2022-11-232022/23:SoU2 · p.1SoUHealth & social services
Future direction
Future direction for funds from the General Inheritance Fund
What's at stake: The decision affects the terms and priorities that govern large sums in support for non-profit projects for children, young people and people with disabilities, including how sustainability and diversity are weighed in deciding which projects receive funding.
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 how funds from the General Inheritance Fund are allocated - with clearer requirements on fossil-free investments, a link to the 2030 Agenda, and a broader intersectional perspective - or whether the current approach to allocation should remain unchanged.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee shares the government's assessment that the Fund Delegation has distributed the money well and in line with the fund's purpose, and wants instead to see more applications from across the country and good results disseminated nationally. The committee therefore rejects the motion calling for a different future direction and proposes that the report be filed.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (MP)
The reservation (MP) calls on the government to review three things ahead of future reports: that the rules on fossil energy in the National Government Funds Commission's ethical screening are made explicit in the report, that the link to the 2030 Agenda is broadened so that projects combining a target group's needs with sustainability can be included regardless of which global goal is involved, and that the intersectional perspective in the focus for highlighted projects is made clearer.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 1 by MP.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
What each plan points to — and how the party voted
For each party: the vote its own election manifesto and party programme point to in this case, next to how the party actually voted. A plan can only point to Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| Plan | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | Yes 20/0/0/4 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| S | No | Yes 93/0/0/14 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| MP | No | No 0/15/0/3 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | No | Yes 20/0/0/4 | departs from the plan | confidence: low | derived |
| L | Yes | Yes 13/0/0/3 | follows the plan | confidence: low | not addressed |
| KD | Yes | Yes 16/0/0/3 | follows the plan | confidence: low | not addressed |
| M | Yes | Yes 59/0/0/9 | follows the plan | confidence: low | not addressed |
| SD | Yes | Yes 63/0/0/10 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
Committee proposal
Parliament rejects motion 2022/23:29 by Ulrika Westerlund (MP) demands 1-3.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motion 2022/23:29 av Ulrika Westerlund (MP) yrkandena 1-3.
Riksdag decision: Parliament has addressed the government's statement on the administration of the General Inheritance Fund and how the Inheritance Fund Delegation has distributed funds from the fund during 2021. Parliament agrees with the government that funds from the General Inheritance Fund have been distributed in a good way and in line with the fund's purpose and prioritized areas. Also during the Covid-19 pandemic, the government argues that the Inheritance Fund Delegation mainly succeeded in fulfilling its assignment, even though applications decreased during 2021. With the decrease among other things as background, the government considers it important to continue the work of increasing awareness and knowledge about the inheritance fund. Parliament shares the government's assessment that there is a continued need to increase the number of applications throughout the country and that the positive results that the projects generate are spread nationally. The capital of the General Inheritance Fund comes mainly from inheritances from people who die without leaving a spouse or closer relatives than cousins and have not willed the property to anyone else. The Inheritance Fund Delegation is the authority that, among other things, makes decisions on and follows up the projects that receive funds from the General Inheritance Fund. Parliament said no to one motion in this area and thereby filed the statement with the records, that is, closed the matter.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal seeks government review of fossil fuel criteria in fund placement policy, clarification of Agenda 2030 alignment, and broadened intersectional perspective. (MP) — Reservation 1
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The plan requires that all political decisions take the climate crisis into account, which speaks for the rules on fossil energy in the ethical review to be clearly reported.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that all political decisions take the climate crisis into account, which speaks for the rules on fossil energy in the ethical review to be clearly reported. It is also built on the notion that class, gender and racism are separate but interacting systems of power, which is exactly the intersectional perspective the counter-proposal is asking for.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att alla politiska beslut tar hänsyn till klimatkrisen, vilket talar för att reglerna om fossil energi i den etiska granskningen redovisas tydligt. Den bygger dessutom på att klass, kön och rasism är skilda men samverkande maktordningar, vilket är just det intersektionella perspektiv motförslaget efterfrågar.
- all decisions should be climate-testeddecisive»Omställningen behöver ske omgående och alla politiska beslut behöver ta hänsyn till den akuta kris som vi befinner oss i.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The transition needs to happen immediately and all political decisions need to take into account the acute crisis we find ourselves in.”
