State investment promotion and companies' access to capital
What's at stake: The decision affects how the state works to attract and retain strategically important investments in Sweden, and what protection exists against sensitive investments ending up in the wrong hands. It also affects small and growing businesses, along with rural and sparsely populated areas, that depend on access to risk capital and financing.
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 state investment promotion should be given a new direction focused on Swedish strength areas, the green transition and resilience, together with tighter screening of foreign direct investment, or whether the current system - in which a mainly private market meets companies' capital needs - should remain unchanged.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee considers that Sweden, in international comparison, already has a very well-functioning market for corporate financing, and that it is mainly the private market that should meet companies' capital needs. Since similar proposals were rejected as recently as spring 2025, the committee refers to the positions taken then and rejects the motions calling for a new direction for state investment promotion.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 10 (S)
S wants a new direction for state investment promotion, guided by four priorities: developing Swedish strength areas, accelerating the green and digital transition, promoting jobs and growth nationwide, and strengthening Swedish resilience. The party also wants an effective system for screening foreign direct investment in protected areas, since the current system risks that strategically important investments do not come to Sweden at all, harming both resilience and competitiveness.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
V–
S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
SD–
YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 10 by S.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
V
–
Abstain 0/0/15/7
Sown reservation
–
No 0/93/0/13
MP
–
Abstain 0/0/16/2
C
–
Yes 21/0/0/3
L
–
Yes 10/0/0/6
KD
–
Yes 17/0/0/2
M
–
Yes 60/0/0/8
SD
–
Yes 62/0/0/9
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions
2025/26:2817 by Birger Lahti et al. (V) demand 7,
2025/26:3282 by Katarina Luhr et al. (MP) demand 30,
2025/26:3422 by Katarina Luhr et al. (MP) demand 92 and
2025/26:3593 by Fredrik Olovsson et al. (S) demand 46.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna
2025/26:2817 av Birger Lahti m.fl. (V) yrkande 7,
2025/26:3282 av Katarina Luhr m.fl. (MP) yrkande 30,
2025/26:3422 av Katarina Luhr m.fl. (MP) yrkande 92 och
2025/26:3593 av Fredrik Olovsson m.fl. (S) yrkande 46.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag said no to 138 proposals in motions from the general motion period of 2025 on business policy.
The proposals concern, among other things, business promotion, measures against unserious companies, competition issues, efforts for an equal business environment and certain industries and sectors.
The Riksdag refers, among other things, to the policy pursued, previous positions and that work is already underway in the areas that the proposals concern.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants to increase support to the innovation system and present a national innovation strategy. (S) — Reservation 10
Motion 2025/26:1077 — En nationell dataspelspolitik för kultur och innovation av Sofia Skönnbrink m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:1122 — Stöd till affärsutveckling för kulturella och kreativa branscher, särskilt spelindustrin av Anne-Li Sjölund (C)
Motion 2025/26:1166 — Destinationsutveckling av östra Skåne av Adrian Magnusson m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:1175 — Nationell samordnare för dataspelsbranschen av Mona Smedman (C)
Motion 2025/26:1245 — Turistavgift av Anna-Caren Sätherberg och Hanna Westerén (båda S)
Motion 2025/26:1276 — Reformer för ökad tillväxt i Stockholmsregionen av Josefin Malmqvist m.fl. (M)
Motion 2025/26:128 — Inrättande av en chief technology officer för Sverige av Rashid Farivar (SD)
Motion 2025/26:1320 — Utvärdering av bryggerilånens påverkan på krogmarknaden och småbryggeriernas möjligheter av Petter Löberg och Joakim Järrebring (båda S)
Motion 2025/26:1387 — Stärkta förutsättningar för kooperativt företagande av Karin Sundin m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:1417 — Statligt ansvar vid industrietableringar av Åsa Karlsson (S)
Motion 2025/26:1447 — Bättre förutsättningar för en modern industri av Ida Karkiainen m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:1448 — Stärkt entreprenörskap i hela landet av Johan Büser (S)
Motion 2025/26:1925 — Svenska trähus för Ukrainas återuppbyggnad av Jan Ericson (M)
Motion 2025/26:1941 — Stopp för kriminaliteten inom offentlig upphandling av Mattias Jonsson och Amalia Rud Stenlöf (båda S)
Motion 2025/26:2095 — Regelbunden översyn av svensk konkurrenskraft av Sten Bergheden (M)
Motion 2025/26:2181 — Forskning, innovation och teknikutveckling inom safetech och blåljusverksamhet av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage (M)