2025-05-072024/25:KU28 · p.17KUConstitution
Support to organizations
Financial support for national minority organizations
What's at stake: Civil-society organizations play a central role in implementing minority policy, and how stable their funding is affects their ability to preserve and develop minority languages and cultures over the long term.
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 work toward more long-term financial conditions for national minority organizations, or whether current forms of support should continue pending an ongoing follow-up process.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee stresses that minority organizations need economic and practical conditions to carry out their work, but notes that the follow-up agencies have recently issued recommendations on the matter and therefore sees no reason to recommend a formal statement at this time.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 20 (C)
The reservation wants the government to work toward giving civil-society organizations long-term, sustainable economic and practical conditions, arguing that minority policy must be implemented together with the minorities themselves and that participation and influence are one of the policy's three core areas.
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 20 by C.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The decision would have held
Explicit commitments that contradicted the vote: LLiberalerna
Ja 269–21Ja 255–35
Counterfactual: the parties above are moved to the position their own documents explicitly point at, carrying their whole contingent present. Every other party keeps its real figures, including dissenters and absentees.
How the AI parties would have voted
For each party: what its own plan – election manifesto and party programme – argues for in this case, next to how the party actually voted. The AI can only answer Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| AI | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | Yes 21/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: high | not addressed |
| S | No | Yes 93/0/0/13 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| MP | No | Abstain 0/0/16/2 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | No | No 0/21/0/3 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 14/0/0/2 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| KD | No | Yes 17/0/0/2 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| M | Yes | Yes 60/0/0/8 | match | confidence: low | not addressed |
| SD | No | Yes 63/0/0/9 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
Committee proposal
Parliament rejects the motions 2024/25:1745 by Jan Riise et al. (MP) provision 12, and 2024/25:3159 by Malin Björk et al. (C) provision 34.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2024/25:1745 av Jan Riise m.fl. (MP) yrkande 12 och 2024/25:3159 av Malin Björk m.fl. (C) yrkande 34.
Riksdag decision: Parliament rejected about sixty proposals on minority affairs in motions submitted during the general motion period 2024. The reason is, among other things, that work is already underway in several of the issues that the motions address. The proposals concern, for example, indigenous status for Tornedalians, Kvens and Lantalaisians, Sámi policy, Jewish life in Sweden, Roma inclusion, and Swedish Finns' rights to language and culture.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants to ensure long-term and sustainable economic conditions for civil society organizations in minority affairs. (C) — Reservation 20
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 is built on strong and independent grassroots movements and wants to secure conditions that give organizational life good resources to function.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan is built on strong and independent grassroots movements and wants to secure conditions that give organizational life good resources to function. Together with the plan's special task to strengthen minority rights to identity and language, this leads to support for long-term and sustainable economic conditions for minority organizations. Participation presupposes organizations that can operate stably over time.
Original (Swedish)
Planen bygger på starka och självständiga folkrörelser och vill säkra villkor som ger föreningslivet goda resurser att fungera. Tillsammans med planens särskilda uppgift att stärka minoriteternas rättigheter till identitet och språk leder det till stöd för långsiktiga och hållbara ekonomiska förutsättningar för minoriteternas organisationer. Delaktighet förutsätter organisationer som kan verka stabilt över tid.
- support independent grassroots movementsdecisive»självständiga och demokratiska folkrörelser är därför en grundpelare i« (party programme ↗)“independent and democratic grassroots movements are therefore a fundamental pillar”
- minorities' rights»de nationella minoriteternas rättigheter till identitet, språk, kulturarv« (party programme ↗)“national minorities' rights to identity, language, cultural heritage”
- strong conditions for organizational life»Vi driver på för villkor som säkrar en stark« (party programme ↗)“We push for conditions that secure strong”
- special responsibility for minorities»Sverige har en särskild uppgift att stärka urfolks och« (party programme ↗)“Sweden has a special responsibility to strengthen indigenous peoples' and”
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 party programme makes civil society the foundation of democracy and requires that policy is formed in dialogue with it and creates good conditions for its development, while minorities' opportunities to maintain their language and culture must be supported.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme makes civil society the foundation of democracy and requires that policy is formed in dialogue with it and creates good conditions for its development, while minorities' opportunities to maintain their language and culture must be supported. Long-term and sustainable economic and practical conditions for minority organizations follow from this. The plan therefore argues for the counter-proposal's demands.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet gör civilsamhället till demokratins underbyggnad och kräver att politiken formas i dialog med det och skapar goda villkor för dess utveckling, samtidigt som minoriteters möjligheter att behålla sitt språk och sin kultur ska stödjas. Långsiktiga och hållbara ekonomiska och praktiska förutsättningar för minoriteternas organisationer följer av detta. Planen talar därför för motförslagets krav.
