2025-05-142024/25:UbU10 · p.2UbUEducation
Schools' work on honour-related matters
School and preschool work against honor-related violence and oppression
What's at stake: The decision affects how early and clearly preschools and schools are mandated to detect and counter honor-related violence and oppression, which matters most for children and young people living under an honor-based context.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether school and preschool efforts against honor-related violence and oppression need to be strengthened through new mandates and additions to the curricula, or whether ongoing efforts and inquiries already meet the need.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee points to the work and efforts already under way to address honor-related issues, threats and violence in schools, and to the fact that the government has set up an inquiry into measures against honor-related violence and oppression, and on that basis recommends rejecting the motions calling for a stronger school and preschool mandate in this area.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 5 (SD)
The dissenters want to intensify the work in preschools, schools and after-school activities to detect and change the values underlying honor culture, including through regular local surveys of pupils' attitudes and continuous training of staff to identify and respond to honor-related oppression, and want the government to add an explicit mandate to the preschool curriculum to work against honor-related violence and oppression, since it is currently missing entirely.
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 5 by SD.
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: LLiberalerna, VVänsterpartiet
Ja 127–63Nej 92–98
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 | Yes 21/0/0/3 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: medium | explicit |
| S | No | Abstain 1/0/92/13 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| MP | No | Yes 15/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | No | Abstain 0/0/21/3 | differs | confidence: high | explicit |
| L | No | Yes 14/0/0/2 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| KD | No | Yes 16/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| M | No | Yes 60/0/0/8 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| SD | No | No 0/63/0/9 | match | confidence: high | explicit |
Broke with the party line
| SCarina Ödebrink (S, Jönköpings län) | Yes — party line: Abstain |
MPs whose vote differs from their party's majority position in this division. Marked with a dark ring in the chamber view.
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions 2024/25:1413 by Sara Gille et al. (SD) requests 8 and 9, 2024/25:1448 by Patrick Reslow et al. (SD) request 9, 2024/25:2318 by Sanne Lennström (S), 2024/25:3024 by Åsa Westlund et al. (S) request 27 and 2024/25:3157 by Helena Vilhelmsson et al. (C) request 34.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2024/25:1413 av Sara Gille m.fl. (SD) yrkandena 8 och 9, 2024/25:1448 av Patrick Reslow m.fl. (SD) yrkande 9, 2024/25:2318 av Sanne Lennström (S), 2024/25:3024 av Åsa Westlund m.fl. (S) yrkande 27 och 2024/25:3157 av Helena Vilhelmsson m.fl. (C) yrkande 34.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag rejected approximately 165 proposals in motions dealing with basic matters concerning education, with reference to, among other things, current regulations and ongoing work. The proposals were submitted during the ordinary motion period 2024 and concern, for example, schools' values basis, safety and study environment in schools, subjects and areas of knowledge, grades and assessment, access to teaching materials, instruction in mother tongue and minority languages, as well as out-of-school care.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants municipalities to actively prevent gender-separatist activities in schools. (SD) — Reservation 5
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 explicitly states that schools and preschools need to work preventively against destructive norms so that all children regardless of gender can live free, and that society should take forceful action against honour-based oppression.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan explicitly states that schools and preschools need to work preventively against destructive norms so that all children regardless of gender can live free, and that society should take forceful action against honour-based oppression. The counter-proposal's demands for mappings, staff training and an explicit mandate in the preschool curriculum are a direct operationalisation of this. The plan also wants to see targeted preventive work against the different expressions of honour-based oppression.
Original (Swedish)
Planen säger uttryckligen att skolor och förskolor behöver arbeta förebyggande mot destruktiva normer för att alla barn oavsett kön ska kunna leva fria, och att samhället ska ta krafttag mot hedersförtryck. Motförslagets krav på kartläggningar, personalutbildning och ett uttalat uppdrag i förskolans läroplan är en direkt operationalisering av det. Planen vill också se ett riktat förebyggande arbete mot hedersförtryckets olika uttryck.
