Digitalization

The plan does not address digital government mail. The closest lying principle is that welfare and societal service must exist everywhere and that it is resources, not new administrative systems, that are needed, and that digital platforms must be built on users' freedom and integrity. A savings-driven demand that the public must send mail digitally thus does not follow from the plan.

• resources before administrative systemsdecisive»Det är resurser som främst behövs, inte formulär för kvalitetssäkring, nya bokningssystem för sjukhussängar eller ännu en managementkonsult som inte kan något om verksamheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is resources that are mainly needed, not forms for quality assurance, new booking systems for hospital beds or yet another management consultant who knows nothing about the activity.”
• service for all»Välfärden måste vara till för alla och finnas överallt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Welfare must be for everyone and exist everywhere.”
• users' integrity»på användarnas frihet, integritet och självbestämmande« (party programme ↗)“on users' freedom, integrity and self-determination”

The plan does not address digital authority mail, but it requires that shared resources go to activity and not to bureaucracy, and that service to citizens be good throughout the country. An obligation to send mail digitally to those who have a digital mailbox aligns with that commitment. The plan's protection of personal integrity speaks for regulation but not against the proposal in substance.

• resources to activity, not bureaucracydecisive»Villkor ska ställas så att pengarna till välfärden verkligen går till dess medarbetare – inte mer byråkrati.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conditions shall be set so that money for welfare really goes to its staff – not more bureaucracy.”
• public services throughout the country»God tillgång till samhällets service i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“Good access to public services throughout the country.”
• protection of personal integrity»Skydd för den personliga integriteten.« (party programme ↗)“Protection of personal integrity.”

The plan sees digitalization and automation as a way to reduce work burden and free up time in operations, which supports the counter-proposal's requirement for digital government mail. The plan at the same time conditions technology leaps with development reaching everyone and groups less involved in digitalization not being left behind. Since the requirement applies only to individuals who already have a digital mailbox, that objection carries little weight. The question is not explicitly addressed, so the position is derived.

• digitalization frees up resourcesdecisive»minska arbetsbelastningen och frigöra tid inom många yrken.« (party programme ↗)“reduce work burden and free up time in many professions.”
• no one left behind digitally»Den tekniska utvecklingen ska komma alla till del och ingen ska lämnas efter.« (party programme ↗)“Technical development should reach everyone and no one should be left behind.”
• digital participation for all»de grupper som i lägre utsträckning känner sig delaktiga i digitaliseringen« (party programme ↗)“groups who feel less involved in digitalization”

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 sees digitalization on equal terms as a prerequisite for democracy and wants to use digital tools to reduce administration, while politics must be economical with taxpayers' money. A requirement that the public sector send mail digitally to those with digital mailboxes aligns with that efficiency and service ambition. The plan's decentralization principle does speak against new state obligations for municipalities, but the efficiency gain outweighs that.

• digitalization on equal termsdecisive»Digitalisering på lika villkor, oavsett var man bor, är en förutsättning för demokrati och möjliggör decentralisering.« (party programme ↗)“Digitalization on equal terms, regardless of where one lives, is a prerequisite for democracy and enables decentralization.”
• be economical with tax revenues»Politiken ska hushålla med skattebetalarnas pengar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Politics should be economical with taxpayers' money.”
• digital tools reduce administration»Den administrativa bördan inom vården måste minska, bland annat med hjälp av digitala verktyg som är användbara och efterfrågade av medarbetarna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The administrative burden in healthcare must be reduced, among other things with the help of digital tools that are useful and desired by employees.”
• decentralized decision-making»Decentralisera mera. Människor ska få bestämma mer själva, och politiska beslut ska fattas nära dem som berörs.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Decentralize more. People should be able to decide more themselves, and political decisions should be made close to those affected.”

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's digitalization principle is that all public functions that at reasonable cost can be made digitally accessible also must be, which underlies the requirement that authorities, municipalities and regions must send mail digitally to those who have a digital mailbox. The plan wants society to make use of technology's possibilities and for public resources to be used more efficiently. Data protection must at the same time be strengthened, which is a condition but not an obstacle to digital government mail.

• digitally accessible governmentdecisive»som till en rimlig kostnad kan göras digitalt tillgängliga också ska göras digitalt tillgängliga.« (party programme ↗)“that at reasonable cost can be made digitally accessible must also be made digitally accessible.”
• make use of technology»de möjligheter som den tekniska utvecklingen skapar« (party programme ↗)“the opportunities that technological development creates”
• strengthened data protection»Skyddet för den enskildes integritet ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Data protection must be strengthened.”

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 restraint in public spending and sees reliable electronic communications as a prerequisite for development, which argues for an obligation to use digital mail where major savings can be made. At the same time, the plan calls for great caution in handling personal data and for the financing principle to be respected when the state imposes new tasks on municipalities. Overall, the efficiency and savings commitment outweighs, but the conclusion is derived.

• restrained public spendingdecisive»återhållsamhet i de offentliga utgifterna« (party programme ↗)“restraint in public spending”
• expanded digital infrastructure»tillförlitliga elektroniska kommunikationer med hög prestanda« (party programme ↗)“reliable electronic communications with high performance”
• protection of personal integrity»Den personliga integriteten ska ha ett starkt grundlagsskydd« (party programme ↗)“Personal integrity shall have strong constitutional protection”
• financing principle in state requirements»Finansieringsprincipen måste respekteras när staten ålägger« (party programme ↗)“The financing principle must be respected when the state imposes”

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 the state to streamline administration and cut back administrative work: processing times shall be shortened, one-third of red tape shall be removed and an efficiency office shall review the finances of all government agencies. A requirement that authorities, municipalities and regions send post digitally, with great savings potential and better service, aligns with these commitments and with the requirement that public waste shall be combated. The plan, however, does not explicitly mention digital mailbox.

• more efficient government agenciesdecisive»Inrätta ett effektiviseringskansli som ska gå inom alla myndigheters ekonomi för att frigöra resurser till försvaret« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish an efficiency office that shall review the finances of all government agencies to free up resources for defence”
• shorter processing times»Korta myndigheternas handläggningstider genom en bortre tidsgräns« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Shorten the authorities' processing times through a maximum time limit”
• reduced administration»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove one-third of companies' administrative costs and one-third of red tape”
• combat public waste»Offentligt slöseri i alla former ska bekämpas.« (party programme ↗)“Public waste in all forms shall be combated.”

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 states that everyone shall have access to functioning postal services including the possibility to receive government mail digitally. The counter-proposal's demands that authorities, municipalities and regions send mail digitally to those who have digital mailbox realises precisely this. The demand is also supported by the plan's commitment to scale back unnecessary public expenditure and keep bureaucracy at a minimum.

• digital government maildecisive»Sverigedemokraterna vill satsa på utbyggnaden av bredband samt säkerställa att alla har tillgång till telefoni och fungerande posttjänster, inklusive möjligheten att få sin myndighetspost digitalt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to invest in the expansion of broadband and ensure that everyone has access to telephony and functioning postal services, including the possibility to receive government mail digitally.”
• reduced public waste»Skala bort onödiga utgifter i det offentliga« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Scale back unnecessary public expenditure”
• streamlined public administration»Sverigedemokraterna vill också slå samman myndigheter och renodla offentliga verksamheter där det är möjligt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats also want to consolidate agencies and streamline public activities where possible.”
• minimum bureaucracy»minimum av byråkrati skall genomsyra all offentlig verksamhet.« (party programme ↗)“minimum bureaucracy shall permeate all public activities.”

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.