Political programme
Ambition Sverige

1. Sweden shall be a sovereign country

- Swedish citizens should not be governed by supranational agendas.

Sweden's future should be decided by Swedish citizens, not by unelected networks, supranational bodies or by remote control from Brussels, Geneva and Davos.

We say yes to the benefits of globalisation - trade, knowledge exchange and travel. But we say no to globalism as an ideology. At the heart of globalisation is the shift of power away from the people to institutions we cannot vote out. As decisions are taken further and further away from our daily lives, our voices are silenced, freedom shrinks and national self-determination is eroded. Through communications and global trade, the world has become smaller, richer and more interconnected. This is the bright side of globalisation. But at the same time, another movement has emerged: globalism.

Globalism takes our freedom

Globalism sees the nation state as an obstacle and the voter as a formality. As an ideology, globalism puts four things first: cross-border governance, standardisation, technocratic problem-solving and weaker national sovereignty. It wants climate, health, migration, finance and digital infrastructure to be managed through supranational organisations (EU, UN, WHO, OECD, IMF, etc.) and through partnerships between public institutions and private corporations. In practice, decisions are made above the heads of voters. The nation is reduced to an implementing body; “democracy” becomes implementing what has already been decided.

Increasingly, non-democratic organisations such as the WHO, OECD, IMF and various NetZero coalitions are influencing how Sweden is governed. The WHO is pushing to give itself global control over health policy in the event of the “next pandemic”. The OECD opposes tax competition between countries and pushes for harmonisation so that everyone has a high tax burden. IMF monetary policy dogma has contributed time and again to high global inflation - stealing from you, your savings and your pension.

NetZero agendas (e.g. Agenda 2030) are another such lever for centralisation: binding targets, timelines and quotas shift decisions from our municipalities, businesses and households to supranational organisations. Energy, transport and agriculture are controlled from above with targets and bans that do not take Swedish conditions into account. The result is that competition between countries is stifled - lower taxes, cheaper energy and simpler rules are discouraged - while the cost is passed on to citizens.

Orders from above

What the globalising agencies have in common is that they are gradually taking away our right to govern ourselves. Once upon a time, the farmer was free to grow what he wanted. Today, his work is centrally planned in Soviet style via EU and UN climate targets. He is controlled by subsidies and penalties and can be monitored by satellite. Once we were free to trade, transfer money and express our opinions, but as power is centralised, politicians' ability to control and tax grows. Whoever controls your money, your identity and your freedom of movement - they control you.

One of the most influential private globalisers is the World Economic Forum (WEF). Its members are the world's largest multinational corporations and other so-called “stakeholders”. The WEF promotes the idea of a new global world order with a self-appointed leadership given far-reaching economic and legal powers. In practice, this agenda means less influence for nations and more control via mass digital surveillance, individual control systems, carbon-based points, censorship of free speech and programmable digital currencies - CBDCs.

Digital coercive society

Digitalisation has enabled surveillance and governance on a scale never seen before. The EU, UN and WEF are pushing for the creation of global digital identities that make people “global citizens” without strong ties to their nation. Such systems will make it possible to track travel, vaccine status, purchases, carbon footprints and online communications. Linked to programmable central bank currencies, individuals' purchases can be recorded and restricted based on political objectives or social scores - always under the pretext of increasing safety and security. Sweden is often at the forefront of technological innovation without considering the privacy risks to citizens. Authorities are given digitalisation targets, but the state should work on behalf of the nation, not the other way around. The question is therefore simple: who should actually register and scrutinise whom?

Swedish politicians need to speak clearly about two keys to the control society: the EU's digital identity wallet and central bank digital currencies.

Central bank digital currencies (CBDC)

CBDCs, such as the e-krona or the digital euro, are marketed as modern and inclusive. In reality, they are traceable and programmable “money” suitable for economic management by the individual. With CBDCs, it is possible to impose negative interest rates, expiry dates after which your money burns out, and purchase conditions and/or purchase bans for certain goods or in certain locations. This means that the state may be able to mould down to the smallest receipt. A technical glitch or a political decision in a centralised system can lock, ration or redirect payment flows in real time. Such a concentration of power has no place in a democracy. We demand that cash is constitutionally protected, that the diversity of means of payment is safeguarded and that neither the e-krona nor the digital euro is introduced for the general public. The bank account should not become the state's remote control.

Digital ID wallet

The EU eIDA framework and the planned EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet) are being promoted as seamless and simple. ID, driving licence, grades, tickets, signatures, medical certificates - all in the same wallet. Convenient? Yes, it is. Dangerous? Also yes. Linking identity, permissions and everyday services into one tool creates the perfect infrastructure for conditional access, tracking and behavioural management. “Voluntariness” quickly becomes false if governments, banks and businesses effectively demand your wallet.

Ambition Sverige's line is crystal clear: identity should identify - not control. The ID wallet must never become a condition for participation in society. The right to an analogue life is central. All centralised surveillance of individuals' lives must be banned.

If CBDCs and personalised carbon credits are linked to the ID wallet, it becomes the hub for both identity and money. The ID wallet becomes the perfect management tool: with CBDC and personalised carbon credits, your purchases can be tracked in real time (amount, store, location), your carbon quota is automatically recorded, and blocks can be set - from geofencing to stopping purchases on the ‘wrong’ goods - all linked to your personal ID.

