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Discrimination on the Ground of Disability
Right to bring a guide or assistance dog
What's at stake: The issue concerns people with disabilities who rely on a guide or assistance dog to participate in society on the same terms as others, for example in shops and restaurants. Unclear legislation or inadequate enforcement can in practice limit their ability to move freely in society.
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 legislation on the right to bring a guide or assistance dog should be reviewed and strengthened, and whether the application of the Discrimination Act with respect to disability should be evaluated, or whether existing protection and ongoing information efforts are sufficient.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee rejects the motions. It notes that users of guide and assistance dogs are already covered by the Discrimination Act's prohibition on discrimination linked to disability, and highlights information efforts by the Equality Ombudsman, the National Food Agency and the Agency for Participation in this area. Against that background, the committee considers there is no reason to propose a review of the legislation.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 6 (V)
The reservation (V) calls for the government both to review the legislation to strengthen the ability of people who need a guide or assistance dog to bring their dog, and to launch an effort to evaluate how the Discrimination Act is being followed with respect to disability. The reasoning is that many guide and assistance dog users, despite existing protection, still experience obstacles in society regarding the ability to bring their dog, and that greater accessibility allows more people to participate in society and live independently.
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 6 by V.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The decision would have held
Explicit commitments that contradicted the vote: KDKristdemokraterna
Ja 256–20Ja 240–36
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 | No | No 0/18/0/4 | match | confidence: medium | derived |
| S | No | Yes 91/0/0/15 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| MP | No | Yes 15/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | No | Abstain 0/0/20/4 | differs | confidence: medium | derived |
| L | No | Yes 13/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: medium | derived |
| KD | No | Yes 16/0/0/3 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| M | No | Yes 56/0/0/10 | differs | confidence: low | not addressed |
| SD | No | Yes 61/0/0/9 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
Committee proposal
Parliament (Riksdagen) rejects the motions 2025/26:2778 by Nadja Awad et al. (V) demands 4 and 6 and 2025/26:3188 by Martina Johansson et al. (C) demand 72.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2025/26:2778 av Nadja Awad m.fl. (V) yrkandena 4 och 6 samt 2025/26:3188 av Martina Johansson m.fl. (C) yrkande 72.
Riksdag decision: Parliament rejected 38 proposals in motions concerning equality and anti-discrimination measures from the ordinary parliamentary motion period 2025. The proposals dealt with matters including initiatives to promote economic equality, measures to counter discrimination on the basis of the various grounds of discrimination and the Discrimination Ombudsman's activities. Parliament refers inter alia to the fact that work is already underway in many of the matters that the proposals concern.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants to review anti-discrimination legislation to strengthen accessibility for guide and assistance dog users. (V) — Reservation 6
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 those living with disability shall be able to rely on having support they need, and that their right to participate in society shall not constantly be questioned and obstructed, and that lack of accessibility continues to lead to exclusion.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan states that those living with disability shall be able to rely on having support they need, and that their right to participate in society shall not constantly be questioned and obstructed, and that lack of accessibility continues to lead to exclusion. Reviewing legislation on guide and assistance dogs and evaluating how anti-discrimination protection is complied with follows directly from this. The question is not explicitly mentioned, which is why the assessment is derived.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att den som lever med funktionsnedsättning ska kunna lita på att rätten att delta i samhället inte ständigt ifrågasätts och försvåras, och att bristande tillgänglighet fortfarande leder till utestängning. Att se över lagstiftningen kring ledar- och assistanshundar och utvärdera hur diskrimineringsskyddet efterlevs följer direkt av det. Frågan nämns inte uttryckligen, varför bedömningen är härledd.
- right to participate without obstaclesdecisive»På samma sätt ska du som lever med funktionsnedsättning kunna lita på att du får det stöd du behöver, och på att din rätt att delta i samhället på det sätt du vill inte ständigt ifrågasätts och försvåras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In the same way you living with disability shall be able to rely on getting the support you need, and on your right to participate in society in the way you want not constantly being questioned and obstructed.”
- lack of accessibility excludes»kropp och sinne fungerar behöver fortsätta.« (party programme ↗)“body and mind function needs to continue.”
