2026-04-292025/26:FöU12 · p.3FöUDefence
Accessibility for persons with disabilities and adapted information
Accessibility of shelters for people with disabilities
What's at stake: The decision affects the extent to which people with disabilities can rely on shelters and information during crisis and war actually being accessible to them, an issue raised by disability-rights organizations as a fundamental question of democracy.
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 law on shelters and protected spaces should include sharper accessibility requirements for people with disabilities, for example requiring property owners to fix shortcomings, or whether this should continue to be handled through existing ordinance-level work.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee endorses the government's bill on shelters and protected spaces in its entirety and considers that the question of accessibility for people with disabilities should continue to be handled within the forthcoming ordinance-level work, and therefore rejects the motions calling for sharper requirements in the law.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 2 (V)
The reservation argues that crisis preparedness and civil defense must have a clear accessibility perspective and shares disability-rights organizations' concern that the bill lacks one; since many shelters are neither accessible nor recently renovated, inspections should require property owners to fix simpler accessibility shortcomings, and the government's reliance on future ordinance-level work is considered insufficient.
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 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 238–17Ja 222–33
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 0/13/0/8 | match | confidence: high | not addressed |
| S | No | Yes 92/0/0/14 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| MP | No | Abstain 0/1/14/3 | differs | confidence: high | not addressed |
| C | No | Abstain 0/0/20/4 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 9/0/0/7 | differs | confidence: high | not addressed |
| KD | No | Yes 16/0/0/3 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: medium | explicit |
| M | Yes | Yes 57/0/0/9 | match | confidence: low | not addressed |
| SD | No | Yes 58/0/0/12 | differs | confidence: low | not addressed |
Broke with the party line
| MPAnnika Hirvonen (MP, Stockholms län) | No — 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
Parliament rejects the motions 2025/26:3931 by Hanna Gunnarsson et al. (V), 2025/26:3938 by Mikael Larsson and Kerstin Lundgren (both C) demands 2 and 4, and 2025/26:3944 by Ulf Holm et al. (MP) demands 1 and 2.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2025/26:3931 av Hanna Gunnarsson m.fl. (V), 2025/26:3938 av Mikael Larsson och Kerstin Lundgren (båda C) yrkandena 2 och 4 samt 2025/26:3944 av Ulf Holm m.fl. (MP) yrkandena 1 och 2.
Riksdag decision: The Government wishes to strengthen protection for the civilian population during heightened alert. Parliament approved the Government's proposal for a new law on shelters and protected spaces. Today there are approximately 64,000 shelters with capacity for 7 million individuals in Sweden. However, this is not sufficient to provide the population with adequate protection. Now the Government wishes to ensure that Sweden has modern protection for the civilian population during heightened alert or armed attack. The Government has therefore proposed a new law on shelters and protected spaces. The new law provides, among other things, regulations for a new protection option beyond shelters, the so-called protected spaces. A protected space is a space for protecting the population that provides limited protection compared to shelters. The law amendments enter into force on 1 June 2026.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants to ensure that emergency shelters and protected spaces are accessible to people with disabilities. (V) — 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 demands that all parts of society are made accessible and that those who live with a disability can rely on support without their right to participate constantly being questioned and made difficult.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan demands that all parts of society are made accessible and that those who live with a disability can rely on support without their right to participate constantly being questioned and made difficult. Shelters that are neither accessible nor renovated are precisely such exclusion. The counter-proposal's demands that property owners address simpler accessibility shortcomings during inspections therefore follow from the plan, even though shelters are not mentioned.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att alla delar av samhället görs tillgängliga och att den som lever med funktionsnedsättning ska kunna lita på stödet utan att rätten att delta ständigt ifrågasätts och försvåras. Skyddsrum som varken är tillgängliga eller renoverade är just en sådan utestängning. Motförslagets krav på att fastighetsägare vid kontroller åtgärdar enklare tillgänglighetsbrister följer därför av planen, även om skyddsrum inte nämns.
