Defence industry and government defence industry strategy
Defence industry strategy and materiel procurement in total defence
What's at stake: The decision affects how much the state steers and owns in the Swedish defence industry and how quickly materiel can be procured, which matters for defence companies' competitiveness, jobs in the sector, and Sweden's ability to quickly re-equip its war units.
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 government's stated direction for defence industry strategy and materiel procurement should stand, or whether the Riksdag should instead push for a more actively steered defence-industry policy, including state co-ownership and a national coordinator.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee has no objections to the government's defence industry strategy and the promised annual follow-up of its implementation, and rejects the motions on defence industry matters; on materiel procurement, the committee points to the substantial resources already allocated for equipment purchases and rejects those motions as well.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 17 (S)
The dissenters want to investigate acquiring another submarine and start production of one, secure Swedish influence and control over the next generation of fighter jets, urgently review procurement rules to ease direct purchasing from Swedish defence industry, set up a national defence-industry coordinator and a new export-support agency, open the door to state co-ownership in the defence industry - including in Saab - and sign a defence-industrial statement of intent with Finland while modernising procurement in the space domain, arguing that a strong domestic defence industry is essential for security and for jobs across the country.
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 17 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
–
Yes 15/0/0/7
Sown reservation
–
No 0/93/0/13
MP
–
Abstain 0/0/16/2
C
–
Abstain 0/0/21/3
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
Parliament rejects the motions
2025/26:58 by Josef Fransson (SD) demands 1, 2 and 4-7,
2025/26:1443 by Patrik Lundqvist et al. (S),
2025/26:2822 by Mikael Larsson et al. (C) demands 12 and 13,
2025/26:3145 by Joar Forssell (L),
2025/26:3185 by Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist et al. (C) demand 37,
2025/26:3407 by Emma Berginger et al. (MP) demand 4,
2025/26:3442 by Ann-Sofie Alm (M) demands 1-4 and
2025/26:3556 by Peter Hultqvist et al. (S) demands 40, 44, 59, 60, 62-66, 96 and 98.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna
2025/26:58 av Josef Fransson (SD) yrkandena 1, 2 och 4-7,
2025/26:1443 av Patrik Lundqvist m.fl. (S),
2025/26:2822 av Mikael Larsson m.fl. (C) yrkandena 12 och 13,
2025/26:3145 av Joar Forssell (L),
2025/26:3185 av Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist m.fl. (C) yrkande 37,
2025/26:3407 av Emma Berginger m.fl. (MP) yrkande 4,
2025/26:3442 av Ann-Sofie Alm (M) yrkandena 1-4 och
2025/26:3556 av Peter Hultqvist m.fl. (S) yrkandena 40, 44, 59, 60, 62-66, 96 och 98.
Riksdag decision: Parliament said no to 160 proposals about total defence. The proposals were submitted during the regular motion period in 2025 and concern, among other things, the Swedish Armed Forces' operational capability and military organization, exercise activities, and Sweden's support to Ukraine.
Parliament refers primarily to the fact that the considerations made in the decision on total defence for the period 2025–2030 remain in force and to the ongoing work in many of the different areas raised by the movers.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants total defense to be strengthened further. (S) — Reservation 17
Motion 2025/26:1002 — Svenskar som har försvarat Ukraina av Magnus Jacobsson (KD)
Motion 2025/26:102 — Uppsägning av DCA-avtalet med USA av Hanna Gunnarsson m.fl. (V)
Motion 2025/26:1054 — Mänsklighetens utveckling och de existentiella hoten av Jamal El-Haj (-)
Motion 2025/26:1069 — Norrbottens strategiska roll i en ny tid av Fredrik Lundh Sammeli m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:1238 — Värnande av Vätterns vatten av Niklas Sigvardsson m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:1443 — Prioritering av den nationella säkerheten framför andra intressen vid offentlig upphandling eller utländska investeringar i Sverige av Patrik Lundqvist m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:1616 — Ett robust försvar i Halland av Jennie Nilsson m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:1659 — Stärkt försvar av Göteborg och västkusten av David Josefsson och Marie-Louise Hänel Sandström (båda M)
Motion 2025/26:1662 — En självständig och säker livsmedelsförsörjning för Sverige och Norden av Emma Ahlström Köster (M)
Motion 2025/26:1891 — Snabbare uppbyggnad av krigssjukvård till stöd för Ukraina av Magnus Resare (M)
Motion 2025/26:1892 — Säkerställd tillgång till ortopedisk specialistkompetens i krigssjukvård av Magnus Resare (M)