- preventive norm work in preschool and schooldecisive»Skolor och förskolor behöver arbeta förebyggande mot destruktiva normer för att alla barn, oavsett kön, ska kunna leva fria.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Schools and preschools need to work preventively against destructive norms so that all children, regardless of gender, can live free.”
- forceful action against honour-based oppression»I ett tryggt samhälle tar vi krafttag mot våld, hedersförtryck och sexuella kränkningar mot kvinnor, barn och hbtqi-personer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In a safe society we take forceful action against violence, honour-based oppression and sexual violations against women, children and LGBTQI people.”
- targeted work against honour-based oppression»de olika uttryck det tar sig, som sexköp och hedersförtryck. Kvinno« (party programme ↗)“the different expressions it takes, such as sex trafficking and honour-based oppression. Women”
- shift toward a culture of consent»Vi vill fortsätta det his« (party programme ↗)“We want to continue this his”
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 promises tough action against honour-related violence and identifies pre-school and school as the primary tools for changing children's upbringing conditions, with more cooperation between school, student health and social services.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto promises tough action against honour-related violence and identifies pre-school and school as the primary tools for changing children's upbringing conditions, with more cooperation between school, student health and social services. This bears the counter-proposal's requirement for intensified work, surveys and staff training in pre-school, school and leisure activities. The party programme also requires study environments free from oppressive norms.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet utlovar krafttag mot hedersrelaterat våld och pekar ut förskola och skola som de främsta verktygen för att förändra barns uppväxtvillkor, med mer samarbete mellan skola, elevhälsa och socialtjänst. Det bär motförslagets krav på intensifierat arbete, kartläggningar och personalutbildning i förskola, skola och fritidsverksamhet. Partiprogrammet kräver dessutom studiemiljöer fria från förtryckande normer.
- tough action against honour-based oppressiondecisive»Krafttag för att stoppa hedersrelaterat våld, sexualbrott och mäns våld mot kvinnor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tough action to stop honour-related violence, sexual offences and violence by men against women.”
- school as tool for change»Förskola, skola och fritids är de bästa verktygen vi har för att lyfta barn ur dysfunktionella miljöer och ge dem en bättre framtid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Pre-school, school and leisure are the best tools we have for lifting children out of dysfunctional environments and giving them a better future.”
- cooperation around children»Det behövs mer samarbete mellan polis, elevhälsa, socialtjänst och skola.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“There is a need for more cooperation between police, student health, social services and schools.”
- safe study environments»Detta kräver studiemiljöer fria från mobbing, från« (party programme ↗)“This requires study environments free from bullying, from”
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 commits to strengthening the work against honor-related violence and oppression so that equal assistance is provided throughout the country, and requires that society's institutions have readiness and tools against violence carried out under notions of honor.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan commits to strengthening the work against honor-related violence and oppression so that equal assistance is provided throughout the country, and requires that society's institutions have readiness and tools against violence carried out under notions of honor. Requirements for mapping, staff training and an explicit mandate in preschool curricula are such tools in the school system. The plan also points out the school as an active actor for gender equality and equal rights.
Original (Swedish)
Planen åtar sig att stärka arbetet mot hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck så att likvärdig hjälp ges i hela landet, och kräver att samhällets institutioner har beredskap och verktyg mot våld som utförs under hedersföreställningar. Krav på kartläggningar, personalutbildning och ett uttalat uppdrag i förskolans läroplan är sådana verktyg i skolväsendet. Planen pekar också ut skolan som en aktiv aktör för jämställdhet och lika rättigheter.
- equal work against honor-related oppressiondecisive»stärka arbetet mot hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck så att likvärdig hjälp ges i hela landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen the work against honor-related violence and oppression so that equal assistance is provided throughout the country.”
