/3 | match | confidence: medium | derived |
| C | No | Yes 21/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: low | derived |
| L | No | Yes 14/0/0/2 | differs | confidence: medium | derived |
| KD | No | Yes 15/0/0/4 | differs | confidence: medium | derived |
| M | No | Yes 59/0/0/9 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| SD | No | Abstain 0/0/63/10 | differs | confidence: high | derived |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions 2022/23:123 by Anna Vikström (S), 2022/23:292 by Jan Ericson (M), 2022/23:961 by Magnus Persson et al. (SD) proposal 10 and 2022/23:1022 by Per Söderlund et al. (SD) proposal 27.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2022/23:123 av Anna Vikström (S), 2022/23:292 av Jan Ericson (M), 2022/23:961 av Magnus Persson m.fl. (SD) yrkande 10 och 2022/23:1022 av Per Söderlund m.fl. (SD) yrkande 27.
Riksdag decision: The Swedish Tax Agency should be given better opportunities to reduce the amount of errors and fraud in the population register. This is to counteract crime directed at, among other things, the welfare systems. The Riksdag said yes to the Government's proposal. Through the legislative changes, the Swedish Tax Agency will be able to process personal data to conduct data analyses and selections in order to prevent, avoid, and detect incorrect information in the population register. The Agency should focus on areas with high risk of error and fraud and where the best possible effect can be achieved. For the information collected for analysis and selection, new regulations are introduced, which, among other things, aim to reduce the intrusion into personal privacy that the proposals may entail. For example, special rules are introduced for the maximum period for processing personal data and strong confidentiality protection. The legislative changes concerning data analyses and selection and the change in the law on risk taxation for credit institutions enter into force on May 1, 2023. Other legislative changes enter into force on September 1, 2023.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants to strengthen control and quality in population registration. (S) — 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 election manifesto says that welfare crime is not best combated through further control, and the programme emphasizes that it is businesses that are responsible for most economic crimes and that the welfare system should be built on trust in citizens.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto says that welfare crime is not best combated through further control, and the programme emphasizes that it is businesses that are responsible for most economic crimes and that the welfare system should be built on trust in citizens. The counter-proposal's expanded reporting obligation, flagging of payments, and new registers turn the control apparatus instead toward individuals and increase registration, which the plan wants to counter. The demand to break segregation does not change this assessment because the plan sees housing policy and equality as the means.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet säger att välfärdsbrott inte bekämpas bäst genom ytterligare kontroll, och programmet betonar att det är företagen som står för de flesta ekobrotten och att välfärdssystemet ska bygga på tillit till medborgarna. Motförslagets utökade uppgiftsskyldighet, flaggning av utbetalningar och nya register riktar i stället kontrollapparaten mot enskilda och ökar registreringen, vilket planen vill motverka. Kravet på att bryta segregation ändrar inte den bedömningen eftersom planen ser bostadspolitik och jämlikhet som medlen.
- control is not the solutiondecisive»Välfärdsbrott bekämpas inte bäst genom ytterligare tandlös kontroll.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Welfare crime is not best combated through further toothless control.”
- businesses account for economic crimes»Det är företagen som överlägset står för de flesta« (party programme ↗)“It is businesses that by far account for most”
- trust in the welfare system»Ett generellt välfärdssystem baserat på tillit till medborgarna« (party programme ↗)“A general welfare system based on trust in citizens”
- right to a private sphereweak support»Alla människor har rätt till en bred privat sfär« (party programme ↗)“All people have a right to a broad private sphere”
flags: citat_svagt
The plan requires that tax fraud, welfare crime and money laundering be stopped and that confidentiality barriers between authorities be torn down so that authorities can do their jobs, which supports the counter-proposal's demands for expanded reporting obligations and flagging of incorrect payments.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that tax fraud, welfare crime and money laundering be stopped and that confidentiality barriers between authorities be torn down so that authorities can do their jobs, which supports the counter-proposal's demands for expanded reporting obligations and flagging of incorrect payments. Investigating the causes of residential segregation and combating overcrowding also supports an ownership register that exposes illegal renting. The specific tools are not mentioned in the documents, hence the derived coverage.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt stoppas och att sekretesshinder mellan myndigheter rivs så att myndigheterna kan göra sitt jobb, vilket bär motförslagets krav på utökade uppgiftsskyldigheter och flaggning av felaktiga utbetalningar. Att gå till botten med orsakerna till boendesegregationen och bekämpa trångboddheten stöder också ett ägarregister som avslöjar olovlig uthyrning. De konkreta verktygen nämns inte i dokumenten, därav härledd täckning.