- right to participate in societydecisive»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 who live with a disability shall be able to rely on receiving the support you need, and that your right to participate in society the way you want is not constantly questioned and made difficult.”
- accessible society»Vi vill skapa ett mer inkluderande samhälle genom att stärka välfärden« (party programme ↗)“We want to create a more inclusive society by strengthening welfare”
- participation regardless of function»Alla behöver kunna vara delaktiga i samhället« (party programme ↗)“Everyone needs to be able to be part of society”
The party programme requires that barriers for people with disabilities to participate in community life be removed, and the election manifesto that they shall be able to live their lives like others.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme requires that barriers for people with disabilities to participate in community life be removed, and the election manifesto that they shall be able to live their lives like others. The counter-proposal's requirement that property owners address simple accessibility shortcomings in shelters in inspections follows from this, together with the plan's commitment to continue strengthening civil defence and the emergency preparedness infrastructure.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet kräver att hinder för personer med funktionsnedsättning att delta i samhällslivet undanröjs och valmanifestet att de ska kunna leva sitt liv som andra. Motförslagets krav på att fastighetsägare vid kontroller åtgärdar enklare tillgänglighetsbrister i skyddsrum följer av detta, i förening med planens åtagande att fortsätta stärka det civila försvaret och beredskapsinfrastrukturen.
- removed barriers for people with disabilitiesdecisive»Undanröjda hinder för personer med funktionsnedsättning att delta i samhällslivet.« (party programme ↗)“Removed barriers for people with disabilities to participate in community life.”
- live their lives like others»Personer med funktionsnedsättning ska kunna leva sitt liv som andra.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“People with disabilities shall be able to live their lives like others.”
- strengthened civil defence»Arbetet att förstärka det civila försvaret och krisberedskapen måste fortsätta« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The work to strengthen civil defence and emergency preparedness must continue”
- emergency preparedness infrastructure»Stark infrastruktur för stärkt beredskap.« (party programme ↗)“Strong infrastructure for strengthened preparedness.”
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 lack of accessibility be countered and that all public activities shall be accessible to everyone, with disability rights organizations involved when decisions are made.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that lack of accessibility be countered and that all public activities shall be accessible to everyone, with disability rights organizations involved when decisions are made. The counter-proposal's demands for strict accessibility requirements on property owners when inspecting shelters is an application of this to civil defense, which the plan wants to strengthen. Shelters are not explicitly mentioned, hence derived coverage.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att bristande tillgänglighet motverkas och att all offentlig verksamhet ska vara tillgänglig för alla, med funktionsrättsorganisationerna involverade när beslut fattas. Motförslagets krav på skarpa tillgänglighetskrav på fastighetsägare vid kontroll av skyddsrum är en tillämpning av detta på det civila försvaret, som planen vill stärka. Skyddsrum nämns inte uttryckligen, därav härledd täckning.
- lack of accessibility is preventeddecisive»Funkofobi och bristande tillgänglighet ska motverkas.« (party programme ↗)“Disability phobia and lack of accessibility shall be prevented.”
- accessible public activities»offentlig verksamhet ska vara tillgänglig för alla.« (party programme ↗)“public activities shall be accessible to everyone.”
- strengthened civil defense»satsa en större andel av försvarets pengar på det civila försvaret, och öka anslagen till krisberedskap« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest a larger proportion of defense spending on civil defense, and increase funding for crisis preparedness”
- cooperation with disability rights»funktionsrättsorganisationer är viktigt, i synnerhet när politiska beslut ska fattas.« (party programme ↗)“disability rights organizations is important, particularly when political decisions are to be made.”
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 makes accessibility decisive for people with disabilities, and the election manifesto requires that civil defence and society's preparedness be strengthened and that those with a disability get the support they need.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme makes accessibility decisive for people with disabilities, and the election manifesto requires that civil defence and society's preparedness be strengthened and that those with a disability get the support they need. That to require simple accessibility deficiencies in shelters to be remedied during inspections follows from both commitments. The shelters as such are, however, not addressed in the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet gör tillgängligheten avgörande för människor med funktionsnedsättning, och valmanifestet kräver att civilförsvaret och samhällets beredskap rustas samt att den som har en funktionsnedsättning får det stöd som behövs. Att ställa krav på att enklare tillgänglighetsbrister i skyddsrum åtgärdas vid kontroller följer av båda åtagandena. Skyddsrummen som sådana behandlas dock inte i planen.
