Regulatory framework and a national strategy for fusion power
What's at stake: Fusion power is a technology under development in which Swedish researchers and companies are among the international leaders. If today's regulatory framework, built for conventional nuclear power, is not adapted to fusion power's different risk and safety characteristics, it could affect Sweden's prospects of becoming a leader in the field.
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 Riksdag should direct the government to review a specially adapted regulatory framework for fusion energy and to draw up a national fusion strategy, or whether this should wait pending existing work on the regulatory framework for nuclear power.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee takes a positive view of new nuclear power's role in the energy system and of the work already under way to clarify the regulatory framework for nuclear power, but does not consider there to be grounds for the Riksdag to specifically direct the government to review a tailored regulatory framework for fusion power or to draw up a national fusion strategy at this time, and therefore rejects the motions.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 8 (S, V, C, MP)
The reservation (S, V, C, MP) calls for the government to investigate how the regulatory framework for fusion energy and fusion power plants can be updated and adapted, and to draw up a national fusion strategy covering areas such as infrastructure, skills supply, investment and partnerships. The reasoning is that today's framework is built for conventional (fission-based) nuclear power and does not meet fusion power's particular technical and risk-related characteristics, a point also raised by the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority.
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 8 by S, V, C, 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
Vown reservation
–
No 0/19/0/3
Sown reservation
–
No 0/93/0/13
MPown reservation
–
No 0/15/0/3
Cown reservation
–
No 0/21/0/3
L
–
Yes 14/0/0/2
KD
–
Yes 16/0/0/3
M
–
Yes 60/0/0/8
SD
–
Yes 61/0/0/10
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions
2025/26:863 by Magnus Manhammar (S),
2025/26:1878 by Laila Naraghi (S) demands 1-4,
2025/26:3273 by Linus Lakso et al. (MP) demand 60,
2025/26:3582 by Rickard Nordin et al. (C) demand 140 and
2025/26:3594 by Fredrik Olovsson et al. (S) demand 23.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna
2025/26:863 av Magnus Manhammar (S),
2025/26:1878 av Laila Naraghi (S) yrkandena 1-4,
2025/26:3273 av Linus Lakso m.fl. (MP) yrkande 60,
2025/26:3582 av Rickard Nordin m.fl. (C) yrkande 140 och
2025/26:3594 av Fredrik Olovsson m.fl. (S) yrkande 23.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag said no to 197 proposals in motions on energy policy. The proposals were submitted during the general motion period 2025.
Among other things, the proposals concern the direction of energy policy, nuclear power, wind power, biofuels and biodiesel, energy efficiency, energy gases and heat and combined heat and power.
The Riksdag refers, among other things, to the pursued policy and ongoing work.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants the government to establish a cross-party energy commission, clarify energy policy targets of at least 60 TWh additional fossil-free power by 2030 and 2035, and reform permit processes for energy investments. (S, V, C, MP) — Reservation 8
Motion 2025/26:1050 — Ett hållbart och tillgängligt transportsystem för framtiden av Jamal El-Haj (-)
Motion 2025/26:1145 — Förbättrad möjlighet till mer biogasproduktion i Sverige av Anders Karlsson (C)
Motion 2025/26:1179 — Förnybar energiomställning av Martina Johansson och Mikael Larsson (båda C)
Motion 2025/26:1314 — Biogasens potential för cirkulär ekonomi och grön omställning av Per-Arne Håkansson m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:1437 — En robust, kostnadseffektiv och rättvis energiförsörjning av Markus Selin m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:1442 — För en stark industri och trygg elförsörjning - elektrifiering och fossilfri energi för klimatmålen av Patrik Lundqvist m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:1447 — Bättre förutsättningar för en modern industri av Ida Karkiainen m.fl. (S)
Motion 2025/26:1481 — Långsiktigt hållbar energiförsörjning i hela landet av Hanna Westerén (S)
Motion 2025/26:2302 — En balanserad och hållbar korttidsreglering av vattenkraft med Dalälven som exempel av Lars Isacsson (S)
Motion 2025/26:2368 — Säkerhetspolitik för en fredligare värld av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V)
Motion 2025/26:2669 — Robust elsystem för Sveriges välstånd av Lars Engsund (M)
Motion 2025/26:2681 — Möjlighet till snabbare och effektivare elektrifiering - statlig kontroll, elnätsutbyggnad och vätgasinfrastruktur av Patrik Lundqvist m.fl. (S)