- institutions' tools against honor violence»beredskap och verktyg för att motverka patriarkalt« (party programme ↗)“readiness and tools to counteract patriarchal”
- the school's active gender equality work»Skolan ska arbeta aktivt för jämställdhet och lika« (party programme ↗)“The school shall work actively for gender equality and equal”
- values work in education»att en samtyckeskultur ska genomsyra samhället — alla elever ska få en likvärdig sex- och samlevnadsundervisning, där samtycke står i fokus.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“that a consent culture shall permeate society — all students shall receive equal sex and relationships education where consent is in focus.”
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The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan requires action plans against honor-based violence in all schools and better education of school staff to quickly identify children at risk.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires action plans against honor-based violence in all schools and better education of school staff to quickly identify children at risk. It also establishes that the public shall lay the foundation already in preschool, which directly carries the counter-proposal's requirement for a stated mission in the preschool curriculum and continuous staff education. The plan thus supports an intensification of schools' work.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver handlingsplaner mot hedersförtryck i alla skolor och bättre utbildning av skolpersonal för att snabbare fånga upp barn i riskzonen. Den slår också fast att det offentliga ska lägga grunden redan i förskolan, vilket direkt bär motförslagets krav på ett uttalat uppdrag i förskolans läroplan och på kontinuerlig personalutbildning. Planen stödjer därmed en intensifiering av skolans arbete.
- action plans in all schoolsdecisive»För att snabbare fånga upp barn i riskzonen vill vi se handlingsplaner mot hedersförtryck i alla skolor och bättre utbildning av personal.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To more quickly identify children at risk we want to see action plans against honor-based violence in all schools and better education of staff.”
- preventive from preschool»Därför är det viktigt att förebyggande insatser genomsyrar hela samhället och att det offentliga lägger grunden redan i förskolan och skolan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore it is important that preventive measures permeate the entire society and that the public lays the foundation already in preschool and school.”
- trained school staff»Skolpersonal och vårdpersonal bör utbildas och nationell frånvarostatistik införas för att snabbare kunna upptäcka hedersvåld.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“School staff and care staff should be educated and national absence statistics introduced to more quickly be able to detect honor-based violence.”
- zero tolerance for honor-based violence»Ingen ska utsättas för hedersförtryck i Sverige.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“No one shall be exposed to honor-based violence in Sweden.”
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 explicitly establishes that preschool and school work against honour-related oppression shall be strengthened and that staff in preschool, school and leisure time must be supported to resist demands for religious or honour-based coercion.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan explicitly establishes that preschool and school work against honour-related oppression shall be strengthened and that staff in preschool, school and leisure time must be supported to resist demands for religious or honour-based coercion. The counter-proposal's requirements for intensified work, continuous staff training and an explicit assignment in preschool's curriculum are implementation of that commitment. The plan also wants knowledge among professionals to increase and that crimes are never relativised with reference to honour concepts.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår uttryckligen fast att förskolans och skolans arbete mot hedersrelaterat förtryck ska stärkas och att personal i förskola, skola och fritids måste stöttas att stå emot krav om religiöst eller hedersbaserat tvång. Motförslagets krav på intensifierat arbete, kontinuerlig personalutbildning och ett uttalat uppdrag i förskolans läroplan är genomförandet av det åtagandet. Planen vill också att kunskapen hos yrkesverksamma ökar och att brott aldrig relativiseras med hänvisning till hedersbegrepp.
- strengthened school work against honour oppressiondecisive»Förskolans och skolans arbete mot hedersrelaterat förtryck ska stärkas och både flickor och pojkar ska mötas av samma höga förväntningar i sitt skolarbete.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Preschool and school work against honour-related oppression shall be strengthened and both girls and boys shall be met by the same high expectations in their schoolwork.”
- support for staff against honour coercion»stöttas att stå emot krav om att upprätthålla religiöst eller hedersbaserat tvång.« (party programme ↗)“supported to resist demands for maintaining religious or honour-based coercion.”