- make all of society accessible»Vi vill skapa ett mer inkluderande samhälle genom att stärka välfärden« (party programme ↗)“We want to create a more inclusive society by strengthening welfare”
- disability perspective in all policy»Funktionshinder är ett perspektiv som« (party programme ↗)“Disability is a perspective which”
The plan requires that obstacles for people with disabilities to participate in social life be removed and that they shall be able to live their lives as others.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that obstacles for people with disabilities to participate in social life be removed and that they shall be able to live their lives as others. To review the legislation so that guide and assistance dog handlers can actually bring their dog, and to evaluate how the protection is enforced, is an application of that commitment. The plan does not address the question of assistance dogs specifically.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att hinder för personer med funktionsnedsättning att delta i samhällslivet undanröjs och att de ska kunna leva sitt liv som andra. Att se över lagstiftningen så att ledar- och assistanshundsförare faktiskt får ta med sin hund, och att utvärdera hur skyddet efterlevs, är en tillämpning av det åtagandet. Planen behandlar inte frågan om assistanshundar specifikt.
- removed obstacles to participationdecisive»Undanröjda hinder för personer med funktionsnedsättning att delta i samhällslivet.« (party programme ↗)“Removed obstacles for people with disabilities to participate in social life.”
- live as others»Personer med funktionsnedsättning ska kunna leva sitt liv som andra.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“People with disabilities shall be able to live their lives as others.”
- strong protection against discrimination»Lika rättigheter och skyldigheter för alla medborgare och starkt skydd mot« (party programme ↗)“Equal rights and duties for all citizens and strong protection against”
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 persons with disabilities must have access to public space on equal terms and that lack of accessibility and disablist attitudes must be countered.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan states that persons with disabilities must have access to public space on equal terms and that lack of accessibility and disablist attitudes must be countered. To review legislation so that guide and assistance dogs may be brought along, and to evaluate how anti-discrimination protection is complied with, is a direct way to realise that. The plan also wishes to strengthen anti-discrimination legislation.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att personer med funktionsnedsättning ska ha tillgång till det offentliga rummet på likvärdiga villkor och att bristande tillgänglighet och funkofobi ska motverkas. Att se över lagstiftningen så att ledar- och assistanshundar får medföras, och att utvärdera hur diskrimineringsskyddet efterlevs, är ett direkt sätt att förverkliga det. Planen vill dessutom stärka diskrimineringslagstiftningen.
- accessible public spacedecisive»funktionsnedsättning ska ha tillgång till det offentliga rummet på likvärdiga villkor.« (party programme ↗)“disability must have access to public space on equal terms.”
- counter lack of accessibility»Funkofobi och bristande tillgänglighet ska motverkas.« (party programme ↗)“Disablist attitudes and lack of accessibility must be countered.”
- stronger anti-discrimination protection»stärka lagstiftningen mot diskriminering och se över rätten till rättshjälp i diskrimineringsfall.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen legislation against discrimination and review the right to legal aid in discrimination cases.”
- right aids»Tillgången till rätt hjälpmedel är mycket viktig för att ge personer med« (party programme ↗)“Access to the right aids is very important to give persons with”
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 states that more must be done against discrimination and that authorities' work against discrimination shall be strengthened, and the party programme makes accessibility crucial for people with disabilities.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto states that more must be done against discrimination and that authorities' work against discrimination shall be strengthened, and the party programme makes accessibility crucial for people with disabilities. Reviewing the legislation on being able to bring guide or assistance dogs and evaluating how the protection is followed is an application of that commitment. The plan however does not mention assistance dogs.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet slår fast att mer måste göras mot diskriminering och att myndigheternas arbete mot diskriminering ska stärkas, och partiprogrammet gör tillgänglighet avgörande för personer med funktionsnedsättning. Att se över lagstiftningen om att få medföra ledar- eller assistanshund och utvärdera hur skyddet efterlevs är en tillämpning av det åtagandet. Planen nämner dock inte assistanshundar.
- strengthened work against discriminationdecisive»Mer måste göras mot diskriminering. Vi vill stärka myndigheternas arbete mot diskriminering och höja ersättningen till dem som utsatts, samt lägga till kön och funktionsnedsättning som hatbrottsgrunder.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More must be done against discrimination. We want to strengthen authorities' work against discrimination and increase compensation for those who have been subjected to it, and add gender and disability as hate crime grounds.”
- full accessibility»Tillgängligheten är avgörande för människor med olika funktionsnedsättningar.« (party programme ↗)“Accessibility is crucial for people with various disabilities.”