- state of climate emergency»Vi befinner oss i ett klimatnödläge.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We find ourselves in a state of climate emergency.”
- systems of power interact»Även patriarkatet och rasismen samverkar.« (party programme ↗)“Patriarchy and racism also interact.”
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 requires that equality policy is directed against all forms of domination and subordination in a holistic perspective, which is precisely an intersectional approach.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that equality policy is directed against all forms of domination and subordination in a holistic perspective, which is precisely an intersectional approach. The commitment to a fossil-free welfare nation and to environmental considerations as an overriding requirement supports that rules about fossil energy in ethical review are clarified. The counter-proposal's demand for broader sustainability linkage is thereby in line with the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att jämlikhetspolitiken riktas mot alla former av över- och underordning i ett helhetsperspektiv, vilket är just ett intersektionellt anslag. Åtagandet om en fossilfri välfärdsnation och om miljöhänsyn som överordnat krav stöder att reglerna om fossil energi i den etiska granskningen tydliggörs. Motförslagets krav på bredare hållbarhetskoppling ligger därmed i linje med planen.
- intersectional equality workdecisive»Jämlikhetspolitik måste riktas mot alla former av över- och underordning, och dessa måste ses i ett helhetsperspektiv där olika förtryckande strukturer samverkar och förstärker varandra.« (party programme ↗)“Equality policy must be directed against all forms of domination and subordination, and these must be seen in a holistic perspective where different oppressive structures interact and reinforce each other.”
- multiple subordination»Många människor möter en dubbel eller flerdubbel underordning, där olika maktstrukturer förstärker varandra.« (party programme ↗)“Many people encounter a double or multiple subordination, where different power structures reinforce each other.”
- fossil-free welfare nation»Sverige ska bli världens första fossilfria välfärdsnation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall become the world's first fossil-free welfare nation.”
- environmental consideration overriding»Den ser miljöhänsyn som ett överordnat krav i all produktion.« (party programme ↗)“It sees environmental consideration as an overriding requirement in all production.”
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 requires that coal, oil and fossil gas are phased out and that fossil subsidies cease, which argues for clarifying rules on fossil energy in the ethical scrutiny of investments.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that coal, oil and fossil gas are phased out and that fossil subsidies cease, which argues for clarifying rules on fossil energy in the ethical scrutiny of investments. The party programme's intersectional power analysis and the requirement for ethical, social and ecological considerations also support a broader sustainability and intersectional perspective in the direction. The plan therefore supports the counter-proposal.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att kol, olja och fossilgas fasas ut och att fossila subventioner upphör, vilket talar för att reglerna om fossil energi i den etiska granskningen av placeringar tydliggörs. Partiprogrammets intersektionella maktanalys och kravet på etiska, sociala och ekologiska hänsyn stöder också ett bredare hållbarhets- och intersektionellt perspektiv i inriktningen. Planen stöder därför motförslaget.
- phasing out of fossil energydecisive»införa en omställningslag så att all industri fasar ut kol, olja och fossilgas till senast 2030.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“introduce a transition law so that all industry phases out coal, oil and fossil gas by no later than 2030.”
- no fossil subsidies»fasa ut fossila subventioner.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“phase out fossil subsidies.”
- intersectional power analysis»Vi ser att maktordningar som etnicitet, sexuell« (party programme ↗)“We see that power structures such as ethnicity, sexual”
- ethical investment requirements»Alla aktörer i ekonomin har ett ansvar att ta etiska,« (party programme ↗)“All actors in the economy have a responsibility to take ethical,”
The plan does not address the fund's reporting, but its commitments point in the same direction as the counter-proposal's three requirements: fossil fuels should be phased out, policy should be long-term sustainable, and all structures that discriminate against people should be fought regardless of grounds.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan does not address the fund's reporting, but its commitments point in the same direction as the counter-proposal's three requirements: fossil fuels should be phased out, policy should be long-term sustainable, and all structures that discriminate against people should be fought regardless of grounds. The requirement for dispersal throughout the country corresponds to the plan's line that activities should reach the whole country.