- increased knowledge among professionals»Samtidigt ska stöden till offren byggas ut, kunskapen hos yrkesverksamma öka, straffen för hedersrelaterade brott skärpas och kriminaliseringen breddas till uttryck för hederstänkande såsom oskuldskontroller och uppfostringsresor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“At the same time support for victims shall be expanded, knowledge among professionals increase, penalties for honour-related crimes be tightened and criminalisation broadened to expressions of honour thinking such as virginity checks and educational trips.”
- no relativisation of honour crimes»Brott ska aldrig relativiseras med hänsyn till patriarkala traditioner eller hedersbegrepp.« (party programme ↗)“Crimes shall never be relativised with respect to patriarchal traditions or honour concepts.”
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 gives the school an explicit educational mission where equality between genders and tolerance for people's differences shall be promoted, and the election manifesto points out that extremist forces influence social life in certain areas.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan gives the school an explicit educational mission where equality between genders and tolerance for people's differences shall be promoted, and the election manifesto points out that extremist forces influence social life in certain areas. Intensifying preschool and school work against the values that underlie honour culture, with trained staff and an explicit mandate in the curriculum, follows from this. The election manifesto's investment in school health services and parental support points in the same direction.
Original (Swedish)
Planen ger skolan ett uttalat fostransuppdrag där jämställdhet mellan könen och tolerans för människors olikheter ska främjas, och valmanifestet pekar ut att extremistiska krafter påverkar samhällslivet i vissa områden. Att intensifiera förskolans och skolans arbete mot de värderingar som bär hederskulturen, med utbildad personal och ett uttalat uppdrag i läroplanen, följer av detta. Valmanifestets satsning på elevhälsa och föräldrastöd pekar åt samma håll.
- equality promoted in schooldecisive»Solidaritet med svaga och utsatta, jämställdhet mellan könen och tolerans för människors olikheter är förhållningssätt som ska främjas.« (party programme ↗)“Solidarity with the weak and vulnerable, equality between genders and tolerance for people's differences are approaches that shall be promoted.”
- school's educational mission»All skolverksamhet ska i enlighet med den etik som förvaltats av kristen tradition fostra eleverna till ansvarskännande medborgare.« (party programme ↗)“All school activities shall, in accordance with the ethics maintained by Christian tradition, educate students to be responsible citizens.”
- counter extremist influence»Det finns också områden där islamistiska extremister har en avgörande påverkan på samhällslivet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“There are also areas where Islamist extremists have a decisive influence on social life.”
- strengthened school health services and parental support»Kraftigt stärkt elevhälsa med en sammanhållen barn- och ungdomshälsovård och föräldrastödsprogram som erbjuds alla föräldrar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly strengthened school health services with integrated child and adolescent health services and parental support programmes offered to all parents.”
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 zero tolerance for honour crimes and commits to a national mapping of the extent of honour oppression and values work on equality in mandatory civics education.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan states zero tolerance for honour crimes and commits to a national mapping of the extent of honour oppression and values work on equality in mandatory civics education. The counter-proposal's demand for intensified work in preschool and school, local mapping of pupils' attitudes and staff training is the same type of preventive values and knowledge work. Therefore, the plan supports the demand on the merits.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast en nolltolerans mot hedersbrott och åtar sig en nationell kartläggning av hedersförtryckets utbredning samt värderingsarbete om jämställdhet i den obligatoriska samhällsorienteringen. Motförslagets krav på intensifierat arbete i förskola och skola, lokala kartläggningar av elevers attityder och personalutbildning är samma slags förebyggande värderings- och kunskapsarbete. Planen stöder därför kravet i sak.
- mapping of honour oppressiondecisive»Genomföra en nationell kartläggning av hedersförtryckets utbredning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conduct a national mapping of the extent of honour oppression”
- zero tolerance for honour crimes»Moderaterna vill införa en nolltolerans mot hedersbrott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderate Party wants to introduce zero tolerance for honour crimes.”