- support for national minoritiesdecisive»I detta ska också ingå att hävda och stödja nationella minoriteters möjligheter att« (party programme ↗)“This should also include upholding and supporting national minorities' opportunities to”
- good conditions for civil society»formas i en levande dialog med det civila samhälle och ska skapa goda villkor för« (party programme ↗)“formed in active dialogue with civil society and must create good conditions for”
- civil society bears democracy»Ett starkt och levande civilsamhälle är demokratins underbyggnad.« (party programme ↗)“A strong and vibrant civil society is the foundation of democracy.”
- folk education strengthens democracy»Folkbildning ger stark demokrati och möjligheter till personlig utveckling vid sidan av den formella utbildningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Folk education creates strong democracy and opportunities for personal development alongside formal education.”
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 demands that the rights of national minorities are strengthened and that their special status, culture and language are respected.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan demands that the rights of national minorities are strengthened and that their special status, culture and language are respected. It also states that politics shall make visible, support and encourage civil society initiatives and that public bodies shall actively take part in the voluntary sector's proposals. Long-term and sustainable conditions for minorities' organisations follow from these commitments.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att de nationella minoriteternas rättigheter stärks och att deras särskilda ställning, kultur och språk respekteras. Den slår också fast att politiken ska synliggöra, stödja och uppmuntra civilsamhällets insatser och att offentliga organ aktivt ska ta del av frivilligsektorns förslag. Långsiktiga och hållbara förutsättningar för minoriteternas organisationer följer av dessa åtaganden.
- strengthened minority rightsdecisive»stärka nationella minoriteters och urfolket samernas rättigheter och att Sverige ska förbinda sig att följa den internationella konventionen om urfolks rättigheter (ILO 169).« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen the rights of national minorities and the indigenous Sami people and that Sweden shall commit to follow the international convention on the rights of indigenous peoples (ILO 169).”
- support for civil society initiatives»Politiken bör på olika vis synliggöra, stödja och« (party programme ↗)“Politics should in various ways make visible, support and”
- minorities' special status»Deras särskilda ställning, med egen kultur och eget« (party programme ↗)“Their special status, with its own culture and own”
- participation in decisions»Offentliga organ ska aktivt ta del av frivilligsektorns förslag« (party programme ↗)“Public bodies shall actively take part in proposals from the voluntary sector”
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 party programme says that policy can support civil society by involving it in more processes and financing its infrastructure, which is exactly what long-term economic and practical conditions for minority organisations mean.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme says that policy can support civil society by involving it in more processes and financing its infrastructure, which is exactly what long-term economic and practical conditions for minority organisations mean. The manifesto describes civil society's role as invaluable and promises long-term funding to the organisations carrying out the work. Strengthening minority protection points in the same direction.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet säger att politiken kan stödja civilsamhället genom att involvera det i fler processer och finansiera dess infrastruktur, vilket är precis vad långsiktiga ekonomiska och praktiska förutsättningar för minoriteternas organisationer innebär. Manifestet beskriver civilsamhällets roll som ovärderlig och lovar långsiktig finansiering åt de organisationer som bär arbetet. Att stärka minoritetsskyddet pekar åt samma håll.
- finance civil society's infrastructuredecisive»Politiken kan stödja civilsamhället genom att involvera det i fler processer, finansiera dess infrastruktur« (party programme ↗)“Policy can support civil society by involving it in more processes, financing its infrastructure”
- civil society's role»Civilsamhällets roll för att binda samman människor och förbättra integrationen är ovärderlig.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Civil society's role in binding people together and improving integration is invaluable.”
- long-term funding»Organisationer som jobbar med flickor och pojkar, förövare och utsatta, ska ha den långsiktiga finansiering de behöver.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Organisations working with girls and boys, perpetrators and vulnerable people, need the long-term funding they require.”