- stop welfare crimedecisive»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax fraud, welfare crime and money laundering must be stopped.”
- tear down confidentiality barriers»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.”
- break residential segregation»Gå till botten med orsakerna till boendesegrega tionen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Investigate the causes of residential segregation.”
- combat overcrowding»Trångboddheten ska bekämpas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Overcrowding must be combated.”
flags: citat_migrerat
The party programme opposes all laws that involve disproportionate intrusions on privacy and states that crime prevention must not come at the expense of human rights, and that need assessments must not violate privacy.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme opposes all laws that involve disproportionate intrusions on privacy and states that crime prevention must not come at the expense of human rights, and that need assessments must not violate privacy. The ability to require private individuals to provide information and to establish a public ownership register for condominium rights are such broad intrusions. The plan does wish to strengthen cooperation between authorities against criminal gangs, but not through general mapping of individuals.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet motsätter sig alla lagar som innebär oproportionerliga ingrepp i integriteten och slår fast att brottsbekämpning inte får ske på bekostnad av mänskliga rättigheter, samt att behovsprövningar inte får bli integritetskränkande. Att kunna förelägga privatpersoner att lämna uppgifter och att inrätta ett offentligt ägarregister för bostadsrätter är sådana breda ingrepp. Planen vill visserligen stärka myndighetssamverkan mot kriminella gäng, men inte genom generell kartläggning av enskilda.
- against disproportionate privacy intrusionsdecisive»alla lagar som innebär oproportionerliga ingrepp i« (party programme ↗)“all laws that involve disproportionate intrusions on”
- protect privacy and private life»Vi vill värna människors rätt till integritet och« (party programme ↗)“We wish to protect people's right to privacy and”
- assessments must not violate privacy»integritetskränkande. För Miljöpartiet de gröna är« (party programme ↗)“privacy-violating. For the Greens is”
- cooperation between authorities against gangs»stoppa finansieringen av de kriminella gängen genom att stärka myndighetssamverkan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“stop financing of criminal gangs by strengthening cooperation between authorities”
The plan wants to cut off criminals' income, clear up more everyday crime and economize with taxpayers' money, which argues for stronger oversight of the population register against crime directed at welfare systems.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to cut off criminals' income, clear up more everyday crime and economize with taxpayers' money, which argues for stronger oversight of the population register against crime directed at welfare systems. At the same time, the party programme requires that every such measure be tested against proportionality to personal integrity, which sets limits on how far information requirements and registers may go. The conclusion is therefore derived and uncertain.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill strypa de kriminellas inkomster, klara upp fler vardagsbrott och hushålla med skattebetalarnas pengar, vilket talar för en starkare kontroll av folkbokföringen mot brott riktade mot välfärdssystemen. Samtidigt kräver partiprogrammet att varje sådan åtgärd prövas mot proportionalitet gentemot den personliga integriteten, vilket sätter gränser för hur långt uppgiftsskyldigheter och register får gå. Slutsatsen är därför härledd och osäker.
- cut off criminal incomedecisive»Dessutom bör en utredning om gängens inkomster och hur dessa kan strypas genomföras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Furthermore, an investigation should be carried out into gangs' income and how it can be cut off.”
- more solved everyday crimes»Tryggheten ska förbättras i hela landet och fler brott som drabbar folk i deras vardag ska klaras upp.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Security shall be improved throughout the country and more crimes affecting people in their everyday lives shall be cleared up.”
- proportionality against integrityweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be tested against its impact on people's personal integrity.”