Original (Swedish)
Planen tar inte upp fondens redovisning, men dess åtaganden pekar samma väg som motförslagets tre krav: fossila bränslen ska fasas ut, politiken ska vara långsiktigt hållbar, och alla strukturer som diskriminerar människor ska bekämpas oavsett grund. Kravet på spridning i hela landet motsvarar planens linje att verksamhet ska nå hela landet.
- counter discriminatory structuresdecisive»Vi bekämpar alla strukturer, formella och informella, som förtrycker eller diskriminerar människor.« (party programme ↗)“We fight all structures, formal and informal, that oppress or discriminate against people.”
- phase out fossil fuels»Vi vill stoppa all energihandel med Ryssland och fasa ut fossila bränslen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to stop all energy trade with Russia and phase out fossil fuels.”
- long-term sustainability»Vår politik bygger på reformer som är långsiktigt hållbara« (party programme ↗)“Our politics is based on reforms that are long-term sustainable”
- activities throughout the country»Statliga kulturinstitutioner ska sprida sin verksamhet i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“State cultural institutions shall spread their activities throughout the country.”
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 documents say nothing about this fund's direction or reporting.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The documents say nothing about this fund's direction or reporting. Nearest lying principles are that liberal justice is about equal opportunities and not equal results and that the individual, not group identity, is the starting point, which argues against steering distribution with an intersectional perspective. The plan's environmental line is also built on general steering instruments and takes distance from symbolic politics rather than on detailed placement conditions.
Original (Swedish)
Dokumenten säger inget om denna fonds inriktning eller redovisning. Närmast liggande principer är att liberal rättvisa handlar om lika förutsättningar och inte om lika resultat och att individen, inte gruppidentiteten, är utgångspunkten, vilket talar mot att styra fördelningen med ett intersektionellt perspektiv. Planens miljölinje bygger dessutom på generella styrmedel och tar avstånd från symbolpolitik snarare än på detaljerade placeringsvillkor.
- equal opportunities not resultsdecisive»Liberal rättvisa handlar om lika förutsättningar, inte om lika resultat.« (party programme ↗)“Liberal justice is about equal opportunities, not equal results.”
- the individual as starting point»Det liberala samhället bärs upp av individer i gemenskap.« (party programme ↗)“The liberal society is supported by individuals in community.”
- no to symbolic politics»tar avstånd från symbolpolitik och åtgärder som dövar samveten i stället för att rädda miljön« (party programme ↗)“takes distance from symbolic politics and measures that numb the conscience instead of saving the environment”
The counter-proposal wants to steer the foundation's future direction toward broader sustainability linkage and a clearer intersectional perspective.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The counter-proposal wants to steer the foundation's future direction toward broader sustainability linkage and a clearer intersectional perspective. The plan's view of humanity starts from the fact that every person has the same absolute value regardless of group affiliation and explicitly rejects collectivist starting points, and support should primarily be directed to children's and youth activities based on need. A group-dividing perspective as a guiding direction therefore receives no support, while the stewardship requirement for ethical review supports it.
Original (Swedish)
Motförslaget vill styra fondens framtida inriktning mot bredare hållbarhetskoppling och ett tydligare intersektionellt perspektiv. Planens människosyn utgår från att varje människa har samma absoluta värde oavsett grupptillhörighet och avvisar uttryckligen kollektivistiska utgångspunkter, och stödet ska i första hand riktas mot barn- och ungdomsverksamhet utifrån behov. Ett gruppindelande perspektiv som styrande inriktning får därför inte stöd, medan förvaltarskapskravet på etisk granskning gör det.
- equal value regardless of groupdecisive»att varje enskild människa har samma absoluta värde oavsett ålder, etniskt eller socialt ursprung« (party programme ↗)“that each individual person has the same absolute value regardless of age, ethnic or social origin”
- rejects collectivism»Kristdemokratin vänder sig mot såväl individualismen som kollektivismen.« (party programme ↗)“Christian democracy opposes both individualism and collectivism.”
- support to children and youth»första hand inriktas mot barn- och ungdomsverksamhet.« (party programme ↗)“first hand directed toward children's and youth activities.”
