2025-10-222025/26:KU6 · p.3KUConstitution
A comprehensive review
A comprehensive review of the privacy impact of recent legislation
What's at stake: A combined review could capture effects that arise when several legislative changes interact, rather than each in isolation, affecting individuals' legal certainty and the protection of personal privacy against authorities' growing powers of information exchange and surveillance.
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 government should set up a broad inquiry to jointly assess the combined impact on personal privacy of several recent years' legislation on secrecy, information-sharing and surveillance, or whether current and planned, more narrowly scoped reviews are sufficient.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee backs the government's proposal for a new secrecy-breaking provision, which rests on a case-by-case assessment of whether the interest in disclosure outweighs the interest in secrecy, and judges that the resulting restriction on personal privacy therefore does not go further than necessary. The committee rejects the call for a broad, combined review of the cumulative privacy impact of several legislative measures, beyond the review of secret and preventive coercive measures the government has already commissioned.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 4 (S, MP)
The reservation (S, MP) wants the government to set up a broad inquiry mapping all recently enacted and ongoing legislative measures on secrecy, information-sharing and surveillance to assess their combined impact on personal privacy and legal certainty, with experts from the Chancellor of Justice, the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection, researchers and civil society, since the reservation holds that the ongoing review of secret and preventive coercive measures is too narrowly scoped.
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 4 by S, MP.
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: CCenterpartiet, LLiberalerna
Ja 173–111Nej 139–145
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 | Abstain 0/0/18/4 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| S | Yes | No 0/93/0/13 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| MP | No | No 0/15/0/3 | match | confidence: medium | derived |
| C | No | Yes 21/0/0/3 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: medium | explicit |
| L | No | Yes 13/0/0/3 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: medium | explicit |
| KD | Yes | Yes 17/0/0/2 | match | confidence: low | not addressed |
| M | Yes | Yes 59/0/0/9 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| SD | Yes | Yes 63/0/0/9 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects motion 2024/25:3446 by Jan Riise et al. (MP) demand 5.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motion 2024/25:3446 av Jan Riise m.fl. (MP) yrkande 5.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag said yes to the Government's proposal which means that information can be transferred between authorities without confidentiality to protect individuals being an obstacle. It should be possible provided that it is needed for the following purposes: prevent, hinder or detect criminal activity investigate crimes prevent, hinder, detect or investigate improper payments prevent, hinder, detect or investigate fraud and various types of violations. For information to be able to be transferred out, the Government proposes that a secrecy-breaking provision is introduced. However, information can only be transferred out if the confidentiality does not outweigh the need and purpose that the authority has for the information. The legislative change means that certain confidentiality areas are exempted. The legislative changes shall come into force on 1 December 2025.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants to restrict and redesign the general confidentiality-breaking rule to make it more targeted and proportionate, and exempt social services secrecy from this rule. (S, MP) — Reservation 4
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 all people have the right to protection of their personal integrity and that legal security shall be maintained through public oversight and independent review.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan states that all people have the right to protection of their personal integrity and that legal security shall be maintained through public oversight and independent review. A broad mapping of how the cumulative legislation measures on secrecy, information sharing and surveillance affect integrity is precisely such independent review. The constitutions' task to protect people's freedoms and rights supports that the cumulative effect needs to be illuminated, not just each proposal by itself.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att alla människor har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet och att rättssäkerheten ska upprätthållas genom medborgerlig insyn och oberoende granskning. En bred kartläggning av hur de samlade lagstiftningsåtgärderna om sekretess, informationsdelning och övervakning påverkar integriteten är just en sådan oberoende granskning. Grundlagarnas uppgift att värna människors fri- och rättigheter talar för att den sammantagna effekten behöver belysas, inte bara varje förslag för sig.
- personal integritydecisive»Alla människor har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“All people have the right to protection of their personal integrity.”
- independent review»Rättssäkerheten behöver upprätthållas genom rättshjälp, medborgerlig insyn och oberoende granskning.« (party programme ↗)“Legal security needs to be maintained through legal aid, public oversight and independent review.”
- constitutional protection of rights»Grundlagarna ska värna demokratin och människors fri- och rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“The constitutions shall protect democracy and people's freedoms and rights.”