Supranational governance

In 2019, the WEF partnered with the UN to accelerate the 2030 Agenda - a scheme that prioritises billionaires and checklists over popular governance. Swedish governments have followed suit. We are reversing this course: Sweden will not subordinate itself to the 2030 Agenda, the UN Pact for the Future or the Global Digital Compact. We say no to the WHO pandemic treaty, binding IHR changes and participation in the WHO Digital Health Certificate Network.

We want a Sweden that exists for its citizens. The state should serve the people - not control them. Farmers should be allowed to grow and produce, not fill in reports. Companies should grow through free competition, not through supranational checklists and control. Our money should not be programmed against us and our IDs should not become tools of control. Laws should be made in the Swedish parliament - by elected representatives who can be voted out.

Ambition Sverige will work for:

• Moving away from the 2030 Agenda as the guiding framework, as well as the UN Pact for the Future and the Global Digital Compact; reclaiming national targets and budget governance.
• Saying no to the WHO pandemic treaty and binding IHR changes; leaving the WHO Global Digital Health Certification Network.
• Stopping the ekrona and rejecting digital euro for the public; constitutional protection of cash and diversity in payments.
• Say no to EUDI as a condition for civic participation; reject SOU 2023:61 and ban centralised logging of everyday use.
• Rejecting SOU 2023:22 and all general access to electronic communications; defending strong encryption and privacy.
• Reduce state media subsidies that favour agenda-driven giants; safeguard freedom of expression and pluralism.
• Pulling the handbrake on DSA, EU Digital Travel Identity and WHO GDHC/GDHCN; no permanent digital access systems in Sweden.

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2. leaving the EU

- Co-operation via trade agreements.

The EU started as a peace project after World War II, but the forces of globalisation have turned it into a supranational bureaucratic machine where decisions are taken behind closed doors and the influence of voters is rapidly shrinking.

Ambition Sverige wants to regain Sweden's sovereignty by requesting withdrawal from the EU colossus. Reclaiming full national sovereignty requires an organised withdrawal that returns all legislative and budgetary competences to the Swedish Parliament. Only then can we design rules and agreements that reflect Swedish values and needs. Sweden can be freed from supranational pressure and introduce direct democratic reforms customised for Sweden.

Only by returning power to the people - giving them the tools to scrutinise, influence and reconsider - can we build a democracy where every vote counts.

Many parliamentary parties today are pinning their hopes on the EU being reformed from within. That this will happen is about as likely as a shark becoming vegan - it won't happen. Today, there is growing dissatisfaction with the EU, far beyond Sweden's borders. One example is the EU's tough environmental policies, which have prompted Dutch, Polish and German farmers to drive hundreds of tractors to Brussels to protest against the Green Deal.

Polish farmers blocked roads to stop costly climate targets. Italian farmers organised tractor convoys towards Rome to demand the suspension of the same Green Deal. Meanwhile, Eastern European countries such as the Czech Republic and Slovakia have blocked their borders to protect domestic farmers.

Why does Ambition Sverige want to leave the EU?

Ambition Sverige (A) believes that Sweden should be a sovereign state. We are not as long as we are in the EU as it stands today. Sweden is a small country with about 10 million inhabitants. Compared to Germany, for example, which has about 85 million inhabitants, Sweden is a tiny country. When the EU Parliament has to decide on a legislative issue, we have a weak voice through our 21 out of a total of 720 members in the EU Parliament. These 21 MEPs can never successfully assert a different view from that of the MEPs from the large countries, so their chances of having an influence are entirely dependent on one or more populous countries thinking like us.

Norway, which is outside the EU, currently pays SEK 10 billion for trade and research agreements with the EU, but is spared most of the climate obligations and other regulations from there. Sweden pays SEK 47.8 billion this year (2025) and is hit by a steady stream of new laws and regulations every year. Of course, Sweden is better governed from home than from the EU. In addition, we need the money (the difference is at least SEK 30 million annually) better at home - for defence, healthcare and elderly care.

How can Sweden leave the EU and with what time horizon?

The Swedish constitution, the Instrument of Government 1:10, states that, Sweden is a member of the European Union. Sweden also participates in international co-operation within the framework of the United Nations and the Council of Europe and in other contexts. 

Under the EU Treaty, any member can withdraw from the EU in the following ways

Sweden notifies the European Council by submitting a notification of withdrawal to a Council composed of the Prime Ministers of the Member States. Prior to this (before the notification), negotiations take place and a special agreement is concluded between the European Council and Sweden.

The European Parliament approves by simple majority, after which the European Council decides, i.e. approves, by qualified majority. The applicability of the EU treaties ends when the agreement enters into force.

Alternatively, the EU treaties cease to apply 2 years after Sweden's notification.

For Sweden to be able to notify its withdrawal from the EU, we must have taken a decision at national level to withdraw. This is done by a decision of the Riksdag. Since EU membership is enshrined in the Constitution (the Instrument of Government), the decision to change it must be taken in the manner prescribed for amending the Constitution. To amend a constitution, the Parliament must take two identical decisions and hold a general election between the two decisions.

A legislative amendment to the Constitution is now planned (see Government Bill 2024/25:165), so that in future a 2/3 majority will be required (for parliamentary decision no. 2) to amend the Constitution. The consequence is that it will be very difficult to leave the EU if the government gets its bill through.

A fully-fledged political union

When Sweden joined the EU in 1995, most people probably thought it was a peace and free trade union. We would be able to visit our European neighbours without having to show our passports. For those who read the small print, however, it was obvious that it would be a full-fledged political union, including common foreign and agricultural policies. The risk that we would have a common superstate whose decisions and legal acts would take precedence over our own parliament and our own laws was clear.

