Broad sports participation

The plan establishes that sports and leisure are part of welfare and that rising fees exclude children from activities such as swimming lessons and associational life. It requires municipally supported leisure activities so that all children can participate regardless of family finances. Following cost development and taking measures so that more children and young people can participate in sports thereby lies in line with the plan.

• municipally supported leisure activitiesdecisive»Ge barn och ungdomar möjligheter till kommunalt stödda fritidsaktiviteter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give children and young people opportunities for municipally supported leisure activities”
• fees exclude children»Även kulturen och idrotten har utarmats när skolbibliotek läggs ned, simskolan blivit dyrare och biografer finns på färre orter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Culture and sports have also been impoverished when school libraries close, swimming lessons become more expensive and cinemas are found in fewer places.”
• culture and leisure as welfare»Kulturen spelar en viktig roll och är en del av välfärden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Culture plays an important role and is part of welfare.”
• public responsibility for children's leisure»Kulturskolan ska få lagmässigt stöd« (party programme ↗)“Cultural school should receive statutory support”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan's core commitment is that leisure activities should become cheaper and more accessible and that parents' finances should not determine children's opportunities. To monitor cost development in association activities and, if necessary, take measures so that more children and young people can play sports is directly in line with this. The party programme requires equal conditions for all children and young people. The requirement is derived from these commitments rather than from explicit wording.

• fees must not exclude childrendecisive»Tillgången till fritidsaktiviteter till rimliga kostnader, både vad gäller idrott och kultur, behöver öka. Föräldrarnas plånbok ska inte avgöra.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Access to leisure activities at reasonable costs, both in terms of sports and culture, needs to increase. Parents' wallets should not determine it.”
• initiatives in resource-poor areas»Vi vill stärka kulturskolan för att säkra alla barns möjligheter till kulturella aktiviteter, och genomföra särskilda satsningar i resurssvaga områden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to strengthen cultural schools to ensure all children's opportunities for cultural activities, and implement special initiatives in resource-poor areas.”
• equal conditions for children»Alla barn och ungdomar ska ha rätt till likvärdiga villkor« (party programme ↗)“All children and young people should have the right to equal conditions”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan states that economic vulnerability gives children worse access to leisure activities and wants more children to reach youth centres and associations regardless of their parents' finances. Increased participation fees are exactly the barrier the plan wants to tear down, and the counter-proposal's demand to monitor cost development and intervene follows from that. The plan also sees community sports as a public health investment worth public support.

• children's economic vulnerabilitydecisive»Ekonomisk utsatthet är en riskfaktor för barns hälsa« (party programme ↗)“Economic vulnerability is a risk factor for children's health”
• youth activities for all children»satsa mer på fritidshemmen och se till att även de barn vars föräldrar inte arbetar får tillgång till fritids.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest more in after-school care and ensure that also children whose parents do not work get access to youth activities.”
• resources for community sports»investerar vi i såväl livskvalitet som folkhälsa.« (party programme ↗)“we invest in both quality of life and public health.”
• low thresholds for sports»Det ska också finnas gott om möjligheter till« (party programme ↗)“There should also be plenty of opportunities for”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that sports should be equal and inclusive and that costs should not exclude children from community and leisure activities. Monitoring cost development in sports clubs so that more children and young people can participate in sports is thereby in line with the plan's commitment. Civil society's central role strengthens the conclusion.

• inclusive sportsdecisive»Kulturen ska vara fri och oberoende, idrotten jämlik och inkluderande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Culture should be free and independent, sports should be equal and inclusive.”
• costs should not exclude children»Vi vill göra förskola och fritidsverksamhet tillgänglig för alla, utan att dessa kostnader drabbar kommunerna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to make preschool and leisure activities accessible to all, without these costs burdening municipalities”
• sports' public health value»Idrotten, friluftslivets och kulturens betydelse för folkhälsan är odiskutabel.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The importance of sports, outdoor life and culture for public health is indisputable.”
• civil society's fundamental role»Det civila samhället, människornas frivilliga organisering, är en fundamental del av varje väl fungerande demokrati« (party programme ↗)“Civil society, people's voluntary organization, is a fundamental part of every well-functioning democracy”

The counter-proposal requires that cost development be followed so that more children and young people can participate in sports, including in new and digital forms. The plan requires good and long-term conditions for civil society and explicitly welcomes new, web-based forms of engagement. Monitoring obstacles to children's and young people's participation thus aligns with the plan, but the plan says nothing about fee levels, so the support is inferred.

