Sverige i fokus — the official material and its thirteen chapters
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The test is based on a single document. It is free, it is 48 pages, and it also exists as audio.
Sverige i fokus — study material for the citizenship test was produced by UHR together with the National Agency for Education. The material's introduction states explicitly that the test will be based on it. It can be downloaded free of charge from uhr.se and also exists as audio files, one per chapter.
The thirteen chapters
- The country of Sweden — geography, climate, nature, natural resources and climate policy
- Sweden's democratic system — democracy, free elections, threats to democracy, segregation and integration
- How Sweden is governed — state, regions and municipalities, the Riksdag, the government and public agencies
- Elections and political parties — the right to vote, the electoral system, referendums and the four per cent threshold
- Law and justice — the constitutional laws, the justice system, the courts and the trial
- The role of the media — free media, public access to documents, public service and source criticism
- Human rights — the UN, the Discrimination Act, gender equality, children's rights and minorities
- Labour market and personal finances — sectors, social partners, collective agreements, tax and unemployment insurance
- The welfare society — taxes and the division of responsibility between state, regions and municipalities
- Sweden's modern history — from farming country to welfare state
- Sweden and the world — the Nordics, the EU, the UN, the Council of Europe, defence and security
- A secular state and a multi-religious country — freedom of religion and the religions in Sweden
- Traditions and holidays — the festivals of the year and their origins
How to use the material
Read one chapter at a time and test yourself immediately afterwards. The chapters that contain numbers and dates — chapters 1, 3, 4, 7, 10 and 11 — are usually the ones that cost points, because they require you to recall exact facts such as 349 members of the Riksdag, 290 municipalities, 21 regions and the four per cent threshold.
The diagnostic here on Medborgarklar covers all thirteen areas with two questions each and shows which chapters you should re-read.
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Updated 2026-08-31 · Next review 2026-09-14. Source of the factual content: Sverige i fokus — study material for the citizenship test, UHR and Skolverket, 2026.