The EU is swelling beyond all reason

Today, the EU can best be characterised as a bureaucratic colossus that has become an end in itself and a feeding ground for its own staff. The Commission consists of one representative from each member state (27 countries), plus a President. None of them is elected by the people. Their job is explicitly to promote the EU's interests, not those of its member countries. One way they do this is by producing a flood of new laws and rules every year that shift more power from member countries to the EU. The EU has tens of thousands of staff whose job is basically to make laws. It is their job and their bread and butter. The recipients of these papers and reports are obviously at a complete disadvantage because they have other tasks to do than just commenting on/negotiating legal texts. The principle of subsidiarity enshrined in the EU Treaty has been completely disregarded.

The Free Trade Union became a bureaucratic union

In a free trade area, only the sellers and buyers decide what is traded. The EU's bureaucratic union is different. There, sellers and buyers must first and foremost fulfil the EU's regulatory burden. It favours big businesses that can afford EU compliance specialists, but penalises smaller companies. This leads to high prices and makes us all poorer. Bureaucracy stifles business and drives many companies out of business, while others relocate to friendlier countries outside Europe. No member state is allowed to use its own rules to favour its own clients. The result? Since 1991, the EU's share of global GDP has almost halved from 28% to less than 15%.

The peace union became a war union

Without its own foreign policy, Sweden is no longer able to decide who is friend or foe. We are automatically drawn into the EU's trade wars and boycotts. Outside the EU, we would be free to choose whether we wanted to resolve conflicts with war or with traditional Swedish diplomacy and trade.

The EU started out as an organisation for free trade and free movement between countries. Now, EU defence spending has increased significantly. The European Commission plans to boost defence with an additional €800 billion (“Readiness 2030”), to be collected from member states over four years to be used by a future war-fighting organisation.

As usual, Sweden is likely to follow the majority, as it did when Mr Löfven and the Members of Parliament agreed to pay over €16 billion for COVID-19 injections for the Swedish population. The total amount approved then was €750 billion. A similar decision is now planned for €800 billion.

An important question is whether we will also be jointly and severally liable for the debts of other EU countries? What will happen the day we cannot pay and risk the collapse of our welfare system? What political conditions will be imposed on Sweden on that day?

... and an immigration, carbon, energy, censorship and fiscal union

The EU is taking over more and more policy areas. Areas that we never voted on. The trend is towards replacing nation states with a bureaucratic EU state on the old Soviet model. Through various “funds” for covid, for armament, fees for carbon emissions, penalties and the ever-growing membership fees, the EU is gradually moving towards taxing the citizens of the Union.

The common external border (Schengen) was replaced by mandatory immigration quotas. When Sweden needs technical expertise from faraway countries, we can actually solve it without the EU's help.

Sweden is Europe's largest net exporter of electrical energy. The EU is forcing us to make 70 per cent of our transmission capacity available for export, which is driving up electricity prices for us Swedes.

Now the EU is also trying to take control of forests, as it has done with agriculture.

Free speech is being abolished via the Digital Services Act (DSA), a law to censor information on the internet that the EU dislikes. The solemn declarations of EU values have turned out to be little more than a censorship, control and surveillance state with totalitarian ambitions.

All memberships must be constantly evaluated

History shows that co-operation, and especially unions, tend to become permanent. They acquire their own officials and form their own political level. Supranational cooperation must therefore be constantly evaluated. When they no longer benefit citizens, but only special interests and their own staff - then we should leave them. That is where we are today. Parkinson's laws could not be more clearly illustrated.

Ambition Sverige wants to learn from direct democracies

Instead of closed corridors and representative distance, a number of countries are showing how citizen participation can work. Ambition Sverige wants to see a clear shift to more direct democracy.

1. Switzerland (non-EU) - With over 327 federal referendums since 1848, Switzerland is a prime example of continuous citizen participation. The right of initiative, which requires 100,000 signatures for constitutional amendments or 50,000 for bills, gives civil society powerful tools to push issues regardless of party affiliation. An average turnout of 50 % in these votes means that politics is never further from the people than a single initiative. The system creates accountability, as every politician knows that all laws can be directly challenged by citizens, and that broad public opinion is necessary for sustainable reform.
2. Liechtenstein (non-EU) - With only 1,500 signatures (out of approximately 35,000 eligible voters), citizens can stage a national referendum. In addition, residents have the right to recall specific members of parliament if 30 % of voters demand it. This system puts strong and democratic pressure on potentially powerful politicians - forcing them to stay in touch with voters' everyday concerns. The Liechtenstein concept shows how low thresholds and recall rights can be used to counter corruption and elite-driven agendas.
3. Uruguay - Optional referendums and constitutional referendums have been held here since 1917, with a turnout of 80-90 %. By regularly asking key questions on issues ranging from social reform to security policy, Uruguay has created a culture where political participation is the norm rather than the exception. High voter turnout gives decisions strong legitimacy and builds shared values. The country shows that extensive direct democracy can work alongside representative government without leading to chaos or decision paralysis.

