2023-03-292022/23:SkU8 · p.6SkUTaxation
Coordination number etc.
Stricter requirements for issuing coordination numbers
What's at stake: A stricter regime could reduce erroneous issuance of coordination numbers and protect business owners from having their personal identity number misused, but it would also introduce new administrative requirements and the collection of biometric data.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether coordination numbers should be issued only by a single authority following in-person attendance and registration of biometric data, and whether sole traders should be given an organisation number separate from the holder's personal identity number, or whether the current arrangement should remain.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee emphasises that population-register data should accurately reflect residents' place of residence and identity, but does not see grounds at this time to proceed with a comprehensive overhaul of the coordination-number system requiring in-person application and biometric registration, or with a separate organisation number for sole traders, and rejects the motion.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 9 (SD)
The reservation wants coordination numbers to be issued only by a single authority, such as the Tax Agency, following in-person attendance with approved identification and registration of biometric data, wants the numbers time-limited and purged once no longer in use, and wants sole traders given an organisation number that is not identical to the holder's personal identity number, in order to counter identity theft.
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 9 by SD.
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: MModeraterna
Ja 238–63Ja 179–122
Counterfactual: the parties above are moved to the position their own documents explicitly point at, carrying their whole contingent present. Every other party keeps its real figures, including dissenters and absentees.
How the AI parties would have voted
For each party: what its own plan – election manifesto and party programme – argues for in this case, next to how the party actually voted. The AI can only answer Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| AI | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | Yes | Yes 21/0/0/3 | match | confidence: low | not addressed |
| S | No | Yes 93/0/0/14 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| MP | Yes | Yes 15/0/0/3 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | No | Yes 21/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: low | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 14/0/0/2 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| KD | No | Yes 15/0/0/4 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| M | No | Yes 59/0/0/9 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| SD | No | No 0/63/1/9 | match | confidence: high | derived |
Broke with the party line
| SDLars Andersson (SD, Skåne läns södra) | Abstain — party line: No |
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 motion 2022/23:1022 by Per Söderlund et al. (SD) amendments 28 and 32.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motion 2022/23:1022 av Per Söderlund m.fl. (SD) yrkandena 28 och 32.
Riksdag decision: The Tax Agency is to have improved opportunities to reduce errors and fraud in population registration. This is to counteract crime directed at, among other things, welfare systems. The Riksdag said yes to the government's proposal. Through the legislative amendments, the Tax Agency may process personal data to conduct data analysis and sampling for the purpose of preventing, blocking and detecting incorrect information in population registration. The agency is to focus on areas with high risk of errors and fraud and where the best possible effect can be achieved. For the information collected for analysis and sampling, new regulations are introduced, which among other things aims to reduce the intrusion on personal integrity that the proposals may entail. For example, special rules are introduced regarding maximum time for processing personal data and strong confidentiality protection. The legislative amendments concerning data analysis and sampling and the amendment to the law on risk tax for credit institutions enter into force on May 1, 2023. Other legislative amendments enter into force on September 1, 2023.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants to add disability as a parameter in population surveys and prepare a large-scale national census. (SD) — Reservation 9
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 growing surveillance and registration are countered and that everyone has the right to a broad private sphere protected on principle.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan demands that growing surveillance and registration are countered and that everyone has the right to a broad private sphere protected on principle. A system where coordination numbers are only issued after personal appearance with registration of biometric data means exactly an expanded registration, and affects particularly migrants whose position the plan wants to strengthen rather than condition. The plan does not address identity theft, so the assessment is uncertain.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att växande övervakning och registrering motverkas och att alla har rätt till en bred privat sfär som skyddas på principiell grund. Ett system där samordningsnummer bara utfärdas efter personlig inställelse med registrering av biometriska uppgifter innebär just en utvidgad registrering, och träffar särskilt migranter vars ställning planen vill stärka snarare än villkora. Planen behandlar inte identitetsstölder, varför bedömningen är osäker.
