Skolverket's mandate to create new upper-secondary school subjects
What's at stake: The decision concerns who should decide which subjects are offered in upper-secondary school and how new subjects are developed and quality-assured. It affects students, teachers and schools, and how well-anchored new subjects are before they are introduced.
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 and Skolverket should continue to be able to decide on new upper-secondary subjects and syllabuses, or whether Skolverket's authority to create new subjects should be restricted and require anchoring with the government.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee notes that the subjects of compulsory school and the subjects common to all upper-secondary programmes are listed in the Education Act and that it is the Riksdag that decides what these are, but that it is the government, or the agency the government designates, that decides on other subjects and on the content of syllabuses, subject plans and qualification goals. The committee points out that, under its instructions, Skolverket must continuously assess the need to develop these governing documents, that in doing so the agency draws on subject experts, national programme councils and other reference groups and gathers input widely before proposals are circulated for consultation, and that education under the instructions must rest on a scientific basis and proven experience. Against this background, the committee rejects the demand to restrict Skolverket's mandate to create new subjects.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 7 (SD)
The reservation (SD) considers it unreasonable that Skolverket has a mandate to introduce new upper-secondary subjects without anchoring in the Government Offices, pointing to the fact that the elective subject 'power, norms and gender', planned for autumn 2025, was based on theories that cannot be regarded as scientific or neutral and which Skolverket subsequently withdrew after criticism; the government should therefore consider prohibiting Skolverket from developing new upper-secondary subjects that have not been anchored within the Government Offices.
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 7 by SD.
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 20/0/0/4
S
–
Yes 93/0/0/13
MP
–
Yes 14/0/0/4
C
–
Yes 19/0/0/5
L
–
Yes 13/0/0/3
KD
–
Yes 15/0/0/4
M
–
Yes 60/0/0/8
SDown reservation
–
No 0/61/0/11
Committee proposal
Parliament rejects the motion
2024/25:1446 by Patrick Reslow et al. (SD) proposal 11.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motion
2024/25:1446 av Patrick Reslow m.fl. (SD) yrkande 11.
Riksdag decision: Parliament rejected approximately 60 proposals about upper secondary school in motions from the general motion period 2024. The proposals concern, among other things, education in upper secondary school, subjects and special knowledge areas, and career guidance. Parliament refers, among other things, to existing regulations and ongoing work.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants to make personal finance the main focus of home and consumer studies in lower secondary school and introduce an optional subject on economics and law in upper secondary school. (SD) — Reservation 7
Motion 2024/25:1395 — Jordbruk - ökad konkurrenskraft utan förlust av biologisk mångfald av Martin Kinnunen m.fl. (SD)
Motion 2024/25:1446 — En gymnasieskola och vuxenutbildning i världsklass av Patrick Reslow m.fl. (SD)
Motion 2024/25:1447 — En grundskola i världsklass av Patrick Reslow m.fl. (SD)
Motion 2024/25:1464 — En tillväxtorienterad politik för industrilandet Sverige av Tobias Andersson m.fl. (SD)
Motion 2024/25:1479 — Sprid kunskap med hjälp av de bästa pedagogerna av Helena Gellerman (L)
Motion 2024/25:148 — Arbetsmarknadskunskap i gymnasieskolan av Eva Lindh (S)
Motion 2024/25:1536 — Ansvarsfull ekonomi som ett ämne i skolan för elever i högstadiet och gymnasiet av Marléne Lund Kopparklint och Jennie Wernäng (båda M)
Motion 2024/25:1705 — Bättre arbetsmiljö av Carina Ödebrink och Azra Muranovic (båda S)
Motion 2024/25:1830 — Ökad kunskap inom ekonomi på högstadiet av Jennie Wernäng och Marléne Lund Kopparklint (båda M)
Motion 2024/25:1841 — Översyn av elitidrottares gymnasieutbildningar av Kristina Axén Olin m.fl. (M)
Motion 2024/25:1856 — Återinförande av estetiska ämnen i gymnasieskolan av Kristina Axén Olin m.fl. (M)
Motion 2024/25:2079 — Ofrivillig barnlöshet och ytterligare IVF-försök av Camilla Brodin och Christian Carlsson (båda KD)
Motion 2024/25:2218 — Yrkesutbildning för fler av Johanna Rantsi och Sten Bergheden (båda M)
Motion 2024/25:2221 — Företagsamhet och entreprenörskap i gymnasieskolan av Johanna Rantsi (M)