Ambition Sverige will work for:

• That Sweden leaves the EU as soon as possible. Under current rules, Sweden can leave the EU at the earliest during the 2030-2034 parliamentary term. This requires the Riksdag to vote in favour of an exit before the end of the next parliamentary term in 2030 at the latest, and to vote again in favour of an exit at the beginning of the following parliamentary term, 2030-2034.
• That Sweden should endeavour to be part of the EU's trade union on the day we leave the EU, and seek new cooperation that facilitates free trade.
• EU membership should be removed from the Constitution to make it easier to leave once the decision to leave the EU has been taken.
• That Sweden should not adopt the euro as its currency. The euro has no advantages for us, it would only take away our ability to conduct our own monetary policy and thus the ability to control interest rates and inflation.
• That as long as Sweden is a member of the EU, we will work to take back political and legislative power from the EU in energy, environment, agriculture, forestry and health policy. As a sovereign state, we should have the right to promote our own interests.
• Demanding a sharply reduced membership fee and ensuring that it matches the contributions we receive back. We should not remain one of the Union's biggest net contributors.
• Saying no to all forms of punitive taxation by the EU. It is a voluntary association.
• Saying no to EU emissions trading. We should decide on our emissions ourselves.
• Saying no to all forms of EU taxation, both open and camouflaged in various funds for covid, armament and carbon emissions.
• Taking back control of our borders and of immigration.
• Not participating in the EU's so-called talent pool, which is a euphemism for forced immigration.
• Work to retain the right of veto in the European Council on foreign and security policy issues, as well as on other issues where the right of veto still applies. This will prevent us from being overruled on vital issues.
• Being favourable to other countries that are considering leaving. The more countries that choose to leave the EU, the easier it will be for us.

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3. an independent defence and security policy

- Security through détente, diplomacy and military defence.

Ambition Sverige wants to build a secure, independent and non-aligned Sweden where security rests on its own strength, diplomacy and ability to detente, not on foreign military presence or supranational great power alliances.

Security policy through diplomacy and independent strong military defence

Sweden's foreign policy has undergone a dramatic shift from a long tradition of non-alignment and peacemaking diplomacy to a clearly confrontational stance within the framework of NATO and the EU. By allowing the US to operate military bases on Swedish soil, Sweden has made itself a potential target in a great power conflict. This means that we are no longer outside the tensions between nuclear powers, but have actively taken a stand in a geopolitical conflict where Sweden's interests risk being overshadowed.

The EU, which once built its legitimacy on a peace project, has evolved in an increasingly militarised direction. Both the Union's and NATO's leadership openly express themselves in terms of rearmament and prolonged confrontation with Russia. In this climate, diplomacy is being pushed aside in favour of a permanent state of war. Ambition Sverige believes that this is a dangerous short-term path, where Sweden's long-term security is sacrificed for the interests of other powers.

A return to a traditional Swedish autonomous line

We advocate a return to a foreign and security policy based on détente, non-alignment and an independent Swedish defence.

Sweden should have effective diplomatic relations with all countries, including those where there are disagreements. History has shown, not least during the Cuban Missile Crisis, that diplomatic and personal contacts between national leaders can be crucial to avoid catastrophic armed conflicts.

Unfortunately, our and Europe's leaders have shown the opposite.

The DCA and NATO membership

Sweden must be able to defend itself. Having an armed foreign military force on Swedish territory in peacetime is not compatible with non-alignment.

The DCA agreement authorises the United States to use Swedish territory for the deployment of weapon systems in which nuclear-armed medium-range missiles cannot be ruled out. This makes Sweden a prioritised preemptive target in a great power conflict. The DCA must be cancelled immediately.

NATO has increasingly become a war organisation instead of a defence organisation. The Swedish government has given up its territory to be used as a staging area for NATO troops in the event of an imaginary war with Russia. This significantly increases the risk that Sweden will be one of the first targets in a major power conflict. The government's actions have seriously impaired Sweden's security situation and NATO is therefore an organisation we must leave as soon as possible.

By its own decisions, Sweden has increased the threat of war

Swedish arms exports to Ukraine, entry into NATO and the DCA have together contributed to a marked deterioration in Sweden's security situation. Authorities such as MUST, FRA and FOI realised early on that Russia's invasion of Ukraine did not in itself mean an increased threat to Sweden. It is therefore worrying that all parliamentary parties, regardless of ideological affiliation, seem to have a common desire to pursue a confrontational defence and security policy. Ambition Sverige believes that this path is strategically risky, both in terms of security and economically.

Sweden has donated a lot of resources, both material and financial, to Ukraine since the war started. Support for Ukraine must now cease in order to fully prioritise the rearmament of Swedish defence and to reduce the threat to Sweden.

Sweden's security is best built by standing outside military blocs, with the aim of keeping the country out of future conflicts. Over 200 years of peace, non-alignment has proven to be a successful security strategy. We want to see a continuation of this tradition.

Sweden's future defence

The world is changing and with it the way wars are fought. This must be reflected in how we shape both our defence and security policies.

Today's conflicts are often hybrid in nature, involving cyber attacks, psychological operations and other non-traditional forms of attack. This means that Swedish defence must be robust and adaptable to these new threats.

Sweden will take advantage of new technologies, innovation and lessons learned from ongoing conflicts in its defence planning, such as how drones, artillery and electronic warfare have proven to be more decisive than tanks and air forces.

We advocate a defence that is based on both popular support through conscription and professional competence through professional soldiers. This creates a defence that is both broad and pointed with popular support but which at the same time guarantees high competence.

Today, Sweden's defence force is considerably smaller than it was just a few decades ago. However, restoring the old invasion defence is neither realistic nor appropriate. Instead, we must build a flexible and modern defence based on small, mobile units with high firepower that can operate with precision and endurance.