- counter registrationdecisive»registrering ska motverkas« (party programme ↗)“registration shall be countered”
- right to private sphereweak support»Alla människor har rätt till en bred privat sfär« (party programme ↗)“All people have the right to a broad private sphere”
- migrants' independent position»Migranters uppehållstillstånd ska aldrig generellt kopplas« (party programme ↗)“Migrants' residence permits shall never be generally linked”
flags: citat_svagt
The plan requires that tax fraud, welfare criminality and money laundering are stopped, and identity theft via coordination numbers is just such a path into crimes against the welfare systems.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that tax fraud, welfare criminality and money laundering are stopped, and identity theft via coordination numbers is just such a path into crimes against the welfare systems. That authorities shall be able to do their job without secrecy barriers points in the same direction as a unified, controlled issuing authority. At the same time, the programme requires that personal privacy is protected, which places demands on how biometric information is handled.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt stoppas, och identitetsstölder via samordningsnummer är just en sådan väg in i brott mot välfärdssystemen. Att myndigheter ska kunna göra sitt jobb utan sekretesshinder pekar i samma riktning som en samlad, kontrollerad utfärdande myndighet. Samtidigt kräver programmet att den personliga integriteten skyddas, vilket ställer krav på hur biometriska uppgifter hanteras.
- stop welfare criminalitydecisive»Skattefusk, välfärdsbrottslighet och penningtvätt ska stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Tax fraud, welfare criminality and money laundering shall be stopped.”
- functioning authority oversight»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 professions can do their job.”
- privacy protection as a condition»Det är samhällets absoluta skyldighet att skydda friheten och den personliga integriteten« (party programme ↗)“It is society's absolute duty to protect freedom and personal privacy”
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 opposes all laws that entail disproportionate infringements on privacy and states that crime prevention must not occur at the expense of human rights and that no improper registration may occur.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme opposes all laws that entail disproportionate infringements on privacy and states that crime prevention must not occur at the expense of human rights and that no improper registration may occur. A requirement for personal appearance and registration of biometric data just to get a coordination number is such a far-reaching intervention, and especially affects newcomers whom the plan instead wants to quickly integrate into society.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet motsätter sig alla lagar som innebär oproportionerliga ingrepp i integriteten och slår fast att brottsbekämpning inte får ske på bekostnad av mänskliga rättigheter samt att ingen otillbörlig registrering får förekomma. Ett krav på personlig inställelse och registrering av biometriska uppgifter för att alls få ett samordningsnummer är ett sådant långtgående ingrepp, och träffar särskilt nyanlända som planen i stället vill snabbt slussa in i samhället.
- against disproportionate infringementsdecisive»alla lagar som innebär oproportionerliga ingrepp i« (party programme ↗)“all laws that entail disproportionate infringements on”
- crime prevention with human rights limit»integriteten. Brotts- och terrorbekämpning är« (party programme ↗)“privacy. Crime and terror prevention”
- no improper registration»otillbörlig registrering eller övervakning baserad på« (party programme ↗)“improper registration or surveillance based on”
- quickly into society»korta handläggningstiderna för arbetstillstånd och asylbeslut så att det går fortare att komma in i samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“shorten processing times for work permits and asylum decisions so it goes faster to enter society.”
The plan doesn't address coordination numbers, but makes strong privacy protection an indispensable part of a democratic society and wants more everyday crimes cleared up, which speaks for measures against identity theft.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan doesn't address coordination numbers, but makes strong privacy protection an indispensable part of a democratic society and wants more everyday crimes cleared up, which speaks for measures against identity theft. Sole proprietorships getting an organisation number separate from the owner's personal identification number also lies close to the plan's wish to simplify for microenterprises. At the same time the plan requires that biometric registration and other interventions be tested against proportionality, so the conclusion is uncertain.
Original (Swedish)
Planen behandlar inte samordningsnummer, men gör ett starkt integritetsskydd till en omistlig del av ett demokratiskt samhälle och vill att fler vardagsbrott klaras upp, vilket talar för åtgärder mot identitetsstölder. Att enskilda firmor får ett organisationsnummer skilt från innehavarens personnummer ligger också nära planens vilja att förenkla för mikroföretag. Samtidigt kräver planen att biometrisk registrering och andra ingrepp prövas mot proportionalitet, varför slutsatsen är osäker.
- strong privacy protectiondecisive»Ett starkt integritetsskydd är därför en omistlig del av ett öppet och demokratiskt samhälle.« (party programme ↗)“Strong privacy protection is therefore an indispensable part of an open and democratic society.”
- against everyday crime»Tryggheten ska förbättras i hela landet och fler brott som drabbar folk i deras vardag ska klaras upp.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Security shall be improved throughout the country and more everyday crimes that affect people shall be cleared up.”