- support for disabilities»Du som har en funktionsnedsättning ska få det stöd du behöver, och staten ska ta ett större ansvar för att LSS fungerar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“You who have a disability shall receive the support you need, and the state shall take greater responsibility for LSS to function.”
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 establishes that lack of accessibility shall be regarded as discrimination and that systematic oversight is needed to remove easily remedied obstacles.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme establishes that lack of accessibility shall be regarded as discrimination and that systematic oversight is needed to remove easily remedied obstacles. The election manifesto also wants to modernize the discrimination law. To review the legislation so that handlers of guide and service dogs can bring their dogs, and to evaluate how the protection is observed, thereby aligns with the plan's goal of an independent life despite disability.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet slår fast att bristande tillgänglighet ska ses som diskriminering och att systematisk tillsyn behövs för att få bort enkelt avhjälpta hinder. Valmanifestet vill dessutom modernisera diskrimineringslagen. Att se över lagstiftningen så att förare av ledar- och assistanshund kan ta med sin hund, och utvärdera hur skyddet efterlevs, ligger därmed i linje med planens mål om ett självständigt liv trots funktionsnedsättning.
- inaccessibility is discriminationdecisive»Bristande tillgänglighet ska ses som diskriminering.« (party programme ↗)“Lack of accessibility shall be regarded as discrimination.”
- modernized discrimination law»Vi vill modernisera diskrimineringslagen, prioritera polisens hatbrottsverksamhet och säkerställa att alla skolor står upp för alla människors lika värde.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to modernize the discrimination law, prioritize police hate crime activities and ensure that all schools stand up for all people's equal worth.”
- oversight against simple obstacles»Systematisk tillsyn behövs för att få bort enkelt avhjälpta hinder.« (party programme ↗)“Systematic oversight is needed to remove easily remedied obstacles.”
- independent life»Målet är att funktionsnedsättningen så långt som möjligt inte ska hindra individen från att leva ett självständigt liv och utveckla sina unika förmågor.« (party programme ↗)“The goal is that disability shall as far as possible not prevent the individual from living an independent life and developing their unique abilities.”
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 establishes that it is justified to use the legislative instrument to facilitate the situation for people with disabilities and that increased accessibility is an important way to reduce the significance of disabilities.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan establishes that it is justified to use the legislative instrument to facilitate the situation for people with disabilities and that increased accessibility is an important way to reduce the significance of disabilities. A review of legislation about bringing assistance and guide dogs is precisely such a measure. The plan also establishes that negative differential treatment of people with disabilities is discrimination that can never be tolerated.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att det är befogat att använda lagstiftningsinstrumentet för att underlätta situationen för personer med funktionsnedsättning och att ökad tillgänglighet är ett viktigt sätt att minska funktionsnedsättningens betydelse. En översyn av lagstiftningen om att få medföra ledar- och assistanshund är precis en sådan åtgärd. Planen slår också fast att negativ särbehandling av personer med funktionsnedsättning är diskriminering som aldrig kan tolereras.
- legislation for disability policydecisive»använda lagstiftningsinstrumentet för att underlätta situationen för personer med« (party programme ↗)“use the legislative instrument to facilitate the situation for people with”
- increased accessibility»Ett annat viktigt sätt att minska funktionsnedsättningens betydelse är att öka« (party programme ↗)“Another important way to reduce the significance of disabilities is to increase”
- zero tolerance for discrimination»Detta är diskriminering och kan aldrig tolereras.« (party programme ↗)“This is discrimination and can never be tolerated.”
- high accessibility requirements»Det ska vara självklart att offentliga inrättningar, anläggningar« (party programme ↗)“It shall be self-evident that public institutions, facilities”
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 says nothing about guide and assistance dogs or accessibility for people with functional impairments.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan says nothing about guide and assistance dogs or accessibility for people with functional impairments. The nearest principle is that politics' task is to ensure that freedom's opportunities are not denied anyone and that the state has a responsibility for the person who for physical or mental reasons cannot manage themselves. To review the legislation so more can participate in society and live independently follows from that principle.
Original (Swedish)
Planen säger ingenting om ledar- och assistanshundar eller om tillgänglighet för personer med funktionsnedsättning. Närmast liggande princip är att politikens uppgift är att sörja för att frihetens möjligheter inte förvägras någon och att staten har ett ansvar för den som av fysiska eller psykiska skäl inte kan klara sig själv. Att se över lagstiftningen så att fler kan delta i samhället och leva självständigt följer av den principen.