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 is the party's most recent commitment and requires that secrecy barriers between authorities be removed and that the police get more tools like wiretapping and house searches.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto is the party's most recent commitment and requires that secrecy barriers between authorities be removed and that the police get more tools like wiretapping and house searches. A broad investigation that shall map and reconsider the cumulative impact on integrity of precisely these measures goes in the opposite direction. The party programme's protection of personal integrity and the requirement for legal certainty qualify the line but do not support the counter-proposal's requirement.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet är partiets färskaste åtagande och kräver att sekretesshinder mellan myndigheter rivs och att polisen får fler verktyg som avlyssning och husrannsakan. En bred utredning som ska kartlägga och ompröva den samlade integritetspåverkan av just dessa åtgärder går i motsatt riktning. Partiprogrammets skydd för den personliga integriteten och kravet på rättssäkerhet kvalificerar linjen men bär inte motförslagets krav.
- removed secrecy barriersdecisive»Sekretesshinder mellan myndigheter ska rivas så att polisen och andra yrkesgrupper kan göra sitt jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Secrecy barriers between authorities shall be removed so that the police and other professional groups can do their job.”
- more tools for the police»Polisen behöver också fler verktyg, som bättre möjligheter till avlyssning och husrannsakan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The police also need more tools, such as better opportunities for wiretapping and house searches.”
- protection of personal integrity»Skydd för den personliga integriteten.« (party programme ↗)“Protection of personal integrity.”
- legally certain criminal policy»Kriminalpolitik byggd på evidens, effektivitet och rättssäkerhet.« (party programme ↗)“Criminal policy built on evidence, effectiveness and legal certainty.”
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 requires that all new legislation be carefully tested against legal certainty and fundamental rights and freedoms, and that the state both shall protect against crime and respect personal integrity.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that all new legislation be carefully tested against legal certainty and fundamental rights and freedoms, and that the state both shall protect against crime and respect personal integrity. It particularly emphasizes strong and independent oversight as a way to protect integrity in surveillance. A broad mapping of the cumulative integrity impact of several legislative measures is therefore in line with the plan's commitments.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att all ny lagstiftning prövas noggrant utifrån rättssäkerhet och grundläggande fri- och rättigheter, och att staten både ska skydda mot brott och respektera den personliga integriteten. Den lyfter särskilt stark och oberoende tillsyn som ett sätt att värna integriteten vid övervakning. En bred kartläggning av den sammantagna integritetspåverkan av flera lagstiftningsåtgärder ligger därför i linje med planens åtaganden.
- thorough legal certainty reviewdecisive»prövas noggrant utifrån rättssäkerhet och grundläggande fri- och rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“tested carefully against legal certainty and fundamental rights and freedoms.”
- integrity weighed against crime prevention»Staten har ansvar både för att skydda människor från brott och för att respektera« (party programme ↗)“The state has responsibility both to protect people from crime and to respect”
- independent oversight of coercive measures»Ett sätt att värna integriteten är en stark, oberoende tillsyn över« (party programme ↗)“One way to protect integrity is strong, independent oversight over”
- protection of the constitution»skydda Sveriges grundlag mot snabba förändringar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“protect Sweden's constitution against rapid changes”
The plan requires that all legislation be tested against its impact on people's personal privacy and that restrictions are proportionate to their purpose.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that all legislation be tested against its impact on people's personal privacy and that restrictions are proportionate to their purpose. That is precisely the comprehensive review that the counter-proposal wants to see of secrecy, information-sharing and surveillance legislation. The plan moreover explicitly rejects several surveillance measures and describes strong privacy protection as essential.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att all lagstiftning prövas mot sin påverkan på människors personliga integritet och att inskränkningen står i proportion till syftet. Det är precis den sammantagna prövning som motförslaget vill se av sekretess-, informationsdelnings- och övervakningslagstiftningen. Planen säger dessutom uttryckligen nej till flera övervakningsåtgärder och betecknar ett starkt integritetsskydd som omistligt.
- privacy review of all legislationweak 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 privacy.”