- full accessibilitydecisive»Tillgängligheten är avgörande för människor med olika funktionsnedsättningar.« (party programme ↗)“Accessibility is decisive for people with different disabilities.”
- strengthen civil preparedness»Även det civila försvaret är livsviktigt. Vi måste rusta civilförsvaret och samhällets beredskap inför krig och kris.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Civil defence too is vital. We must strengthen civil defence and society's preparedness for war and crisis.”
- support for disability»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 should get the support you need, and the state should take greater responsibility for LSS to work.”
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 Sweden shall be an accessible country, that systematic inspection is needed to eliminate easily remedied obstacles and that lack of accessibility shall be seen as discrimination.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan establishes that Sweden shall be an accessible country, that systematic inspection is needed to eliminate easily remedied obstacles and that lack of accessibility shall be seen as discrimination. Requiring property owners during inspections to remedy simple accessibility deficiencies in shelters is exactly this commitment applied to civil protection. The plan also wants total defence to be greatly strengthened, which presupposes that protection works for everyone.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att Sverige ska vara ett tillgängligt land, att systematisk tillsyn behövs för att få bort enkelt avhjälpta hinder och att bristande tillgänglighet ska ses som diskriminering. Att ställa krav på fastighetsägare vid kontroller att åtgärda enklare tillgänglighetsbrister i skyddsrum är just detta åtagande tillämpat på befolkningsskyddet. Planen vill dessutom att totalförsvaret stärks kraftigt, vilket förutsätter att skyddet fungerar för alla.
- inspection against easily remedied obstaclesdecisive»Systematisk tillsyn behövs för att få bort enkelt avhjälpta hinder.« (party programme ↗)“Systematic inspection is needed to eliminate easily remedied obstacles.”
- accessible society»Sverige ska vara ett tillgängligt land.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden shall be an accessible country.”
- lack of accessibility is discrimination»tillgänglighet ska ses som diskriminering.« (party programme ↗)“accessibility shall be seen as discrimination.”
- strengthened total defence»behöver Sveriges totalförsvar stärkas kraftigt.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden's total defence must be greatly 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.
The plan states that it should be self-evident that public institutions and facilities are designed with high accessibility requirements, with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as a guiding star, and that the legislative instrument may be used to facilitate for persons with disabilities.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan states that it should be self-evident that public institutions and facilities are designed with high accessibility requirements, with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as a guiding star, and that the legislative instrument may be used to facilitate for persons with disabilities. Sharper accessibility requirements on protective shelters follow from this. The total defence shall furthermore have resources to provide the population with good protection.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att det ska vara självklart att offentliga inrättningar och anläggningar utformas med höga krav på tillgänglighet, med FN:s funktionsrättskonvention som ledstjärna, och att lagstiftningsinstrumentet får användas för att underlätta för personer med funktionsnedsättning. Skarpare tillgänglighetskrav på skyddsrum följer av detta. Totalförsvaret ska dessutom ha resurser att ge befolkningen ett gott skydd.
- high accessibility requirementsdecisive»Det ska vara självklart att offentliga inrättningar, anläggningar« (party programme ↗)“It should be self-evident that public institutions, facilities”
- legislation for accessibility»använda lagstiftningsinstrumentet för att underlätta situationen för personer med« (party programme ↗)“use the legislative instrument to facilitate the situation for persons with”
- UN Convention on disability rights»konvention om rättigheter för människor med funktionsnedsättning.« (party programme ↗)“convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.”
- protection for the population»Det samlade totalförsvaret måste ha tillräckliga resurser för att kunna garantera« (party programme ↗)“The entire total defence must have sufficient resources to be able to guarantee”
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 does not address the availability of bomb shelters.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan does not address the availability of bomb shelters. The closest principle is that civil defence should be expanded with long-term state planning, while state and municipality should not lightly impose new requirements on individual property owners. To impose on property owners by law to remedy accessibility deficiencies during inspections therefore goes against the plan's direction, but the conclusion is uncertain.