The Swedish defence industry has a crucial role in this work. The government should ensure that our defence orders are designed to strengthen the ability and capacity of the domestic defence industry to produce the equipment that Swedish defence needs. This benefits Sweden.

Armed forces and civil defence

The collective capacity of civil society must be mobilised and managed in the event of a crisis or attack, not least for the protection of strategic functions and infrastructure. We see a need for a comprehensive upgrade of our healthcare capacity, our protection of critical infrastructure and our coordination of actors such as coastguards, customs, police and emergency services. Sweden must be able to withstand prolonged disruptions and crises, whether caused by external or internal attacks.

The defence forces and civil defence as a whole need to be rapidly assessed and fundamentally changed based on the totally different tactics and strategy developed in the Ukrainian war.

The Home Guard is an important part of Swedish defence and should therefore be strengthened in line with the overall rearmament of the armed forces. The Home Guard should therefore also be given resources to provide new technical tools such as drones and anti-drone technology.

Resources such as the hunter corps and other firearms licence holders are important elements in the defence of Sweden. Therefore, licensed gun owners should be allowed to possess semi-automatic weapons to the extent they need without the involvement of the state.

The domestic threat

Last but not least, we see a serious threat in domestic insecurity. A sovereign state must control all parts of its territory. If the state does not have the monopoly of violence, it means that some other party has the monopoly of violence - therefore the state is not in control. The state must regain control over the 59 so-called vulnerable areas where it has lost control. The rule of law regaining the monopoly on violence in these parts of the country is a prerequisite for the whole of Sweden to be covered by both a functioning total defence and internal security.

Executive summary

Ambition Sverige wants to build a secure, independent and non-aligned Sweden where security rests on its own strength, diplomacy and capacity for détente, not on foreign military presence or supranational great power alliances.

Ambition Sverige will work for:

• Sweden's security is safeguarded through non-alignment, diplomacy and détente.
• Sweden is building a strong defence force.
• Non-alignment and neutrality are a prerequisite for keeping Sweden out of war. That is why we must leave NATO.
• The DCA is cancelled immediately - Sweden will not have foreign troops on its territory.
• Military aid to Ukraine is cancelled because it increases the threat to Sweden.
• Licensed gun owners should be allowed to use their weapons without government interference.
• Sweden regains the monopoly on violence in all “vulnerable areas”.

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4. regaining control over migration

- Tackling social unrest and crime.

Sweden is facing one of the greatest challenges of our time - regaining control over migration, restoring integration and protecting welfare. For decades, migration has been greater than society has been able to handle. It is not the people who are the problem, but the policies that have lacked clear requirements, planning and responsibility.

Svensk migrationspolitik har fastnat i en destruktiv dragkamp mellan två ytterligheter. På den ena sidan står vänstern, som vill ha nästan helt öppna gränser. På den andra sidan står Sverigedemokraterna som gärna talar om att stoppa invandringen helt men när de väl fick inflytande ökade invandringen ändå – och problemen bestod. Samtidigt var det den moderatledda regeringen som 2015 drev massinvandringen till sin spets. 2015 års politik gav EU:s högsta migration per capita. Att så många människor kom till Sverige på så kort tid har varit övermäktigt för det svenska samhällssystemet. Följden blev fördjupad segregation och ökad otrygghet för alla. Välfärden har pressats till bristningsgränsen.

The question is whether both the left and the right are happy to see the problems persist, as both seem to derive their votes from the failed migration policy.

The result of these poles is a polarised society where people are forced to choose sides, instead of seeking solutions. We have ended up in a climate where people are for or against immigration, but no-one is discussing how more immigrants can get off benefits and become part of society. Sweden doesn't need more election promises, we need policies that can deal with reality.

Ambition Sverige therefore wants to replace decades of naivety with order, responsibility and faith in the future. That is why Ambition Sverige's immigration policy is simple: anyone who works, supports themselves and respects Swedish law, democracy, equality, fundamental rights and freedoms and religious freedom should be able to build a good life in Sweden. This is the definition of integration.

At the same time, Ambition Sverige proposes a migration policy that recovery period - a halt to further immigration, except for exceptional cases of family immigration and labour immigration where self-sufficiency is guaranteed. This regime should apply for as long as necessary to ensure the sustainability of Sweden's welfare system and until Sweden has tackled the escalation of crime. During that period, Sweden should focus on creating security, work and participation for those who already live here. Work and respect for Swedish law must be the basis for everyone's path to society and citizenship.

At the same time, we need to retain the possibility of skilled labour immigration. Those who have a job and contribute to society should not be denied entry.

Forced mixing is not integration

Ambition Sverige believes that it is up to the individual whether they want to learn Swedish. Some occupational categories, such as work in elderly care, require a good knowledge of the Swedish language, while in other occupations it is not as important. Language skills do not determine how well integrated an individual is. What is important, however, is respect for the basic Swedish norms that hold a society together: law, freedom and responsibility.

Nor is it necessary to live in a particular place with Swedes as neighbours. Rather, it is quite natural for people who come from other cultures to choose to live with their compatriots, at least in the early days. We don't believe in forced mixing, but in change happening naturally, through work, education and participation.

Restore law and order - reduce welfare dependency

Independent analyses show that many newcomers remain dependent on benefits for decades and that a large proportion never achieve self-sufficiency. This puts a strain on tax-funded systems and weakens overall welfare.