- no to surveillance measuresdecisive»Rättsstaten och individens rättigheter gentemot staten måste försvaras. Vi säger därför nej till visitationszoner, kollektiv bestraffning, omvänd bevisbörda, anonyma vittnen, preventiv avlyssning och inskränkningar av religionsfriheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The rule of law and individuals' rights against the state must be defended. We therefore say no to stop-and-search zones, collective punishment, reverse burden of proof, anonymous witnesses, preventive surveillance and restrictions on religious freedom.”
- strong privacy protection»Ett starkt integritetsskydd är därför en omistlig del av ett öppet och demokratiskt samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“Strong privacy protection is therefore an essential part of an open and democratic society.”
- openness and transparency»Öppenhet och transparens är grundförutsättningar för frihet, demokrati och för att förhindra korruption och övergrepp.« (party programme ↗)“Openness and transparency are fundamental prerequisites for freedom, democracy and for preventing corruption and abuse.”
flags: citat_svagt
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 establishes that already-implemented laws with strong impact on personal integrity shall be regularly evaluated and that protection for the individual's integrity shall be strengthened.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan establishes that already-implemented laws with strong impact on personal integrity shall be regularly evaluated and that protection for the individual's integrity shall be strengthened. The counter-proposal's demand for a broad survey of implemented and ongoing measures on legal secrecy, information sharing and surveillance and their combined impact on integrity directly responds to this commitment. The plan also requires that surveillance is not used for purposes other than the original ones.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att redan införda lagar med stark påverkan på den personliga integriteten regelbundet ska utvärderas och att skyddet för den enskildes integritet ska stärkas. Motförslagets krav på en bred kartläggning av genomförda och pågående åtgärder om sekretess, informationsdelning och övervakning samt deras sammantagna integritetspåverkan svarar direkt mot detta åtagande. Planen kräver också att övervakning inte används för andra syften än de ursprungliga.
- regular integrity evaluationdecisive»Alla nya lagförslag ska analyseras ur integritetssynpunkt. Redan införda lagar med stark« (party programme ↗)“All new legislative proposals shall be analyzed from an integrity perspective. Already-implemented laws with strong”
- strengthened integrity protection»Skyddet för den enskildes integritet ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Protection for the individual's integrity shall be strengthened.”
- purpose-limited surveillance»Övervakning och registrering ska inte användas för andra syften än vad som var de ursprungliga« (party programme ↗)“Surveillance and registration shall not be used for purposes other than the original ones”
- strengthened legal certainty»Rättssäkerheten och skyddet för de medborgerliga fri- och rättigheterna behöver förstärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Legal certainty and protection for civil freedoms and rights need to be strengthened.”
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 election manifesto requires a comprehensive review of secrecy rules so that authorities can share information to prevent and clear up crime, and the party programme wants secrecy possibilities used restrictively.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto requires a comprehensive review of secrecy rules so that authorities can share information to prevent and clear up crime, and the party programme wants secrecy possibilities used restrictively. The counter-proposal's requirement for a broad investigation of the total privacy impact aims in the opposite direction and would slow the information sharing the plan calls for. However, the plan's protection of privacy speaks partly for the requirement, which is why the uncertainty is large.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet kräver en total översyn av sekretessreglerna så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter för att förebygga och klara upp brott, och principprogrammet vill att sekretessmöjligheten nyttjas restriktivt. Motförslagets krav på en bred utredning av den samlade integritetspåverkan syftar åt motsatt håll och skulle bromsa den informationsdelning planen efterlyser. Planens integritetsskydd talar dock delvis för kravet, varför osäkerheten är stor.
- increased 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 ↗)“Comprehensive review of secrecy rules, so that authorities can share information with each other to prevent and clear up crime.”
- restrictive secrecy»Offentlighetsprincipen, det vill säga tillgången till allmänna handlingar, är central för en öppen och vital demokrati. Sekretessmöjligheten ska nyttjas restriktivt.« (party programme ↗)“The openness principle, that is access to public records, is central to an open and vital democracy. Secrecy possibilities should be used restrictively.”
- care with personal data»det offentliga måste tillämpa stor försiktighet och respekt för den personliga integriteten vid hantering av personuppgifter.« (party programme ↗)“the public sector must exercise great care and respect for personal integrity when handling personal data.”
