2025-05-142024/25:UbU10 · p.3UbUEducation
School's work against racism and antisemitism
Schools' work against racism and antisemitism
What's at stake: Children exposed to racist or antisemitic harassment risk worse mental and physical health and a reduced ability to benefit from schooling. The decision affects how systematically schools and agencies work to prevent and address such harassment.
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 National Agency for Education and the Schools Inspectorate should be given a specific mandate to draw up and follow up an action plan against racism in schools, or whether schools' existing values-based work and ongoing agency efforts are sufficient.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee points out that the Education Act already requires education to rest on fundamental democratic values - the equal worth of all people, gender equality and solidarity - and highlights the work the National Agency for Education is carrying out against honour-related violence and oppression on the government's mandate, as well as a recently established inquiry in the area. Against that background, the committee rejects the motions.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 8 (V)
The reservation (V) calls for the National Agency for Education to be tasked with drawing up a concrete action plan for schools' work against racism, and for the Schools Inspectorate to be tasked with following up this work as part of its regular supervision. The reasoning is that harassment on racist grounds, not least Afrophobia, is common in schools and harms children's health, yet schools currently lack concrete tools for preventive work.
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 8 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: CCenterpartiet, LLiberalerna
Ja 174–21Ja 139–56
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 0/21/0/3 | match | confidence: medium | derived |
| S | No | Abstain 0/0/93/13 | differs | confidence: medium | derived |
| MP | No | Abstain 0/0/15/3 | differs | confidence: medium | derived |
| C | No | Yes 21/0/0/3 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| L | No | Yes 14/0/0/2 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: medium | explicit |
| KD | No | Yes 16/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| M | Yes | Yes 60/0/0/8 | match | confidence: low | not addressed |
| SD | No | Yes 63/0/0/9 | differs | confidence: low | derived |
Committee proposal
Parliament rejects the motions 2024/25:1733 by Mathias Bengtsson (KD) motion 1, 2024/25:1931 by Nooshi Dadgostar et al. (V) motion 15, 2024/25:2643 by Leila Ali Elmi et al. (MP) motions 24 and 25, and 2024/25:3024 by Åsa Westlund et al. (S) motion 35.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2024/25:1733 av Mathias Bengtsson (KD) yrkande 1, 2024/25:1931 av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V) yrkande 15, 2024/25:2643 av Leila Ali Elmi m.fl. (MP) yrkandena 24 och 25 samt 2024/25:3024 av Åsa Westlund m.fl. (S) yrkande 35.
Riksdag decision: Parliament said no to approximately 165 proposals in motions dealing with fundamental questions about education, with reference to among other things existing regulations and ongoing work. The proposals were submitted during the general motion period 2024 and concern for example the school's values foundation, safety and study environment in school, subjects and knowledge areas, grades and assessment, access to teaching materials, instruction in mother tongue and minority languages, and after-school care.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants all schools to be secular with norm-critical work against violence. (V) — Reservation 8
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 establishes that Sweden needs to build up and spread knowledge about how today's racist structures look, and that specific knowledge is required about, for example, the vulnerability of Afro-Swedes and Muslims.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan establishes that Sweden needs to build up and spread knowledge about how today's racist structures look, and that specific knowledge is required about, for example, the vulnerability of Afro-Swedes and Muslims. A concrete action plan for the school's work against racism and follow-up in supervision gives schools precisely the tools the plan presupposes. The plan also requires that the school works preventively against destructive norms and compensates for students' different starting points.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att Sverige behöver bygga upp och sprida kunskap om hur dagens rasistiska strukturer ser ut, och att det krävs specifika kunskaper om exempelvis afrosvenskars och muslimers utsatthet. En konkret handlingsplan för skolans arbete mot rasism och uppföljning i tillsynen ger skolorna just de verktyg planen förutsätter. Planen kräver också att skolan arbetar förebyggande mot destruktiva normer och kompenserar för elevers olika förutsättningar.