Municipalities with high levels of immigration have faced rising costs for social services, housing, education and healthcare, often without sufficient resources.

Segregation has increased sharply over time, with the emergence of parallel communities where integration has failed. In many of these neighbourhoods, social unrest and crime have emerged.

Unfortunately, people with a foreign background are also over-represented in crime statistics, especially in serious violent crime, robbery and sexual offences. Gang crime, shootings and explosions have escalated, often linked to young men from migrant families.

Sweden does not need to close itself off from the world, but we do need to stop immigration for the time necessary to restore law and order, get people into work and take responsibility both for those who have come here and for Sweden as a country.

Welfare systems rely on more people working

A large number of economic migrants have come to Sweden to earn a living, and as a result, more and more of our public money is being spent on benefits rather than on core services such as healthcare, elderly care and education.
Without people working, paying taxes and helping to build the country, no welfare system can survive, and that is precisely what we are seeing today.

The benefit system must therefore be at subsistence level and designed to motivate work, not inaction. Work should always be rewarded.

Anyone who supports themselves for five years, obeys the law and does not commit crimes should be able to become a Swedish citizen. This applies to those who are currently in the country and are seeking a life and citizenship in Sweden.

Anyone who commits crimes that harm other people, property or the safety of society should lose the right to stay. Sweden should be open to people who want to contribute, but not to those who reject our laws and norms.

Legally secure revocation of citizenship in cases of false grounds and serious offences

Swedish citizenship is a trust and a bond to the country. It should be given to those who show loyalty to Sweden and respect our laws and values.

If a nationality is granted on false grounds, such as false identity or falsified documents, the decision can be annulled (nullityThis means that the citizenship never legally existed, and that the person can be expelled with a lifetime re-entry ban.

For those with dual citizenship, there must be the possibility of revoking citizenship after conviction for terrorism, espionage, war crimes, organised crime or violent extremism. No one who actively attacks Sweden or undermines democracy should be allowed to retain Swedish citizenship.

Swedish citizenship should be something you deserve and something you wear with respect for the country. Citizenship and residence permits should be revoked for serious offences.

Border control and return - security starts at the border

A functioning border is a prerequisite for both security and the rule of law.
Sweden must regain full control of its borders and deportation chains.
For decades, a lack of control has allowed people without identity documents, with false information or deportation orders to stay in the country for years.
It undermines the authority of the law and public confidence.

Ambition Sverige wants to introduce strong borders with legal certainty.
No one should be allowed to enter Sweden without a valid identity document or verified background.
Border police and customs will be expanded, and a national return centre will be established to ensure swift and legally secure returns for those without the right to stay.

Sweden will also sign binding readmission agreements with countries with high refugee flows, to ensure that people without protection reasons can return.
Those who are not political refugees or have genuine protection needs should not be granted asylum in Sweden.

This reform will be prepared and implemented during the recovery period, as Sweden rebuilds its migration regime and creates the conditions for a legally secure, humane and controlled future immigration.

Security starts at the border, but responsibility continues beyond it.

Sweden must become a secular state - for real

Many believe that Sweden is already a secular state. But this is not true.

Freedom of religion is enshrined in the Constitution, but secularism, the principle that law is always above religion, is not. That is a crucial difference.

Religious freedom protects the individual. Secularism protects the rule of law.

Without it, the line between faith and law becomes blurred, jeopardising both human rights and equality. We are already seeing the consequences: parallel societies, oppression of honour and religious leaders preaching against Swedish law. When authorities hesitate to intervene “for the sake of religion”, the rule of law is weakened and with it, people's freedom.
No faith, no church, no mosque and no tradition should ever be above the law.

France has already realised what Sweden is still hesitating about.
Their constitution clearly states: “The Republic is secular.”

It means that the state is neutral, the law applies equally to all, and religion must never dominate politics. This is the basis for a strong and resilient society.

In Sweden we hide behind the word religious freedom without establishing the principle that makes freedom possible: that the law always comes first. The result is that religious norms are allowed to influence both politics and the legal system, something that would have been unthinkable in France.

Cooperation between the Socialist Party's subsidiary organisation Faith and Solidarity and Muslim Council of Sweden is a clear example. The agreement promised to work for increased Muslim representation and to pursue religiously motivated demands such as Muslim holidays and imam training. This is an example of how religious interests have gained influence over Swedish politics. A secular state should be above such things.

Ambition Sverige wants to write into the constitution that Sweden is a secular state, where the law is always above religious injunctions and all people are equal before the law. It is time to safeguard the rule of law, now and for the future. Sweden should be a country where the law always comes first.

Increasing safety in marginalised areas

Sweden has become a target for radical Islamism. The Security Service assesses the threat level from Islamist extremists as still high, with documented cases of radicalisation, acts of terrorism and infiltration into schools, the judicial system and associations. This is compounded by a decline in social trust and increased polarisation in society, making both democratic dialogue and long-term social planning more difficult.

The situation has been created by irresponsible political decisions, non-democratic agreements and open borders that now need to be addressed.

Ambition Sverige wants to focus on ensuring the safety and security of residents in Sweden's 180 excluded areas (data according to Statistics Sweden). The state will regain control, crimes will be prosecuted, people without the right to be here or who commit serious offences will be deported, and resources will be redirected to security, schools, healthcare and functioning municipalities.