- simplification for microenterprises»Vi vill införa en ny och förenklad företagsform för mikroföretag, så att fler ska våga testa att driva företag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to introduce a new and simplified business form for microenterprises, so that more dare try to run a business.”
- proportionality testingweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be tested against its impact on people's personal integrity.”
flags: citat_svagt
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The party programme establishes that protection of the individual's integrity shall be strengthened and that the rule of law shall be strengthened so that crimes are solved.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme establishes that protection of the individual's integrity shall be strengthened and that the rule of law shall be strengthened so that crimes are solved. A coordination number system with secure identification and deletion, and organization numbers separate from the account holder's personal number, counteract identity theft and thereby strengthen both integrity and crime fighting. Biometric registration is at the same time an integrity violation that according to the plan is only justified if an opposing interest weighs considerably more.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet slår fast att skyddet för den enskildes integritet ska stärkas och att rättsstaten ska stärkas så att brott klaras upp. Ett samordningsnummersystem med säker identifiering och gallring, och organisationsnummer skilda från innehavarens personnummer, motverkar identitetsstölder och stärker därmed både integriteten och brottsbekämpningen. Biometrisk registrering är samtidigt ett integritetsintrång som enligt planen bara är berättigat om motstående intresse väger uppenbart tyngre.
- strengthened integrity protectiondecisive»Skyddet för den enskildes integritet ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Protection of the individual's integrity shall be strengthened.”
- strengthened rule of law»Rättsstaten ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“The rule of law shall be strengthened.”
- integrity violation requires weightier grounds»är endast berättigade om ett motstående intresse väger uppenbart tyngre och åtgärden är effektiv.« (party programme ↗)“are only justified if an opposing interest weighs considerably more and the measure is effective.”
- simpler conditions for small businesses»Regelbördan för små företag ska minska« (party programme ↗)“The regulatory burden for small businesses shall be reduced”
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 bases confidence in the legal system on effective crime-fighting that gives security for personal integrity and property, and requires that all crimes be countered and that authorities can share information to prevent crime.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan bases confidence in the legal system on effective crime-fighting that gives security for personal integrity and property, and requires that all crimes be countered and that authorities can share information to prevent crime. Safer issuance of coordination numbers and separate organization numbers counter identity theft and thereby strengthen both crime-fighting and integrity protection.
Original (Swedish)
Planen bygger tilltron till rättssamhället på en effektiv brottsbekämpning som ger trygghet för personlig integritet och egendom, och kräver att alla brott beivras och att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter för att förebygga brott. Säkrare utfärdande av samordningsnummer och separata organisationsnummer motverkar identitetsstölder och stärker därmed både brottsbekämpning och integritetsskydd.
- confidence in the legal systemdecisive»Tilltron till rättssamhället bygger på att människorna« (party programme ↗)“Confidence in the legal system is based on people”
- all crimes shall be countered»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be effectively and without exception countered”
- authority cooperation against crime»Total översyn av sekretessreglerna, så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Total review of confidentiality rules, so that authorities can share information between them to prevent and clear up crime.”
- protection against identity intrusion»Den personliga integriteten ska ha ett starkt« (party programme ↗)“Personal integrity shall have a strong”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The election manifesto explicitly promises that personal presence should be required to confirm a coordination number and that the number should otherwise be withdrawn, as part of taking control of population registration and stopping fraud with temporary personal numbers.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto explicitly promises that personal presence should be required to confirm a coordination number and that the number should otherwise be withdrawn, as part of taking control of population registration and stopping fraud with temporary personal numbers. The counter-proposal's requirement for an issuing authority, identification, biometrics, time limit and deletion is the same measure in developed form. The plan therefore supports the requirement.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet lovar uttryckligen att personlig inställelse ska krävas för att bekräfta ett samordningsnummer och att numret annars ska återkallas, som del i att ta kontroll över folkbokföringen och stoppa fusket med tillfälliga personnummer. Motförslagets krav på en utfärdande myndighet, legitimation, biometri, tidsbegränsning och gallring är samma åtgärd i utvecklad form. Planen stöder därför kravet.