- knowledge about racist structuresdecisive»Sverige behöver överhuvudtaget bygga upp och sprida kunskap om« (party programme ↗)“Sweden needs in general to build up and spread knowledge about”
- specific knowledge about different racisms»Därför behöver vi specifika historiska kunskaper om olika« (party programme ↗)“Therefore, we need specific historical knowledge about different”
- preventive normative work in school»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.”
- compensatory school»En skola som ger barn lika chanser är också kompensatorisk, det vill säga den förmår ge mer stöd till den som kommer från sämre förutsättningar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A school that gives children equal opportunities is also compensatory, meaning it is able to give more support to those who come from worse starting points.”
The party programme requires study environments free from racism and xenophobia and states that the party is anti-racist and that the fight against racism also concerns combating prejudice.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme requires study environments free from racism and xenophobia and states that the party is anti-racist and that the fight against racism also concerns combating prejudice. It supports the counter-proposal's demands for a concrete action plan for the school's work against racism and for follow-up within supervision. All children shall according to the programme have equivalent conditions and a safe upbringing.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet kräver studiemiljöer fria från rasism och främlingsfientlighet och slår fast att partiet är antirasistiskt och att kampen mot rasism också handlar om att bekämpa fördomar. Det bär motförslagets krav på en konkret handlingsplan för skolans arbete mot rasism och på uppföljning inom tillsynen. Alla barn ska enligt programmet ha likvärdiga villkor och en trygg uppväxt.
- study environments free from racismdecisive»Detta kräver studiemiljöer fria från mobbing, från« (party programme ↗)“This requires study environments free from bullying, from”
- anti-racist party»Socialdemokraterna är ett antirasistiskt parti, som strävar« (party programme ↗)“The Social Democrats are an anti-racist party, which strives”
- equivalent conditions for all children»Alla barn och ungdomar ska ha rätt till likvärdiga villkor« (party programme ↗)“All children and young people shall have the right to equivalent conditions”
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 bullying and discrimination of students be actively combated in school and that structural discrimination and racism shall cease, with systematic statistics as a tool.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that bullying and discrimination of students be actively combated in school and that structural discrimination and racism shall cease, with systematic statistics as a tool. A concrete action plan for schools' work against racism and follow-up within supervision are exactly such tools. The plan does not prescribe the form of the assignment, so the position is derived.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att mobbning och diskriminering av elever aktivt motarbetas i skolan och att strukturell diskriminering och rasism ska upphöra, med systematisk statistik som verktyg. En konkret handlingsplan för skolors arbete mot rasism och uppföljning inom tillsynen är just sådana verktyg. Planen föreskriver inte formen för uppdraget, varför ställningstagandet härleds.
- active work against violations in schoolsdecisive»mobbning och diskriminering av elever och skolpersonal ska aktivt motarbetas« (party programme ↗)“bullying and discrimination of students and school personnel shall be actively combated”
- racism shall cease»Strukturell diskriminering och rasism ska upphöra.« (party programme ↗)“Structural discrimination and racism shall cease.”
- monitoring of racism»ta fram systematisk statistik för att belysa diskriminering och rasism i samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“compile systematic statistics to illuminate discrimination and racism in society.”
- protection against hate and violations»utsättas för hatbrott eller hatpropaganda.« (party programme ↗)“are subjected to hate crimes or hate propaganda.”
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 school be a safe place free from racism and harassment, and it already uses the tool of mandatory action plans in schools against honour-related oppression.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that school be a safe place free from racism and harassment, and it already uses the tool of mandatory action plans in schools against honour-related oppression. It additionally wants to intensify school supervision, which directly addresses the counter-proposal's requirement that the School Inspectorate follows up on the work as part of ordinary supervision. The plan therefore supports both the action plan and the follow-up.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att skolan ska vara en trygg plats fri från rasism och trakasserier, och den använder redan verktyget obligatoriska handlingsplaner i skolan mot hedersförtryck. Den vill dessutom skärpa tillsynen av skolor, vilket direkt bär motförslagets krav på att Skolinspektionen följer upp arbetet inom den ordinarie tillsynen. Planen stödjer därför både handlingsplanen och uppföljningen.