In Sweden, Swedish law applies

Anyone staying in Sweden does so on Swedish terms. Anyone who commits a crime has exhausted their right to stay. The main rule should be that convicted persons serve their sentences in their home country through agreements whereby Sweden reimburses the cost, followed by deportation for life (re-entry ban). Endless appeals and years of litigation should be replaced by fast, legally certain and permanent decisions. Extremism, attacks on democracy and attempts to introduce parallel legal systems will not be accepted.

Order in the population register

A national census should be carried out and each person should only be able to have a personal identity number or a coordination number. Those who do not have the right to stay in the country should be deported.

Background checks

Real background checks are introduced: documentary research, biometric cross-checks, security interviews and systematic information sharing with countries of origin and transit. Authorities will know who is coming to and staying in Sweden.

Community grants

Taxpayers' money should not go to organisations that make deportations more difficult or promote parallel legal systems. Full transparency should apply to all tax-funded migration activities.

Clear language to the outside world

In the countries of origin, it must be clearly communicated that Sweden is no longer a country where you can live on benefits or hide in the shadow society.

Children, honour and the vulnerable

Honour crimes, forced marriages and parallel systems of norms are met with immediate protection for children and women, tougher sentences and deportation of perpetrators. Marriage laws should apply to everyone living in Sweden.

Ambition Sverige will work for:

• A halt to further immigration - a recovery period with exceptions for exceptional cases of family immigration and labour immigration where self-sufficiency can be guaranteed. This arrangement should apply for as long as necessary to ensure the sustainability of Sweden's welfare system and until Sweden has tackled the escalation of crime.
• That those who work, support themselves and respect Swedish law, democracy, equality, fundamental rights and freedoms and religious freedom should be able to build a good life in Sweden.
• criminals, hate preachers, violent extremists and clan-based networks should be expelled from the country.
• Non-Swedish citizens should serve their sentences in their home country.
• Stopping the shadow society. Impose sanctions on illegal employers/landlords and carry out exit checks.
• Temporary residence permits are subject to regular review where serious criminal offences violate the right to stay.
• Placing responsibility for language and integration on the individual. Abolition of home language teaching and SFI, interpreter support for a maximum of one year.
• Conducting a national census to ensure that there is one personal/coordination number per person. Nullity in case of fraudulent citizenship.
• Taxpayers' money should not go to organisations that make deportations more difficult.
• To be clear with countries of origin - Sweden is not a welfare destination.
• That honour crimes, forced marriages and parallel systems of norms are met with immediate protection for children and women. Tougher penalties and deportation of perpetrators.
• Tackling clan crime through restraining orders, witness protection and deportation.

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5. Weighing costs against benefits in climate policy - prioritising the environment

- A fixation on carbon dioxide hampers environmental efforts.

The environmental movement has become a power factor

Since the publication of Rachel Carson's book on pollution, Silent Spring, in 1962, a strong environmental movement has emerged. The tireless work of the environmental movement has raised awareness of the importance of caring for the environment.

Today, the environmental movement is making its voice heard in most countries and has become a powerful force. Many people want to represent the political ideology that advocates the green shift. Almost all Swedish parliamentary parties have therefore embraced this way of thinking, which has also become anchored as a state-supporting idea. The ideas surrounding the “green shift” form an essential foundation for intergovernmental work within both the UN and the EU.

With the Brundtland Commission's report from 1987, a new perspective came into the work of protecting our earth. The Commission paired environmental and development concerns and presented the concept of sustainable development.

The report brought together two NGOs that had previously been active on opposite sides of the arena - the aid organisations and the environmental movement. It highlighted an environmental theme that had come to the fore in the 1980s: the idea that humans were affecting the Earth's climate through greenhouse gas emissions. The year after the Brundtland Commission report was published, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established.

A narrowed environmental debate

In the more than thirty years since these two reports were published, we have seen a narrowing of the environmental debate. It is now solely about the climate, with all environmental and development organisations participating. At the same time, politicians, government and the media have taken centre stage in the debate, with self-proclaimed experts such as Johan Rockström and Greta Thunberg. As a result, everything from changes in ecosystems to population variations of individual animal and plant species are claimed to be caused by climate change.

When most of the real and unreal environmental and development problems are claimed to be caused by man-made climate change, the political solution is simple: we must fight carbon emissions. If we fail to recognise the real problems, we lack the ability to solve them. Ambition Sverige (A) wants to change this!

Politics must become more scientific and science less political

In 1990, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that if a continued exponential increase in carbon dioxide emissions, CFCs and other greenhouse gases were to continue, the consequences for the Earth's climate by 2100 would be devastating. The latest report from the IPCC in 2022, on the other hand, shows that the development that was feared in 1990 will not occur at all. Nor is the development feared in the 2013 report considered likely anymore, and a global catastrophe is no longer predicted.

Despite this, the idea that “climate science is settled” runs like a red thread through today's discussions in politics and the media. Unfortunately, this is based on an idea that is not even supported by the research it refers to. This has not only distorted our public and political debate on energy, the environment and greenhouse gas emissions - it has also hampered important scientific and political discussions on our future climate. Huge amounts of taxpayers“ money have been ploughed into loss-making ”green investments'. This has had a major negative impact on the environment, without having any impact on the climate.

Sweden's carbon dioxide emissions are low

Sweden's emissions are among the lowest in the world. Sweden currently accounts for 0.1 per cent of the world's total carbon dioxide emissions - that is, one per mille. This is the gross figure. If you take into account the enormous amount of carbon dioxide that our forests bind - in line with the UN climate panel's recommendations to consider net emissions - Sweden's share drops to 0.01 per cent of global emissions, or one tenth of a per mille.