- stewardship in all decisions»Alla politiska beslut bör fattas i enlighet med förvaltarskapsprincipen« (party programme ↗)“All political decisions should be made in accordance with the stewardship principle”
The counter-proposal wants to steer the fund's reporting with fossil rules in ethical review, broader sustainability linkage and an intersectional perspective.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The counter-proposal wants to steer the fund's reporting with fossil rules in ethical review, broader sustainability linkage and an intersectional perspective. The party programme rejects identity politics' collectivization of humankind and warns against environmental policy becoming expensive symbolic politics, and the election manifesto changes goal from renewable to fossil-free. The requirements thus lie wrong in relation to the plan's principles and are rejected.
Original (Swedish)
Motförslaget vill styra fondens redovisning med fossilregler i den etiska granskningen, bredare hållbarhetskoppling och ett intersektionellt perspektiv. Partiprogrammet avvisar identitetspolitikens kollektivisering av människan och varnar för klimatpolitik som blir dyrbar symbolpolitik, och valmanifestet byter mål från förnybart till fossilfritt. Kraven ligger därför fel i förhållande till planens principer och avvisas.
- no to symbolic politicsdecisive»Klimatpolitiken får aldrig reduceras till dyrbar symbolpolitik eller snäv klimatnationalism.« (party programme ↗)“Environmental policy must never be reduced to expensive symbolic politics or narrow climate nationalism.”
- rejects identity politics»identitetspolitikens kollektivisering av människan« (party programme ↗)“identity politics' collectivization of humankind”
- fossil-free before renewable»Ändra det energipolitiska målet från 100 procent förnybart till 100 procent fossilfritt« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Change the energy policy goal from 100 per cent renewable to 100 per cent fossil-free”
The counter-proposal wishes to direct the fund's future orientation with rules on fossil energy, broader sustainability goals and a clearer intersectional perspective.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The counter-proposal wishes to direct the fund's future orientation with rules on fossil energy, broader sustainability goals and a clearer intersectional perspective. The plan rejects political experiments and gender-theoretical premises and requires that climate measures be guided by evidence and global effect rather than political will to go furthest. An intersectional framework for resource allocation has no support in the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Motförslaget vill styra fondens framtida inriktning med regler om fossil energi, bredare hållbarhetsmål och ett tydligare intersektionellt perspektiv. Planen avvisar politiska experiment och genusteoretiska utgångspunkter och kräver att klimatåtgärder styrs av evidens och global effekt snarare än av politisk vilja att gå längst. Ett intersektionellt raster för medelsfördelningen har inget stöd i planen.
- reject gender theorydecisive»Vi tror på vetenskap och inser att förvirrande genusteorier får förödande konsekvenser när de omsätts i praktiken.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We believe in science and realize that confusing gender theories have devastating consequences when put into practice.”
- formal equality»Riktig jämställdhet nås inte genom att vidta politiska åtgärder för att på gruppnivå skapa samma utfall mellan män och kvinnor, utan genom att ta krafttag mot samhällsfenomen som begränsar den enskilde.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“True equality is not achieved by taking political action to create the same outcomes between men and women at the group level, but by taking action against social phenomena that limit the individual.”
- evidence-guided climate goals»Evidens, resultat och svensk konkurrenskraft ska styra genomförandet av klimatmål i högre utsträckning än politikers vilja att gå först och längst.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Evidence, results and Swedish competitiveness shall guide the implementation of climate goals to a greater extent than politicians' will to go first and furthest.”
- stop political experiments»Avsluta de politiska experimenten på Sveriges barn och unga« (2022 manifesto ↗)“End the political experiments on Sweden's children and young people”
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2022/23:SoU2)
- Committee report full text (HA01SoU2)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2022/23:29 — med anledning av skr. 2021/22:264 Redovisning av fördelning av medel från Allmänna arvsfonden under budgetåret 2021 av Ulrika Westerlund (MP)
- Regeringens skrivelse 2021/22:264 — Redovisning av fördelning av medel från Allmänna arvsfonden under budgetåret 2021
Source: The Swedish Parliament