- school free from racismdecisive»Skolan ska vara en trygg plats — fri från rasism, homofobi och trakasserier grundade på kön — där barn kan växa och utvecklas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“School shall be a safe place — free from racism, homophobia, and harassment based on gender — where children can grow and develop.”
- intensified school supervision»och vi vill skärpa tillsynen av skolor och deras ägare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“and we want to intensify supervision of schools and their operators”
- action plans in every school»Alla kommuner ska ha handlingsplaner för att förebygga mäns våld mot kvinnor och alla skolor ska ha handlingsplaner mot hedersförtryck.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All municipalities shall have action plans to prevent men's violence against women and all schools shall have action plans against honour-related oppression.”
- combat discriminatory structures»Vi bekämpar alla strukturer, formella och informella, som förtrycker eller diskriminerar människor.« (party programme ↗)“We combat all structures, formal and informal, that oppress or discriminate against people.”
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 commits to ensuring that all schools uphold the equal worth of all people and that the state with force shall combat all forms of racism, discrimination and intolerance.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan explicitly commits to ensuring that all schools uphold the equal worth of all people and that the state with force shall combat all forms of racism, discrimination and intolerance. A concrete action plan from the National Education Board and follow-up through the School Inspectorate's regular supervision are means for precisely that assurance. The plan also establishes that the education system is not value-free and that every tendency towards racism shall be combated.
Original (Swedish)
Planen åtar sig uttryckligen att säkerställa att alla skolor står upp för alla människors lika värde och att staten med kraft ska bekämpa all slags rasism, diskriminering och intolerans. En konkret handlingsplan från Skolverket och uppföljning genom Skolinspektionens ordinarie tillsyn är medel för just det säkerställandet. Planen slår också fast att utbildningssystemet inte är värderingsfritt och att varje tendens till rasism ska bekämpas.
- all schools stand for equal worthdecisive»Vi vill modernisera diskrimineringslagen, prioritera polisens hatbrottsverksamhet och säkerställa att alla skolor står upp för alla människors lika värde.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to modernize the discrimination law, prioritize the police's hate crime activities and ensure that all schools uphold the equal worth of all people.”
- the state combats racism»Därför ska staten med kraft bekämpa all slags rasism, diskriminering och intolerans.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore, the state shall with force combat all forms of racism, discrimination and intolerance.”
- combat every tendency towards racism»varje tendens till rasism, ojämställdhet, inskränkthet och intolerans bekämpas.« (party programme ↗)“every tendency towards racism, inequality, narrow-mindedness and intolerance is combated.”
- the school works for democracy»Utbildningssystemet ska inte vara värderingsfritt. Skolan ska aktivt verka för demokrati,« (party programme ↗)“The education system shall not be value-free. The school shall actively work for democracy,”
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 party programme requires that bullying and other denigrating treatment be forcefully countered in schools and that tolerance for people's differences be promoted, with the fight against racism as part of the party's ideological heritage.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme requires that bullying and other denigrating treatment be forcefully countered in schools and that tolerance for people's differences be promoted, with the fight against racism as part of the party's ideological heritage. A concrete action plan for schools' work against racism and follow-up within ordinary supervision is a means for exactly that commitment. The plan does not take a position on whether a new task is needed alongside ongoing work.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet kräver att mobbning och annan kränkande behandling kraftfullt motverkas i skolan och att tolerans för människors olikheter främjas, med kampen mot rasism som en del av partiets idéarv. En konkret handlingsplan för skolornas arbete mot rasism och uppföljning inom den ordinarie tillsynen är medel för just det åtagandet. Planen tar inte ställning till om ett nytt uppdrag behövs vid sidan av pågående arbete.
- denigrating treatment countereddecisive»Mobbning och annan kränkande behandling måste kraftfullt motverkas.« (party programme ↗)“Bullying and other denigrating treatment must be forcefully countered.”
- tolerance promoted in school»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 the sexes and tolerance for people's differences are attitudes that shall be promoted.”
