Conditions of study financial aid for specific groups of students
What's at stake: The decision affects the ability of groups that currently lack full access to study financial aid, such as Ukrainian war refugees, to finance studies in Sweden. Broader support would ease integration and employment but would also expand the system's cost and scope.
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 conditions of the study financial aid system should be changed to give specific groups of students, including people protected under the Temporary Protection Directive, expanded rights to grants and loans, or whether the current general rules should remain unchanged pending the government's planned review.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee rejects the motions. It emphasises that Swedish study financial aid is already among the most generous in the world and offers good opportunities to study in different life situations, including extra weeks and extra grants and loans for certain groups. The committee notes that the government already plans to review the study support system and sees no reason to pre-empt that work.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 2 (MP)
The Green Party (MP) argues that Ukrainian refugees protected under the Temporary Protection Directive should receive the same social benefits as other refugees with residence permits, such as the right to CSN study aid. The party holds that the absence of these benefits creates social problems for both adults and children and hampers integration into Swedish society.
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 2 by MP.
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
–
Yes 18/0/1/5
S
–
Abstain 1/1/85/19
MPown reservation
–
No 0/14/0/4
C
–
Yes 20/0/0/4
L
–
Yes 12/0/0/4
KD
–
Yes 15/0/0/4
M
–
Yes 54/0/0/14
SD
–
Yes 62/0/0/10
Broke with the party line
VGudrun Nordborg(V, Västerbottens län)
Abstain — party line: Yes
SAzadeh Rojhan(S, Stockholms län)
Yes — party line: Abstain
SMonica Haider(S, Kronobergs 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
2024/25:281 by Mathias Bengtsson (KD),
2024/25:338 by Jessica Rodén (S) demands 1 and 2,
2024/25:464 by Isak From (S),
2024/25:1519 by Anna-Belle Strömberg and Malin Larsson (both S),
2024/25:2273 by Mattias Eriksson Falk and Roger Hedlund (both SD),
2024/25:2453 by Laila Naraghi et al. (S) demands 1 and 2,
2024/25:2517 by Sanna Backeskog et al. (S),
2024/25:3052 by Annika Hirvonen et al. (MP) demand 22 and
2024/25:3219 by Åsa Westlund et al. (S) demands 4 and 8.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna
2024/25:281 av Mathias Bengtsson (KD),
2024/25:338 av Jessica Rodén (S) yrkandena 1 och 2,
2024/25:464 av Isak From (S),
2024/25:1519 av Anna-Belle Strömberg och Malin Larsson (båda S),
2024/25:2273 av Mattias Eriksson Falk och Roger Hedlund (båda SD),
2024/25:2453 av Laila Naraghi m.fl. (S) yrkandena 1 och 2,
2024/25:2517 av Sanna Backeskog m.fl. (S),
2024/25:3052 av Annika Hirvonen m.fl. (MP) yrkande 22 och
2024/25:3219 av Åsa Westlund m.fl. (S) yrkandena 4 och 8.
Riksdag decision: Parliament rejected 40 proposals on student aid that were submitted during the regular motion period in 2024. This with reference to, among other things, ongoing work.
The proposals concern, for example, the conditions for student aid and cancellation of student loans.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants to give Ukrainian refugees the same social benefits as other refugees, including CSN rights. (MP) — Reservation 2
Motion 2024/25:1104 — Avskaffande av fribeloppet av Helena Storckenfeldt (M)
Motion 2024/25:1137 — Ett avskaffande av fribeloppet av Christian Carlsson (KD)
Motion 2024/25:1355 — En stark tandvård med välmående personal av Carina Ståhl Herrstedt m.fl. (SD)
Motion 2024/25:1363 — En tillgänglig sjukvård i världsklass av Carina Ståhl Herrstedt m.fl. (SD)
Motion 2024/25:1485 — Fler och billigare studentbostäder av Amalia Rud Stenlöf och Adrian Magnusson (båda S)
Motion 2024/25:15 — Borttagande av fribeloppet för studiemedel av Nima Gholam Ali Pour (SD)
Motion 2024/25:1519 — Förbättrade förutsättningar för gymnasieelever som studerar på annan ort av Anna-Belle Strömberg och Malin Larsson (båda S)
Motion 2024/25:2251 — Möjlighet till avskrivning av studielån vid tjänstgöring på landsbygden inom samhällsviktiga verksamheter av Mattias Eriksson Falk och Roger Hedlund (båda SD)
Motion 2024/25:2273 — Utbetalning av studiebidrag direkt till eleverna av Mattias Eriksson Falk och Roger Hedlund (båda SD)
Motion 2024/25:2453 — CSN för gymnasiestudier på folkhögskolor av Laila Naraghi m.fl. (S)
Motion 2024/25:2517 — Jämlika förutsättningar att studera på högre nivå av Sanna Backeskog m.fl. (S)
Motion 2024/25:2561 — Studiemedel utifrån avklarade poäng av Ann-Sofie Lifvenhage och Ann-Charlotte Hammar Johnsson (båda M)
Motion 2024/25:281 — Elevers rätt till inackorderingstillägg av Mathias Bengtsson (KD)
Motion 2024/25:2955 — Livskraft och framtidstro på Sveriges landsbygder av Muharrem Demirok m.fl. (C)
Motion 2024/25:3052 — Stärkta rättigheter för människor på flykt av Annika Hirvonen m.fl. (MP)
Motion 2024/25:3070 — Utgiftsområde 14 Arbetsmarknad och arbetsliv av Ardalan Shekarabi m.fl. (S)