- protect welfare funds»Politiken ska hushålla med skattebetalarnas pengar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Politics shall economize with taxpayers' money.”
flags: citat_svagt
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's most important goal is that no vulnerable areas shall exist in 2030, and the plan wants authorities as a main rule to be able to exchange information to fight crime and that overcrowding and segregation be counteracted.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto's most important goal is that no vulnerable areas shall exist in 2030, and the plan wants authorities as a main rule to be able to exchange information to fight crime and that overcrowding and segregation be counteracted. Strengthened control and quality in population registration, with reporting requirements and an ownership register for housing cooperatives, are tools for exactly this. The plan at the same time requires that privacy violations are only justified when a conflicting interest weighs significantly more heavily, which makes the support qualified and derived.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestets viktigaste mål är att inget utsatt område ska finnas 2030, och planen vill att myndigheter som huvudregel kan utbyta information för att bekämpa brott och att trångboddhet och segregation motverkas. Skärpt kontroll och kvalitet i folkbokföringen, med uppgiftsskyldighet och ett ägarregister för bostadsrätter, är verktyg för just detta. Planen kräver samtidigt att integritetsintrång bara är berättigade när motstående intresse väger uppenbart tyngre, vilket gör stödet villkorat och härlett.
- no vulnerable areas 2030decisive»Vårt viktigaste mål är detta: Sverige ska år 2030 inte ha ett enda utsatt område.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Our most important goal is this: Sweden shall in 2030 not have a single vulnerable area.”
- information exchange against crime»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.”
- counteract overcrowding and segregation»För att motverka trångboddhet och segregation ska Migrationsverket kunna begränsa asylsökandes möjlighet« (party programme ↗)“To counteract overcrowding and segregation the Migration Agency shall be able to limit asylum seekers' opportunity”
- privacy violation requires weightier reasons»är endast berättigade om ett motstående intresse väger uppenbart tyngre och åtgärden är effektiv.« (party programme ↗)“are only justified if a conflicting interest weighs significantly more heavily and the measure is effective.”
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 a complete review of secrecy regulations so that authorities can share information to prevent and solve crimes, and the party programme that all crimes are effectively and without exception prosecuted.
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 that all crimes are effectively and without exception prosecuted. Strengthened control of the population register to counter crime against welfare systems and segregation follows from this. The plan simultaneously requires great caution in the handling of personal information.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet kräver en total översyn av sekretessreglerna så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter för att förebygga och klara upp brott, och partiprogrammet att alla brott effektivt och utan undantag beivras. Stärkt kontroll av folkbokföringen för att motverka brottslighet mot välfärdssystemen och segregation följer av detta. Planen kräver samtidigt stor försiktighet vid hantering av personuppgifter.
- authorities shall share informationdecisive»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.”
- all crimes shall be prosecuted»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be effectively and without exception prosecuted”
- counter segregation»Därigenom motverkas etnisk, social och ekonomisk segregation.« (party programme ↗)“Thereby ethnic, social and economic segregation is countered.”
- strong privacy protection»Den personliga integriteten ska ha ett starkt« (party programme ↗)“Personal integrity shall have a strong”
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 wants to take control of the population registration and conduct a national population census with the goal of halving social security fraud, and establishes that a first step is to determine who lives in Sweden.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to take control of the population registration and conduct a national population census with the goal of halving social security fraud, and establishes that a first step is to determine who lives in Sweden. Extended possibilities to require information for control, flag incorrect payments and register ownership align directly with that commitment. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill ta kontroll över folkbokföringen och genomföra en nationell folkräkning med målet att halvera bidragsbrotten, och slår fast att ett första steg är att fastställa vilka som lever i Sverige. Utökade möjligheter att kräva in uppgifter för kontroll, flagga felaktiga utbetalningar och registrera ägande ligger direkt i linje med det åtagandet. Planen stöder därför motförslaget.
- national population censusdecisive»Genomföra en nationell folkräkning för att stoppa bidragsbrotten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conduct a national population census to stop social security fraud”
- determine who lives in Sweden»Ett viktigt första steg är att fastställa vilka som lever i Sverige« (2022 manifesto ↗)“An important first step is to determine who lives in Sweden”
- halve social security fraud»I ett första steg är målet att halvera bidragsbrotten under nästa mandatperiod.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In a first step, the goal is to halve social security fraud during the next term.”
