The legislative proposals on secret and preventive coercive measures against children under 15
What's at stake: The decision shapes the legal framework for how secret coercive measures may be used against children suspected of involvement in shootings and bombings, weighing the effectiveness of crime-fighting against children's special rights and protection from intrusion on personal integrity.
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 adopt all of the government's legislative proposals on secret data reading, secret wiretapping and other coercive measures against children under 15, or instead limit the scope of the measures and reject the preventive ones.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee backs all the legislative proposals amending the Code of Judicial Procedure and the laws on young offenders, on measures to prevent particularly serious crimes, on the collection of electronic communications data, and on secret data reading, in order to give law enforcement more effective tools against crimes committed by young offenders.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 1 (V)
The dissenter agrees that law enforcement needs to be able to use secret coercive measures against children under 15 who are exploited by criminal networks, but wants to narrow the scope compared with the proposal and reject the preventive measures, arguing that a suspicion of crime should generally be required and that the proposal otherwise falls short on proportionality and on respecting children's special rights.
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: adopting the government's legislative proposal and rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 1 by V.
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 0/18/0/6
S
–
Yes 93/0/0/13
MP
–
Abstain 0/3/13/2
C
–
Yes 21/0/0/3
L
–
Yes 13/0/0/3
KD
–
Yes 17/0/0/2
M
–
Yes 60/0/0/8
SD
–
Yes 62/0/0/10
Broke with the party line
MPLeila Ali Elmi(MP, Göteborgs kommun)
No — party line: Abstain
MPMats Berglund(MP, Stockholms kommun)
No — party line: Abstain
MPNils Seye Larsen(MP, Västerbottens län)
No — party line: Abstain
MPs whose vote differs from their party's majority position in this division. Marked with a dark ring in the chamber view.
Committee proposal
The Riksdag adopts the government's proposal for
1. Act on amendment to the Code of Judicial Procedure,
2. Act on amendment to the Act (1964:167) with special provisions concerning young offenders,
3. Act on amendment to the Act (1964:167) with special provisions concerning young offenders,
4. Act on amendment to the Act (2007:979) on measures to prevent certain particularly serious crimes,
5. Act on amendment to the Act (2007:979) on measures to prevent certain particularly serious crimes,
6. Act on amendment to the Act (2007:979) on measures to prevent certain particularly serious crimes,
7. Act on amendment to the Act (2012:278) on obtaining information on electronic communications in the law enforcement authorities' intelligence operations,
8. Act on amendment to the Act (2012:278) on obtaining information on electronic communications in the law enforcement authorities' intelligence operations,
9. Act on amendment to the Act (2020:62) on secret data access,
10. Act on amendment to the Act (2020:62) on secret data access,
11. Act on amendment to the Act (2020:62) on secret data access.
The Riksdag thereby approves proposition 2024/25:175 points 1-11 and rejects the motions
2024/25:3444 by Gudrun Nordborg et al. (V) point 1 and
2024/25:3447 by Ulrika Westerlund et al. (MP) point 1.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen antar regeringens förslag till
1. lag om ändring i rättegångsbalken,
2. lag om ändring i lagen (1964:167) med särskilda bestämmelser om unga lagöverträdare,
3. lag om ändring i lagen (1964:167) med särskilda bestämmelser om unga lagöverträdare,
4. lag om ändring i lagen (2007:979) om åtgärder för att förhindra vissa särskilt allvarliga brott,
5. lag om ändring i lagen (2007:979) om åtgärder för att förhindra vissa särskilt allvarliga brott,
6. lag om ändring i lagen (2007:979) om åtgärder för att förhindra vissa särskilt allvarliga brott,
7. lag om ändring i lagen (2012:278) om inhämtning av uppgifter om elektronisk kommunikation i de brottsbekämpande myndigheternas underrättelseverksamhet,
8. lag om ändring i lagen (2012:278) om inhämtning av uppgifter om elektronisk kommunikation i de brottsbekämpande myndigheternas underrättelseverksamhet,
9. lag om ändring i lagen (2020:62) om hemlig dataavläsning,
10. lag om ändring i lagen (2020:62) om hemlig dataavläsning,
11. lag om ändring i lagen (2020:62) om hemlig dataavläsning.
Därmed bifaller riksdagen proposition 2024/25:175 punkterna 1-11 och avslår motionerna
2024/25:3444 av Gudrun Nordborg m.fl. (V) yrkande 1 och
2024/25:3447 av Ulrika Westerlund m.fl. (MP) yrkande 1.
Riksdag decision: The law enforcement authorities shall be able to use secret and preventive coercive measures against children under 15 years of age. The Riksdag said yes to the government's proposal. The proposals shall provide the authorities with better tools to combat serious crime committed by children and reduce the risk of children becoming involved in criminal activity. The proposals deal, among other things, with the following:
Secret coercive measures shall be able to be used to investigate certain serious crimes where the reasonably suspected person is under 15 years of age.
Preventive coercive measures shall in certain cases be able to be used against children under 15 years of age to prevent, avert and detect particularly serious crime.
Children shall be able to be held in more cases and for somewhat longer than currently for interrogation or for the purpose of being handed over to, for example, parents or social services.
The legislative changes come into force on 1 October 2025. Several of the legislative changes shall be time-limited to 30 September 2028 or 30 September 2030.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants the government's bill to be rejected, but secret coercive measures may be used when there is suspicion of crime. (V) — Reservation 1
Motion 2024/25:3444 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:175 Hemliga och preventiva tvångsmedel när barn under 15 år begår brott av Gudrun Nordborg m.fl. (V)
Motion 2024/25:3447 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:175 Hemliga och preventiva tvångsmedel när barn under 15 år begår brott av Ulrika Westerlund m.fl. (MP)
Proposition 2024/25:175 — Hemliga och preventiva tvångsmedel när barn under 15 år begår brott