- values work against honour culture»Införa jämställdhet och hbtq-personers rättigheter som en del i den obligatoriska samhällsorienteringen för nyanlända« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce equality and LGBTQ+ people's rights as part of mandatory civics education for newly arrived”
- honour oppression threatens equality»Jämställdheten hotas av hedersförtrycket.« (party programme ↗)“Equality is threatened by honour oppression.”
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 explicitly requires that schools, social services and courts be given a clearer mandate to identify children and young people suspected of living in honor culture, and that society's knowledge and efforts against honor oppression increase.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan explicitly requires that schools, social services and courts be given a clearer mandate to identify children and young people suspected of living in honor culture, and that society's knowledge and efforts against honor oppression increase. The counter-proposal precisely asks for intensified work in preschools and schools, surveys of students' attitudes, staff training and an explicit mandate in the curriculum. This coincides with the plan's commitments.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver uttryckligen att skola, socialtjänst och rättsväsende får ett tydligare uppdrag att identifiera barn och unga som misstänks leva i hederskultur, och att samhällets kunskap och insatser mot hedersförtryck ökar. Motförslaget begär just intensifierat arbete i förskola och skola, kartläggningar av elevers attityder, personalutbildning och ett uttalat uppdrag i läroplanen. Detta sammanfaller med planens åtaganden.
- clearer school mandatedecisive»Skola, socialtjänst och rättsväsende måste få ett tydligare uppdrag att identifiera barn och unga som misstänks leva i hederskultur och möjlighet att sätta in kraftiga åtgärder mot vuxna som utövar sådant förtryck.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Schools, social services and courts must be given a clearer mandate to identify children and young people suspected of living in honor culture and possibility to take vigorous measures against adults who practice such oppression.”
- increased knowledge about honor oppression»Sverigedemokraterna vill öka samhällets kunskap och insatser mot hederskultur och förtryck.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Swedish Democrats want to increase society's knowledge and efforts against honor culture and - oppression.”
- follow-up and rights education»barn från kulturer där hedersproblematik är vanligt bör få regelbunden uppföljning av skolhälsovård och kurator samt särskild utbildning om vilka rättigheter som tillkommer alla i Sverige« (2022 manifesto ↗)“children from cultures where honor problems are common should receive regular follow-up by school health and counselor services and special education about what rights apply to everyone in Sweden”
- coordinated efforts»Samordna insatserna mot hedersförtryck« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Coordinate efforts against honor oppression”
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- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2024/25:UbU10)
- Committee report full text (HC01UbU10)
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Documents under consideration
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- Motion 2024/25:111 — Införande av svenskt kulturarv och hembygdskunskap i läroplanen av Björn Tidland (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1121 — Obligatorisk undervisning om sexuella övergrepp av Marléne Lund Kopparklint (M)
- Motion 2024/25:1135 — Skolavslutning med konfessionella inslag i kyrkan av Mathias Bengtsson (KD)
- Motion 2024/25:1136 — Ordningsbetyg och trygghet i skolan av Christian Carlsson (KD)
- Motion 2024/25:1273 — Om hoten i vår omvärld av Mathias Tegnér (S)
- Motion 2024/25:1298 — Morgonsamling av Runar Filper (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1302 — Värnande om de svenska folkmålen av Runar Filper (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1341 — Friluftsliv för folkhälsan av Anna-Lena Hedberg m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1362 — En stärkt psykisk hälsa i hela landet av Carina Ståhl Herrstedt m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1364 — Folkhälsan i fokus av Carina Ståhl Herrstedt m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1373 — Livsmedel av Martin Kinnunen m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1412 — Jämställdhet och diskriminering av Michael Rubbestad m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1413 — Krafttag mot hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck av Sara Gille m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1424 — En tillförlitlig, konkurrenskraftig och hållbar svensk AI-politik av Thomas Morell m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1444 — Förutsättningar för en grundskola i världsklass av Patrick Reslow m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1447 — En grundskola i världsklass av Patrick Reslow m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1448 — En förskola i världsklass av Patrick Reslow m.fl. (SD)
Source: The Swedish Parliament