Adoption of the bill on indeterminate preventive detention
What's at stake: The decision determines whether Sweden gets a new indeterminate-length detention sanction for the most reoffending-prone violent offenders, raising questions of legal certainty and proportionality for those sentenced, while aiming to protect potential future victims.
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 Parliament should adopt the government's bill for a new indeterminate sanction, preventive security detention, for offenders at particularly high risk of violent reoffending, or reject the bill in favor of a different solution.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee backs the government's proposed legislation on preventive security detention, arguing that stronger protection of society is needed against people who have committed serious offenses against others and have a high risk of reoffending but are not candidates for forensic psychiatric care or life imprisonment; implementation is to resemble that for long fixed-term sentences but with a greater focus on treatment and rehabilitation, with the risk of reoffending reassessed on repeated occasions.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (C)
The reservation agrees that stronger protection of society is needed and therefore accepts adopting the bill now, despite shortcomings in legal certainty, proportionality, equal treatment and fitness for purpose, but wants the exemption from the requirement for a special risk assessment removed so that such an assessment is always required before the sanction is imposed, and wants Parliament to direct the government to eventually replace the sanction with a special form of compulsory care (security care in prison) that would begin after a regular prison sentence has been served.
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: adopting the government's legislative proposal and rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 1 by C.
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 15/0/0/7
S
–
Yes 93/0/0/13
MP
–
Abstain 0/0/16/2
Cown reservation
–
No 0/21/0/3
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 adopts the government's proposals for
1. law on the enforcement of preventive detention,
2. law on amendments to the Penal Code,
3. law on amendments to the Passport Act (1978:302),
4. law on amendments to the Act (1998:620) on criminal records,
5. law on amendments to the Act (1998:714) on compensation for deprivation of liberty and other coercive measures,
6. law on amendments to the Act (2000:562) on international legal assistance in criminal matters,
7. law on amendments to the Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act (2009:400),
8. law on amendments to the Act (2015:96) on recognition and enforcement of deprivation of liberty sanctions within the European Union,
9. law on amendments to the Act (2018:1250) on credit for time in detention,
10. law on amendments to the Sentencing Act (2018:1251),
11. law on amendments to the Act (2018:1693) on police processing of personal data within the scope of the crime data law,
12. law on amendments to the Act (2018:1694) on the Customs Board's processing of personal data within the scope of the crime data law,
13. law on amendments to the Act (2025:520) on international enforcement in criminal matters,
14. law on amendments to the Act (2025:798) on amendments to the Passport Act (1978:302).
Thereby the Riksdag approves proposition 2025/26:95 points 1-14 and rejects the motions
2025/26:3027 by Noria Manouchi (M) amendment 8,
2025/26:3234 by Marléne Lund Kopparklint (M) amendment 1,
2025/26:3477 by Marléne Lund Kopparklint (M),
2025/26:3586 by Teresa Carvalho et al. (S) amendment 58,
2025/26:3591 by Ardalan Shekarabi et al. (S) amendment 20,
2025/26:3901 by Ulrika Liljeberg et al. (C) amendments 1 and 2 and
2025/26:3902 by Ulrika Westerlund et al. (MP) amendments 1 and 3.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen antar regeringens förslag till
1. lag om verkställighet av säkerhetsförvaring,
2. lag om ändring i brottsbalken,
3. lag om ändring i passlagen (1978:302),
4. lag om ändring i lagen (1998:620) om belastningsregister,
5. lag om ändring i lagen (1998:714) om ersättning vid frihetsberövanden och andra tvångsåtgärder,
6. lag om ändring i lagen (2000:562) om internationell rättslig hjälp i brottmål,
7. lag om ändring i offentlighets- och sekretesslagen (2009:400),
8. lag om ändring i lagen (2015:96) om erkännande och verkställighet av frihetsberövande påföljder inom Europeiska unionen,
9. lag om ändring i lagen (2018:1250) om tillgodoräknande av tid för frihetsberövande,
10. lag om ändring i strafftidslagen (2018:1251),
11. lag om ändring i lagen (2018:1693) om polisens behandling av personuppgifter inom brottsdatalagens område,
12. lag om ändring i lagen (2018:1694) om Tullverkets behandling av personuppgifter inom brottsdatalagens område,
13. lag om ändring i lagen (2025:520) om internationell verkställighet i brottmål,
14. lag om ändring i lagen (2025:798) om ändring i passlagen (1978:302).
Därmed bifaller riksdagen proposition 2025/26:95 punkterna 1-14 och avslår motionerna
2025/26:3027 av Noria Manouchi (M) yrkande 8,
2025/26:3234 av Marléne Lund Kopparklint (M) yrkande 1,
2025/26:3477 av Marléne Lund Kopparklint (M),
2025/26:3586 av Teresa Carvalho m.fl. (S) yrkande 58,
2025/26:3591 av Ardalan Shekarabi m.fl. (S) yrkande 20,
2025/26:3901 av Ulrika Liljeberg m.fl. (C) yrkandena 1 och 2 samt
2025/26:3902 av Ulrika Westerlund m.fl. (MP) yrkandena 1 och 3.
Riksdag decision: People who have committed serious crimes against other people and who also have a high risk of reoffending can be sentenced to preventive detention for an indefinite period. The Riksdag voted in favour of the government's proposal.
Preventive detention means that the court first determines a minimum term to be served in prison and which corresponds to the prison sentence that would otherwise have been imposed. In addition to this, a range period shall be determined of an additional four to six years. The range period may be extended by no more than three years at a time if it is absolutely necessary to prevent the sentenced person from reoffending in serious crime.
At the end of the minimum term, the court may decide on so-called conditional release. This means that the Prison Service may decide that the sentenced person shall serve the sentence outside the prison facility with special support and under supervision. If the person misbehaves or commits new crimes, the conditional release can be revoked.
The purpose of the government's proposal is to strengthen society's protection against people who have committed serious crimes against other people and who also have a high risk of reoffending in such crimes, but who are not currently eligible for forensic psychiatric care or life imprisonment.
The new rules come into force on April 15, 2026.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants to introduce a new form of compulsory care, security care in prison, that can occur after served prison sentence. (C) — Reservation 1
Motion 2025/26:3027 — Skärpta åtgärder mot sexualbrott mot barn av Noria Manouchi (M)
Motion 2025/26:3234 — Stärkta skyddsåtgärder mot dömda förövare i föreningslivet och verksamheter nära barn av Marléne Lund Kopparklint (M)
Motion 2025/26:3477 — Stärkt skydd för barn mot dömda sexualförbrytare samt förebyggande insatser i skolan av Marléne Lund Kopparklint (M)
Motion 2025/26:3586 — Utgiftsområde 4 Rättsväsendet av Teresa Carvalho m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:3591 — Jämställdhet och mäns våld mot kvinnor av Ardalan Shekarabi m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:3901 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:95 Säkerhetsförvaring - en ny tidsobestämd frihetsberövande påföljd av Ulrika Liljeberg m.fl. (C)
Motion 2025/26:3902 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:95 Säkerhetsförvaring - en ny tidsobestämd frihetsberövande påföljd av Ulrika Westerlund m.fl. (MP)
Proposition 2025/26:95 — Säkerhetsförvaring - en ny tidsobestämd frihetsberövande påföljd