- strengthened minority protection»Vi vill stärka bland annat äganderätten, diskrimineringsförbudet, minoritetsskyddet och minoritetsspråkens ställning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to strengthen among other things property rights, the anti-discrimination provision, minority protection and the status of minority languages”
The election manifesto explicitly promises that civil society financing shall be improved through broader donation deductions and long-term government grants, which are precisely the long-term and sustainable conditions the counter-proposal demands.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto explicitly promises that civil society financing shall be improved through broader donation deductions and long-term government grants, which are precisely the long-term and sustainable conditions the counter-proposal demands. The party programme establishes that policy shall provide civil society with good conditions and that the public sector shall support provision with minority language profile. That civil society increases democratic participation is the plan's reason for the same thing.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet lovar uttryckligen att civilsamhällets finansiering förbättras genom bredare gåvoavdrag och långsiktiga statsbidrag, vilket är precis de långsiktiga och hållbara förutsättningar motförslaget kräver. Partiprogrammet slår fast att politiken ska ge civilsamhället goda förutsättningar och att det offentliga ska understödja ett utbud med minoritetsspråksprofil. Att civilsamhället ökar det demokratiska deltagandet är planens skäl för samma sak.
- long-term government grantsdecisive»Vi vill fortsätta förbättra civilsamhällets finansiering genom både bredare skatteavdrag för gåvor och långsiktiga statsbidrag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to continue improving civil society financing through both broader tax deductions for donations and long-term government grants.”
- good conditions for civil society»Politiken ska bidra till att det civila samhället ges goda förutsättningar.« (party programme ↗)“Policy shall contribute to civil society being given good conditions.”
- support for minority languages»Det offentliga ska understödja ett språk-, kultur- och medieutbud med minoritetsspråksprofil.« (party programme ↗)“The public sector shall support language, culture, and media provision with minority language profile.”
- civil society increases participation»Det civila samhället ökar det demokratiska deltagandet och människors inflytande i samhälleliga processer.« (party programme ↗)“Civil society increases democratic participation and people's influence in social processes.”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
The plan makes it a central public task to support minorities' own initiatives to maintain and further develop the culture they themselves consider important, and emphasizes that a vital civil society is of utmost importance for democracy.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan makes it a central public task to support minorities' own initiatives to maintain and further develop the culture they themselves consider important, and emphasizes that a vital civil society is of utmost importance for democracy. That the state actively works toward long-term and sustainable economic and practical conditions for these organizations follows from this. The plan simultaneously emphasizes that organizations are independent and shall not be governed by the public.
Original (Swedish)
Planen gör det till en central offentlig uppgift att stödja minoriteters egna insatser för att behålla och vidareutveckla den kultur de själva anser viktig, och betonar att ett vitalt civilt samhälle är av största vikt för demokratin. Att staten aktivt verkar för långsiktiga och hållbara ekonomiska och praktiska förutsättningar för dessa organisationer följer av detta. Planen understryker samtidigt att organisationerna är fristående och inte ska styras av det offentliga.
- support for minorities' culturedecisive»Det är en central offentlig uppgift att stödja minoriteters egna insatser för att behålla och vidareutveckla« (party programme ↗)“It is a central public task to support minorities' own initiatives to maintain and further develop”
- vital civil society»Ett vitalt civilt samhälle är av största vikt för en levande demokrati« (party programme ↗)“A vital civil society is of utmost importance for a living democracy”
- organizations' independence»ideella organisationer är fristående från den offentliga« (party programme ↗)“non-profit organizations are independent from the public”
- the position of minority languages»stark ställning genom lagstiftning.« (party programme ↗)“strong position through legislation.”
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 says nothing about minority organisations or about long-term state grants to them.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan says nothing about minority organisations or about long-term state grants to them. The closest principle is that politics must prioritise and leave things out and that new commitments should fit within hard prioritisations for the justice system, defence and welfare. The plan values civil society's communities, but precisely because they grow up outside the state rather than through government commitments.
Original (Swedish)
Planen säger inget om minoriteternas organisationer eller om långsiktiga statliga bidrag till dem. Närmast liggande princip är att politiken måste prioritera och välja bort och att nya åtaganden ska rymmas inom hårda prioriteringar till rättsväsende, försvar och välfärd. Planen värdesätter civilsamhällets gemenskaper, men just därför att de växer fram utanför staten snarare än genom statliga åtaganden.