The plan wants to significantly expand police tools against crime: more surveillance cameras, stop-and-search zones and removed confidentiality barriers between police and social services.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to significantly expand police tools against crime: more surveillance cameras, stop-and-search zones and removed confidentiality barriers between police and social services. A broad investigation to assess the aggregate impact on integrity of these measures would slow precisely that expansion, while the plan sees freedom and security as compatible. The plan therefore speaks against the counter-proposal's requirement.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill kraftigt utöka polisens verktyg mot brottslighet: fler övervakningskameror, visitationszoner och borttagna sekretesshinder mellan polis och socialtjänst. En bred utredning som ska pröva den samlade integritetspåverkan av dessa åtgärder skulle bromsa just den utbyggnaden, medan planen ser frihet och trygghet som förenliga. Planen talar därför emot motförslagets krav.
- expanded surveillancedecisive»Kraftigt öka antalet övervakningskameror« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly increase the number of surveillance cameras”
- free information sharing»Undanröja alla sekretesshinder mellan socialtjänst och polis« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove all confidentiality barriers between social services and police”
- expanded police powers»Införa visitationszoner så att Polisen får bättre möjligheter att leta efter vapen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce stop-and-search zones so that the Police have better opportunities to search for weapons”
- security as a condition for freedom»Frihet och trygghet går hand i hand.« (party programme ↗)“Freedom and security go hand in hand.”
The plan requires that the justice system be given expanded tools for mapping, surveillance and surveillance of gang-active and that authorities' cooperation and information-sharing be improved, and establishes that few measures are too far-reaching against gangs.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that the justice system be given expanded tools for mapping, surveillance and surveillance of gang-active and that authorities' cooperation and information-sharing be improved, and establishes that few measures are too far-reaching against gangs. The counter-proposal wants a broad investigation of the accumulated impact on integrity to aim to brake and reconsider precisely these measures. The plan's general rights protection in the basic law weighs less than the stated requirement for more tools.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att rättsväsendet får utökade verktyg för kartläggning, spaning och avlyssning av gängaktiva och att myndigheternas samverkan och informationsdelning förbättras, och slår fast att få åtgärder är för långtgående mot gängen. Motförslagets krav på en bred utredning av den samlade integritetspåverkan syftar till att bromsa och ompröva just dessa åtgärder. Planens allmänna rättighetsskydd i grundlagen väger lättare än det uttalade kravet på fler verktyg.
- uncompromising against gangsdecisive»Sverigedemokraterna anser att få politiska åtgärder är för långtgående när det kommer till att pressa tillbaka både de kriminella gängen och den kultur som gör att de får fäste.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats believe that few political measures are too far-reaching when it comes to pushing back both the criminal gangs and the culture that makes them get a foothold.”
- expanded surveillance»Åtgärder ska vidtas för att bättre kunna kartlägga gängaktiva genom t.ex. underrättelsearbete och informationsinhämtning, spaning, kameraövervakning och avlyssning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Measures shall be taken to better map gang-active through, for example, intelligence work and information gathering, surveillance, camera surveillance and surveillance.”
- information-sharing between authorities»Rättsväsendets samverkan mellan myndigheter och verktyg för att upptäcka och lagföra kriminella ska förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The justice system's cooperation between authorities and tools to detect and prosecute criminals shall be improved.”
- basic law rights protection»Förstärka grundlagens rättighetsskydd vad gäller yttrandefrihet, äganderätt och frihet från religion« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen the Basic Law's protection of rights regarding freedom of expression, property rights and freedom from religion”
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2025/26:KU6)
- Committee report full text (HD01KU6)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2024/25:3445 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:180 Ökat informationsutbyte mellan myndigheter - en ny sekretessbrytande bestämmelse av Jessica Wetterling m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2024/25:3446 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:180 Ökat informationsutbyte mellan myndigheter - en ny sekretessbrytande bestämmelse av Jan Riise m.fl. (MP)
- Proposition 2024/25:180 — Ökat informationsutbyte mellan myndigheter - en ny sekretessbrytande bestämmelse
Source: The Swedish Parliament