Original (Swedish)
Planen behandlar inte skyddsrummens tillgänglighet. Den närmast liggande principen är att det civila försvaret ska byggas ut med långsiktig statlig planering, samtidigt som stat och kommun inte lättvindigt ska lägga nya krav på enskilda fastighetsägare. Att i lagen ålägga fastighetsägare att åtgärda tillgänglighetsbrister vid kontroller går därför emot planens linje, men slutsatsen är osäker.
- state responsibility for civil defencedecisive»Säkra en långsiktig planering för det civila försvaret« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Secure long-term planning for civil defence”
- restraint against private ownership»Stat och kommun får aldrig agera« (party programme ↗)“State and municipality must never act”
- reduced regulatory burden»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove a third of companies' administration costs and a third of red tape”
The plan wishes to strengthen society's preparedness for all types of crises and states that those who face challenges beyond their own control shall not be limited in their access to social life.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wishes to strengthen society's preparedness for all types of crises and states that those who face challenges beyond their own control shall not be limited in their access to social life. Requirements to address simpler accessibility shortcomings in shelters follow from these two commitments together. The plan does not however specifically address shelter design.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill stärka samhällets beredskap för alla typer av kriser och slår fast att den som möter utmaningar bortom egen kontroll inte ska begränsas i sin tillgång till samhällslivet. Krav på att enklare tillgänglighetsbrister i skyddsrum åtgärdas följer av dessa två åtaganden tillsammans. Planen behandlar dock inte skyddsrummens utformning särskilt.
- strengthened crisis preparednessdecisive»Sverigedemokraterna vill stärka samhällets beredskap för alla typer av kriser som kan uppstå.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats wish to strengthen society's preparedness for all types of crises that can arise.”
- accessibility for those with functional limitations»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 face other challenges in daily life shall not be limited in their access to social or working life.”
- civil defence's importance»Ett välfungerande civilförsvar skapar förutsättningarna för det militära försvaret och« (party programme ↗)“Effective civil defence creates the conditions for military defence and”
- citizens' crisis capacity»Medborgarna behöver också bättre kunskap om hur de ska agera vid olika typer av kriser, vilken beredskap som förväntas av hushållen och hur enskilda kan bidra till samhällets förmåga att möta det oväntade.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Citizens also need better knowledge of how to act in different types of crises, what preparedness is expected of households and how individuals can contribute to society's ability to meet the unexpected.”
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:FöU12)
- Committee report full text (HD01FöU12)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2025/26:182 — Tillträde till skyddsrum för sällskapsdjur av Victoria Tiblom (SD)
- Motion 2025/26:1965 — Plan för skyddsrum av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)
- Motion 2025/26:1969 — Tillgång till skyddsrum av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)
- Motion 2025/26:227 — Operativa skyddsrum i Sverige av Björn Tidland (SD)
- Motion 2025/26:3336 — Skyddsrum och husdjur i beredskapsplaneringen av Marléne Lund Kopparklint (M)
- Motion 2025/26:3556 — Totalförsvarets beredskap av Peter Hultqvist m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2025/26:3931 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:142 Ett starkare skydd för civilbefolkningen vid höjd beredskap av Hanna Gunnarsson m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2025/26:3935 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:142 Ett starkare skydd för civilbefolkningen vid höjd beredskap av Peter Hultqvist m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2025/26:3938 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:142 Ett starkare skydd för civilbefolkningen vid höjd beredskap av Mikael Larsson och Kerstin Lundgren (båda C)
- Motion 2025/26:3944 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:142 Ett starkare skydd för civilbefolkningen vid höjd beredskap av Ulf Holm m.fl. (MP)
- Proposition 2025/26:142 — Ett starkare skydd för civilbefolkningen vid höjd beredskap
Source: The Swedish Parliament