• good conditions for civil societydecisive»Politiken ska bidra till att det civila samhället ges goda förutsättningar.« (party programme ↗)“Policy shall contribute to civil society being given good conditions.”
• new and digital forms welcomed»nätbaserade initiativ. Denna utveckling ska bejakas.« (party programme ↗)“web-based initiatives. This development shall be welcomed.”
• long-term government grants»Vi vill fortsätta förbättra civilsamhällets finansiering genom både bredare skatteavdrag för gåvor och långsiktiga statsbidrag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to continue improving civil society's financing through both broader tax deductions for donations and long-term government grants.”
• support for civic life in vulnerable areas»Det demokratiska civilsamhället i utsatta områden ska stödjas mer – särskilt kvinnors och flickors organisering.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Democratic civil society in vulnerable areas shall be supported more—particularly women's and girls' organizing.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that public support first and foremost shall be directed toward children and youth activities and that sport's foundation is non-profit efforts for children's and young people's leisure. Following how rising costs press organizations and participation fees is direct safeguarding of precisely this commitment. Sport and physical activity shall be promoted, and the school's public health perspective points in the same direction.

• support to children and youth firstdecisive»första hand inriktas mot barn- och ungdomsverksamhet« (party programme ↗)“first and foremost directed toward children and youth activities”
• sport as popular movement»idrotten som folkrörelse utgörs dock av många enskildas ideella insatser vars främsta syfte är att ge en bra« (party programme ↗)“sport as a popular movement however consists of many individuals' non-profit efforts whose primary aim is to provide a good”
• sport shall be promoted»Hälsa, motion och olika former av idrott ska främjas och stödjas av kommunerna.« (party programme ↗)“Health, physical activity and various forms of sport shall be promoted and supported by municipalities.”
• public health through sport»eleverna engageras i motions- och idrottsaktiviteter« (party programme ↗)“students are engaged in physical activity and sports activities”

Worldstate weighed in: Inflation 10.6 per cent per annum — makes cost pressure on organizations and participation fees acute and strengthens the reason to follow the development

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants more children and young people to do sports and invests especially in a sports initiative in vulnerable areas, and it sees the small communities of civil society as something politics should promote. The counter-proposal only demands that cost development is monitored so that measures can be taken if fees push up participation costs, which aligns with the plan's ambition to sweep away the worst price increases for households. There is no explicit commitment about the finances of civil society organisations.

• more young people should do sportsdecisive»Genomföra ett särskilt idrottslyft för utsatta områden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Implement a special sports initiative for vulnerable areas”
• promote civil communities»de små mänskliga gemenskaper för trygghet och samhörighet« (party programme ↗)“the small human communities for security and solidarity”
• alleviate price increases»Ingen regering kan kompensera för alla prishöjningar men vi kan städa undan de värsta misstagen som begåtts under de senaste åren.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“No government can compensate for all price increases but we can sweep away the worst mistakes made in recent years.”

Worldstate weighed in: Inflation 10.6 per cent per annum — The cost pressure on civil society organisations and participation fees is acute in a way the plan did not foresee, which strengthens the reason to monitor development.

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants to stimulate leisure-based children's and young people's sports, give the sports movement conditions for continued viability, and explicitly lifts e-sports' standing. To monitor cost development so that high participation fees do not exclude children and young people, and to include new and digital sports forms, aligns with these commitments. The plan also notes that sports have been pressured by reduced revenues.

• stimulate children's and young people's sportsdecisive»Idrottsundervisningen bör öka i skolan och fritidsbaserad barn- och ungdomsidrott bör stimuleras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sports instruction should increase in schools and leisure-based children's and young people's sports should be stimulated.”
• new digital sports forms»Förbättra e-sportens ställning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Improve e-sports' standing”
• pressured sports economy»Idrotten har till följd av pandemin mött svåra utmaningar till följd av restriktioner och minskade publikintäkter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sports have as a result of the pandemic faced serious challenges due to restrictions and reduced audience revenues.”
• increased sports participation»Öka idrottandet i hela befolkningen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase sports participation across the population”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.