- stricter control of payments»Inrätta en bidragsbrottsenhet på Försäkringskassan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish a social security fraud unit at the Social Insurance Agency”
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.
The plan requires that the shadow economy be combated with more controls and that it become harder to exploit the Swedish welfare system, with stricter penalties for welfare fraud.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that the shadow economy be combated with more controls and that it become harder to exploit the Swedish welfare system, with stricter penalties for welfare fraud. The counter-proposal's demand for expanded reporting requirements, flagging of incorrect payments and an ownership register for housing cooperatives are precisely such control tools against incorrect registration and welfare fraud. The plan also wants to counter the power of clans.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att skuggsamhället bekämpas med fler kontroller och att det blir svårare att exploatera den svenska välfärden, med skärpta straff för fusk i välfärdssystemen. Motförslagets krav på utökade uppgiftsskyldigheter, flaggning av felaktiga utbetalningar och ett ägarregister för bostadsrätter är just sådana kontrollverktyg mot felaktig folkbokföring och välfärdsbrott. Planen vill dessutom motverka klanernas makt.
- combat the shadow economydecisive»Bekämpa skuggsamhället och illegal migration med fler kontroller och fler utvisningar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat the shadow economy and illegal immigration with more controls and more deportations”
- protect welfare from fraud»Göra det svårare att exploatera den svenska välfärden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Make it harder to exploit the Swedish welfare system”
- tougher action on welfare fraud»Skärpa straffen för fusk inom välfärdssystemen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tighten penalties for welfare fraud”
- counter clan structures»Motverka klanernas makt, både inom det offentliga och inom civilsamhället« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Counter the power of clans, both within the public sector and within civil society”
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.
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2022/23:SkU8)
- Committee report full text (HA01SkU8)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2022/23:1022 — Sverigevänlig skatte- och indrivningspolitik för välfärd, trygghet och företagande av Per Söderlund m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2022/23:123 — Fler åtgärder för bättre folkbokföring av Anna Vikström (S)
- Motion 2022/23:1311 — Kvinnor som lever under hot av Alexandra Völker och Azadeh Rojhan (båda S)
- Motion 2022/23:1431 — Kosovos medborgarskap av Adnan Dibrani (S)
- Motion 2022/23:1436 — Ändra civilstånd av Monica Haider (S)
- Motion 2022/23:1493 — Regelverk om tillåtet antal folkbokförda i en och samma bostad av Bo Broman (SD)
- Motion 2022/23:1673 — Jämställdhet för hållbar utveckling av Annie Lööf m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2022/23:1680 — Situationen för kvinnor som tvingas leva gömda av Helena Vilhelmsson m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2022/23:2141 — Svenskar i utlandet av Markus Wiechel och Lars Andersson (båda SD)
- Motion 2022/23:223 — Bedrägerier med personnummer av Mikael Larsson (C)
- Motion 2022/23:2315 — med anledning av prop. 2022/23:41 Bättre möjligheter för Skatteverket att göra dataanalyser och urval i folkbokföringsverksamheten av Ilona Szatmári Waldau m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2022/23:292 — Nationell folkräkning och biometriska id-handlingar av Jan Ericson (M)
- Motion 2022/23:559 — Ett transparent skattesystem och ett ökat skydd för känsliga personuppgifter av Markus Wiechel (SD)
- Motion 2022/23:881 — En rättssäker familjepolitik i tiden av Martina Johansson m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2022/23:883 — Våld i nära relation - ett samhällsproblem av Ulrika Liljeberg m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2022/23:959 — Krafttag mot hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck av Michael Rubbestad m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2022/23:961 — Arbetsmarknad och arbetsmiljö av Magnus Persson m.fl. (SD)
- Proposition 2022/23:41 — Bättre möjligheter för Skatteverket att göra dataanalyser och urval i folkbokföringsverksamheten
Source: The Swedish Parliament