- prioritise and leave things outdecisive»Politiken har en viktig uppgift att prioritera och välja bort,« (party programme ↗)“Politics has an important task to prioritise and leave things out,”
- new commitments must be financed»Alla nya löften och reformer – som till exempel våra inkomstskattesänkningar – behöver finansieras eller rymmas inom överskottsmålet. De stora behoven inom rättsväsendet, försvaret och välfärden ställer stora krav på prioriteringar under åren som kommer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All new promises and reforms – such as our income tax cuts – need to be financed or fit within the budget surplus target. The major needs within the justice system, defence and welfare place great demands on prioritisations in the years to come.”
- civil society's intrinsic value»i akademin, i samfunden, i det civila samhällets små« (party programme ↗)“in academia, in associations, in civil society's small”
The plan states that the state's and municipalities' primary task is to highlight and support the voluntary sector, whose work strengthens social capital.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan states that the state's and municipalities' primary task is to highlight and support the voluntary sector, whose work strengthens social capital. National minorities are also explicitly exempted from assimilation efforts and must be given far-reaching cultural autonomy, which presupposes that their own organizations can operate long-term. The plan conditions support on democratic values, but this does not prevent the substantive demand.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att statens och kommunernas primära uppgift är att lyfta fram och stödja den ideella sektorn, vars arbete stärker det sociala kapitalet. De nationella minoriteterna undantas dessutom uttryckligen från assimileringssträvandena och ska ges långtgående kulturell autonomi, vilket förutsätter att deras egna organisationer kan verka långsiktigt. Planen villkorar stödet med demokratiska värderingar, men det hindrar inte kravet i sak.
- the state should support the voluntary sectordecisive»Precis som i fallet med familjerna består statens och kommunernas primära uppgift i att lyfta fram och stödja den ideella sektorn« (party programme ↗)“Just as in the case of families, the state's and municipalities' primary task is to highlight and support the voluntary sector”
- cultural autonomy for minorities»ska de som grupper undantas från allmänna assimileringssträvanden och ges långtgående kulturell autonomi« (party programme ↗)“shall they as groups be exempted from general assimilation efforts and given far-reaching cultural autonomy”
- value of civil society»Enskilda individers frivilliginsatser och de ideella föreningarnas, idrottslivets och de religiösa församlingarnas arbete stärker det sociala kapitalet i samhället« (party programme ↗)“Individual people's voluntary efforts and the voluntary associations', sports life and religious congregations' work strengthen social capital in society”
- conditional public support»En förutsättning för att kunna erhålla stöd från det offentliga skall dock givetvis vara att den verksamhet som bedrivs är förenlig med demokratiska värderingar och en konstruktiv samhällsutveckling.« (party programme ↗)“A prerequisite for being able to receive support from the public sector shall of course be that the activity conducted is compatible with democratic values and constructive social 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.
Share and embed
Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2024/25:KU28)
- Committee report full text (HC01KU28)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2024/25:1071 — Utredning om älvdalskans status som språk för ett framtida erkännande som landsdelsspråk av Gudrun Brunegård och Mathias Bengtsson (båda KD)
- Motion 2024/25:1288 — Teckenspråk av Carita Boulwén (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:1321 — Politik för tornedalingar, kväner och lantalaiset av Jan Riise m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2024/25:1421 — Nationella minoriteter och urfolk i Sverige av Michael Rubbestad m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2024/25:171 — Tornedalingar som urfolk av Cecilia Engström och Magnus Oscarsson (båda KD)
- Motion 2024/25:1745 — Politik för minoriteter av Jan Riise m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2024/25:1746 — Politik för romer av Jan Riise m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2024/25:1747 — Politik för sverigefinländarna av Jan Riise m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2024/25:1754 — Politik för samer av Jan Riise m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2024/25:1932 — Språk och litteratur av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2024/25:1935 — Åtgärder för de nationella minoriteterna och minoritetsspråken av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2024/25:2372 — Älvdalska - ett eget språk av Malin Höglund (M)
- Motion 2024/25:2643 — En rättvis framtid: strategier för att bekämpa rasism och främja social rättvisa av Leila Ali Elmi m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2024/25:3040 — Judiskt liv i Sverige av Jan Riise m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2024/25:3110 — Utgiftsområde 17 Kultur, medier, trossamfund och fritid av Lawen Redar m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2024/25:3159 — Konstitution och demokrati av Malin Björk m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2024/25:3193 — Utgiftsområde 1 Rikets styrelse av Ida Karkiainen m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2024/25:61 — Åtgärder för att motverka den muslimska antisemitismen av Nima Gholam Ali Pour (SD)
Source: The Swedish Parliament