- freedom's opportunities for alldecisive»men det är politikens uppgift att sörja för att frihetens möjligheter inte förvägras någon.« (party programme ↗)“but it is politics' task to ensure that freedom's opportunities are not denied anyone.”
- state responsibility for functional impairments»För den som av fysiska eller psykiska« (party programme ↗)“For those who for physical or mental”
- everyone's right to choose their path»Rätten att välja väg tillhör alla.« (party programme ↗)“The right to choose one's path belongs to everyone.”
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 establishes that citizens who meet challenges beyond their own control shall not be limited in their access to society or working life, and that persons with functional impairments' opportunities to participate must be strengthened.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan establishes that citizens who meet challenges beyond their own control shall not be limited in their access to society or working life, and that persons with functional impairments' opportunities to participate must be strengthened. Reviewing the legislation so that drivers of guide and assistance dogs actually can bring their dog, and following up how discrimination protection is complied with, serves precisely that goal. The question is not mentioned in the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att medborgare som möter utmaningar bortom egen kontroll inte ska begränsas i sin tillgång till samhälls- eller arbetslivet, och att funktionsnedsattas möjligheter till deltagande måste stärkas. Att se över lagstiftningen så att förare av ledar- och assistanshundar faktiskt kan ta med sin hund, och följa upp hur diskrimineringsskyddet efterlevs, tjänar just det målet. Frågan nämns inte i planen.
- access to societydecisive»Medborgare som på grund av omständigheter bortom egen kontroll möter andra utmaningar i vardagen ska inte begränsas i sin tillgång till samhälls- eller arbetslivet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Citizens who because of circumstances beyond their own control meet other challenges in everyday life shall not be limited in their access to society or working life.”
- adequate standard of living for all»Alla medborgare ska ha rätt till ett gott liv och en fullgod levnadsstandard« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All citizens shall have the right to a good life and an adequate standard of living”
- strengthened participation»Funktionsnedsattas och funktionsvarierades möjligheter till deltagande på arbetsmarknaden måste stärkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Persons with functional impairments and functional variations' opportunities to participate in the labour market must be strengthened.”
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 (2025/26:AU11)
- Committee report full text (HD01AU11)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2025/26:1027 — Islamofobi och antisemitism av Jamal El-Haj (-)
- Motion 2025/26:1028 — Ett land i förändring av Jamal El-Haj (-)
- Motion 2025/26:1057 — Stärkt religionsfrihet av Jamal El-Haj (-)
- Motion 2025/26:13 — Nedläggning av Jämställdhetsmyndigheten av Josef Fransson (SD)
- Motion 2025/26:1504 — Stärkt skydd för arbetstagares integritet av Jamal El-Haj (-)
- Motion 2025/26:1505 — Hbtqi-personers utsatthet i Sverige och världen av Jamal El-Haj (-)
- Motion 2025/26:1506 — Jämställt Sverige - mot mäns våld och ekonomisk ojämlikhet av Jamal El-Haj (-)
- Motion 2025/26:1618 — Politik för sverigefinnar av Jan Riise m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2025/26:171 — Politik för äldres rättigheter och välmående av Nadja Awad m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2025/26:1790 — Åtgärder mot ålderism i arbetslivet av Marie Nicholson (M)
- Motion 2025/26:2293 — Rätt till heltidsarbete och tryggare anställningar för kvinnor av Linnéa Wickman m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2025/26:2306 — Metoder för att motverka etnisk diskriminering i arbetslivet av Dzenan Cisija (S)
- Motion 2025/26:2651 — Ålderism inom arbetslivet av Anders Ekegren (L)
- Motion 2025/26:2778 — En funktionsrättspolitik för trygghet och delaktighet av Nadja Awad m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2025/26:2786 — En politik för de nationella minoriteterna och minoritetsspråken av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2025/26:2788 — Rättsväsendet av Gudrun Nordborg m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2025/26:2830 — Mot åldersdiskriminering i rekrytering av Anne-Li Sjölund (C)
- Motion 2025/26:2834 — Ett jämställt samhälle av Helena Vilhelmsson m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2025/26:2864 — Översyn av oskäliga påföljder i diskrimineringslagstiftningen av Jan Ericson och Lars Beckman (båda M)
- Motion 2025/26:3188 — Familjerätt, socialtjänst, hbtqi-frågor och funktionsrätt av Martina Johansson m.fl. (C)
Source: The Swedish Parliament