- personal presence requireddecisive»Kräva personlig inställelse för att bekräfta samordningsnummer, annars ska det återkallas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Require personal presence to confirm a coordination number, otherwise it should be withdrawn”
- control over population registration»Ett viktigt första steg är att fastställa vilka som lever i Sverige« (2022 manifesto ↗)“An important first step is to determine who lives in Sweden”
- stop benefit fraud»Moderaterna tänker ta kontroll över folkbokföringen för att stoppa bidragsbrotten och se till att de skattepengar du betalar in används till det de är avsedda för.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderates intend to take control of population registration to stop benefit fraud and ensure that the tax money you pay in is used for what it is intended for.”
- national census»Genomföra en nationell folkräkning för att stoppa bidragsbrotten« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conduct a national census to stop benefit fraud”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
The plan requires more checks against the shadow economy, that it becomes more difficult to exploit Swedish welfare and that the authorities' tools for detecting criminals are improved.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires more checks against the shadow economy, that it becomes more difficult to exploit Swedish welfare and that the authorities' tools for detecting criminals are improved. That coordination numbers are only issued after personal appearance with biometrics, time-limited and pruned, and that individual firms get their own organizational number, are precisely such tools against identity fraud and cheating. The requirement is therefore supported.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver fler kontroller mot skuggsamhället, att det blir svårare att exploatera den svenska välfärden och att myndigheternas verktyg för att upptäcka kriminella förbättras. Att samordningsnummer bara utfärdas efter personlig inställelse med biometri, tidsbegränsas och gallras, och att enskilda firmor får eget organisationsnummer, är just sådana verktyg mot identitetsmissbruk och fusk. Kravet stöds därför.
- combat the shadow economydecisive»Bekämpa skuggsamhället och illegal migration med fler kontroller och fler utvisningar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat the shadow economy and illegal migration with more checks and more deportations”
- protect welfare against fraud»Göra det svårare att exploatera den svenska välfärden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Make it more difficult to exploit Swedish welfare”
- better authority tools»Rättsväsendets samverkan mellan myndigheter och verktyg för att upptäcka och lagföra kriminella ska förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The justice system's collaboration between authorities and tools for detecting and prosecuting criminals should be improved.”
- counter fraud-prone systems»Både fusk och sådana system som tenderar att locka till fusk och korruption ska motverkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Both fraud and such systems that tend to encourage fraud and corruption should be countered.”
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2022/23:SkU8)
- Committee report full text (HA01SkU8)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2022/23:1022 — Sverigevänlig skatte- och indrivningspolitik för välfärd, trygghet och företagande av Per Söderlund m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2022/23:123 — Fler åtgärder för bättre folkbokföring av Anna Vikström (S)
- Motion 2022/23:1311 — Kvinnor som lever under hot av Alexandra Völker och Azadeh Rojhan (båda S)
- Motion 2022/23:1431 — Kosovos medborgarskap av Adnan Dibrani (S)
- Motion 2022/23:1436 — Ändra civilstånd av Monica Haider (S)
- Motion 2022/23:1493 — Regelverk om tillåtet antal folkbokförda i en och samma bostad av Bo Broman (SD)
- Motion 2022/23:1673 — Jämställdhet för hållbar utveckling av Annie Lööf m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2022/23:1680 — Situationen för kvinnor som tvingas leva gömda av Helena Vilhelmsson m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2022/23:2141 — Svenskar i utlandet av Markus Wiechel och Lars Andersson (båda SD)
- Motion 2022/23:223 — Bedrägerier med personnummer av Mikael Larsson (C)
- Motion 2022/23:2315 — med anledning av prop. 2022/23:41 Bättre möjligheter för Skatteverket att göra dataanalyser och urval i folkbokföringsverksamheten av Ilona Szatmári Waldau m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2022/23:292 — Nationell folkräkning och biometriska id-handlingar av Jan Ericson (M)
- Motion 2022/23:559 — Ett transparent skattesystem och ett ökat skydd för känsliga personuppgifter av Markus Wiechel (SD)
- Motion 2022/23:881 — En rättssäker familjepolitik i tiden av Martina Johansson m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2022/23:883 — Våld i nära relation - ett samhällsproblem av Ulrika Liljeberg m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2022/23:959 — Krafttag mot hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck av Michael Rubbestad m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2022/23:961 — Arbetsmarknad och arbetsmiljö av Magnus Persson m.fl. (SD)
- Proposition 2022/23:41 — Bättre möjligheter för Skatteverket att göra dataanalyser och urval i folkbokföringsverksamheten
Source: The Swedish Parliament