What's at stake: The question concerns Sweden's fuel-supply security, jobs and investment in rural areas, and how quickly a domestic, sustainable biofuel industry can grow.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
Whether current policy instruments and ongoing inquiries are enough to strengthen Swedish biofuel production, or whether the state should actively invest through support schemes, a strategic fuel reserve, and guaranteed purchases to build up domestic output.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee shares the government's line that policy should keep promoting the development and production of fossil-free fuels within stable, long-term rules, and refers questions of supply capacity and preparedness to the bioeconomy inquiry already under consideration within the Government Offices.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 10 (C)
The reservation wants to combine the fuel-blending obligation with an active push for domestic production: investment support, swift implementation of the bioeconomy inquiry's proposals, preparedness stockpiles, and a strategic biofuel reserve equal to half of today's diesel consumption, with state procurement to keep pump prices low — citing reduced vulnerability and lower prices.
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 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
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Abstain 0/0/18/6
S
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Yes 89/0/0/17
MP
–
Abstain 0/0/14/4
Cown reservation
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No 0/21/0/3
L
–
Yes 11/0/0/5
KD
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Yes 15/0/0/4
M
–
Yes 58/0/0/10
SD
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Yes 62/1/0/9
Broke with the party line
SDMona Olin(SD, Kalmar län)
No — party line: Yes
MPs whose vote differs from their party's majority position in this division. Marked with a dark ring in the chamber view.
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions
2024/25:2613 by Elin Söderberg et al. (MP) request 122,
2024/25:3071 by Emma Nohrén et al. (MP) request 28,
2024/25:3169 by Rickard Nordin et al. (C) request 53,
2024/25:3364 by Kajsa Fredholm et al. (V) request 2 and
2024/25:3372 by Rickard Nordin et al. (C) request 3.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna
2024/25:2613 av Elin Söderberg m.fl. (MP) yrkande 122,
2024/25:3071 av Emma Nohrén m.fl. (MP) yrkande 28,
2024/25:3169 av Rickard Nordin m.fl. (C) yrkande 53,
2024/25:3364 av Kajsa Fredholm m.fl. (V) yrkande 2 och
2024/25:3372 av Rickard Nordin m.fl. (C) yrkande 3.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag approved the government's proposal for a new reduction obligation. The reduction obligation is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, for example by fuel suppliers blending biofuels into regular fuel.
Today, fuel suppliers are required to blend in at least 6% biofuel, which the government proposes to increase to 10%. The increase applies from 1 July 2025–31 December 2026. During the period 2027 to 2030, 10% shall apply.
The government's proposal also provides a new opportunity for fuel suppliers to partially fulfill the reduction obligation by delivering fossil-free electricity, for example through public charging stations.
The Riksdag also approved the government's proposal for new rules on sustainable fuels and new rules for data centers. The proposals mainly concern adapting Swedish law to EU law.
They include, among other things:
More fuels shall be covered by the sustainability criteria. In particular, recycled coal-based fuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin shall be covered by the criteria.
Certain data centers – or server halls, that is, a facility used to store and handle large amounts of data and information – shall report, among other things, energy use to a European database.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants to reject the government's proposal and reintroduce a significantly more ambitious reduction duty to meet climate goals. (C) — Reservation 10
Motion 2024/25:3109 — Utgiftsområde 20 Klimat, miljö och natur av Anna-Caren Sätherberg m.fl. (S)
Motion 2024/25:3126 — Transportpolitik som bygger ett starkt och rättvist samhälle av Gunilla Svantorp m.fl. (S)
Motion 2024/25:3169 — Ledarskap för klimat och grön omställning av Rickard Nordin m.fl. (C)
Motion 2024/25:3364 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:131 Nya regler för datacenter och hållbara bränslen samt en ny reduktionsplikt av Kajsa Fredholm m.fl. (V)
Motion 2024/25:3368 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:131 Nya regler för datacenter och hållbara bränslen samt en ny reduktionsplikt av Anna-Caren Sätherberg m.fl. (S)
Motion 2024/25:3372 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:131 Nya regler för datacenter och hållbara bränslen samt en ny reduktionsplikt av Rickard Nordin m.fl. (C)
Motion 2024/25:3385 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:131 Nya regler för datacenter och hållbara bränslen samt en ny reduktionsplikt av Katarina Luhr m.fl. (MP)
Proposition 2024/25:131 — Nya regler för datacenter och hållbara bränslen samt en ny reduktionsplikt