- struggle against racism»Kampen stod mot människoförakt, rasism,« (party programme ↗)“The struggle stood against misanthropy, racism,”
- school's educative task»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 preserved by Christian tradition educate students to be responsible citizens.”
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 subordinates the school's educational task to the main mission of conveying knowledge and wishes to reduce teachers' documentation requirements; supervision should be directed at schools that fail or promote radicalization and segregation.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan subordinates the school's educational task to the main mission of conveying knowledge and wishes to reduce teachers' documentation requirements; supervision should be directed at schools that fail or promote radicalization and segregation. A national action plan for schools' work against racism with follow-up in ordinary supervision instead adds administration outside the knowledge mission. The plan condemns racism, but speaks from these commitments against the counter-proposal's demands.
Original (Swedish)
Planen underordnar skolans fostrande uppgift huvuduppdraget att förmedla kunskap och vill minska lärarnas dokumentationskrav; tillsynen ska riktas mot skolor som brister eller främjar radikalisering och segregation. En nationell handlingsplan för skolors arbete mot rasism med uppföljning i den ordinarie tillsynen lägger i stället till administration utanför kunskapsuppdraget. Planen fördömer rasism, men talar utifrån dessa åtaganden emot motförslagets krav.
- the knowledge mission firstdecisive»skolans förmåga att klara sitt huvuduppdrag att förmedla« (party programme ↗)“the school's ability to fulfill its main mission to convey”
- less administration in schools»Minska lärarnas dokumentationskrav« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce teachers' documentation requirements”
- supervision against radicalization»Ge Skolinspektionen i särskilt uppdrag att granska och stänga skolor som kan misstänkas främja radikalisering och segregation« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give the School Inspectorate a special mission to inspect and close schools that can be suspected of promoting radicalization and segregation”
- no tolerance for racism»Den ursäktar inte homofobiskt eller rasistiskt« (party programme ↗)“It does not excuse homophobic or racist”
The plan demands zero tolerance for violence and insecurity in schools and that schools be made into safe places for students and staff; the party programme states that bullying and social exclusion in schools must be countered.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan demands zero tolerance for violence and insecurity in schools and that schools be made into safe places for students and staff; the party programme states that bullying and social exclusion in schools must be countered. A concrete tool for schools' work against harassment and oversight of its implementation lies close to this. At the same time, the plan opposes political projects in schools, which makes the conclusion uncertain.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver nolltolerans mot våld och otrygghet i skolan och att skolan görs till en trygg plats för elever och personal; partiprogrammet slår fast att mobbning och utanförskap i skolan måste motverkas. Ett konkret verktyg för skolornas arbete mot kränkningar och tillsyn av att det följs ligger nära detta. Samtidigt vänder sig planen mot politiska projekt i skolan, vilket gör slutsatsen osäker.
- zero tolerance for insecuritydecisive»Förbättra arbetsmiljön genom att införa nolltolerans mot våld och otrygghet i skolan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Improve the working environment by introducing zero tolerance for violence and insecurity in schools”
- counter harassment in schools»Mobbning, sexuella trakasserier och utanförskap i skolan måste motverkas« (party programme ↗)“Bullying, sexual harassment and social exclusion in schools must be countered”
- safe schools»Skolan ska göras till en trygg plats för elever och personal« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Schools shall be made into safe places for students and staff”
- against political projects in schools»Avsluta de politiska experimenten på Sveriges barn och unga« (2022 manifesto ↗)“End the political experiments on Sweden's children and young people”
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 (2024/25:UbU10)
- Committee report full text (HC01UbU10)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2024/25:1065 — Skolavslutningar och firanden av högtider med konfessionella inslag i kyrkolokaler av Ingemar Kihlström (KD)
- Motion 2024/25:1075 — Psykisk hälsa på schemat av Mathias Bengtsson (KD)
- Motion 2024/25:1079 — Säkerställ att alla elever genomgått hjärt-lungräddning av Alexandra Anstrell och Malin Höglund (båda M)
- 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