This means that Sweden is already one of the world's most climate-neutral industrialised countries. In this situation, continuing to pursue an extreme climate policy to “lead the way” is not just symbolic politics, it is a waste of taxpayers' money. This calls for reflection and restraint. Sweden can contribute to global solutions, but it must do so in balance with our own welfare, energy security and competitiveness.

Unfortunately, the climate debate focuses on the alleged increase in climate disasters such as torrential rain, droughts and hurricanes caused by our emissions. This is despite the fact that the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has not been able to demonstrate any such link.

The global average temperature has increased by about 1.5 degrees (measured from a point in time that was extremely cold) - mainly due to less cold winter nights at our latitudes. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is necessary in the long term, but far from the most important thing for the climate in the foreseeable future. Sweden has already reduced its emissions by around 70 % since 1970 and can now sit tight. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), emissions are expected to fall from around 40 gigatonnes/year today to 10 gigatonnes/year by the end of the century. The reason why emissions are expected to fall is that China and India in particular are expected to reduce their coal-based electricity production after 2050.

We should focus on real problems

It is now important that we address the real problems of the world, and long-term solutions to them. Economics is about economising on scarce resources, something that should permeate all parts of society. Energy resources are something the world needs to optimise in the long term. For example, transporting biomass long distances to make emissions in Sweden “greener” is counterproductive from a global perspective. The best economy is to use raw materials close to where they grow/are produced. The reduction obligation is another example. When biomass is converted into biodiesel, much of the energy content is lost. Global energy economy should be the topic of discussion at future COP meetings. If resource degradation can be reduced, the winners may outnumber the losers.

Environmental problems can no longer be ignored

In line with an increasingly alarmist view of the climate, traditional environmental problems have been largely neglected, not least when the effects of fossil-free energy are discussed, i.e. wind and solar power plants. Even when it comes to the focus on electric transport, there is largely no account of the environmental impact of anything other than “climate emissions”.

In today's debate, meat, forestry and agriculture are being denigrated. For the meat issue and agriculture, there is now research that shows that agriculture contributes to reduced emissions of carbon dioxide. Grain, fields and pastures bind large amounts of carbon, which the IPCC and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency strangely enough do not credit agriculture.

In the case of meat, nothing other than methane and carbon dioxide emissions are ever reported as important factors in terms of environmental impact. The benefits of meat with its rich content of nutrients are not discussed. The cows' connection and contribution to open landscapes with all their biological added value is never highlighted in the media. Man's dependence on meat for thousands of years, especially in non-arable areas, is not heard about in the debate. What vegetable food and other substitutes for meat cause for environmental problems is also not heard.

Today, there is almost no debate about organic pollutants in air, water and food. Twenty or thirty years ago, that debate was alive.

A major source of emissions is municipal wastewater and sewage sludge, where PFAS, pharmaceutical residues and other environmental toxins are spread in large quantities to lakes, rivers and fields. Other sources of PFAS emissions include fire training sites, military facilities and airports.

Environmental and health problems caused by organic pollutants must be put back at the centre of attention.

A fifth purification step

Out of 290 municipalities in Sweden, only one municipality, Linköping, has implemented a fifth treatment stage to eliminate organic pollutants such as PFAS, pharmaceutical residues, etc. The Gothenburg wastewater treatment plant alone discharges around 500 million microparticles per hour, despite the fact that the treatment plant separates around 90 per cent of the billions of particles that enter.

In Switzerland, around 30 of the largest cities have installed advanced treatment with a fifth treatment stage. The cost for Linköping was around SEK 25 million in 2015. The corresponding cost today is estimated at around 32 million. The total cost of installing a fifth treatment stage in the 30 largest municipalities in Sweden can be estimated at around SEK 1 billion. This can be compared with Sweden's investment in wind power of around SEK 300 billion or the SEK 85 billion invested in Northvolt, without any result at all.

Environmental scandals are increasing

The fires in landfills in 2020-21 in Botkyrka and Upplands-Bro, revealed that the supervision by the authorities is not working. The fires caused the release of highly dangerous environmental toxins. In Botkyrka, high levels of dioxins, arsenic and heavy metals were found in the extinguishing water. The municipality kept the test results secret for a long time, as SVT reported on 29 January 2021.

The contamination with PFAS in drinking water in Kallinge in Ronneby and in Bäcklösa waterworks in Uppsala are other illustrative examples. In both cases, it is about the Armed Forces' inadequate handling of fire extinguishing agents. The incident with PFAS in Sweden alone is an environmental scandal.

According to the Swedish National Food Agency, as many as 5.8 million Swedes' municipal drinking water may be affected by PFAS. It is unacceptable that this environmental scandal has been allowed to continue for so many years without our supervisory authorities in municipalities, county administrative boards, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the Swedish Chemicals Agency intervening.

The PFAS problem has been known for a long time, with production starting in the 1940s. Perhaps this is because more and more officials and managers have become preoccupied with the “climate threat” and the fuzzy concept of “sustainable development”? They have become “climate coordinators” and therefore have no time to deal with the serious and urgent environmental issues.

Another major problem is the deposition of pollutants via precipitation. Virtually all known pollutants are present in precipitation. Deposition occurs every day, 24 hours a day, all year round.

No basis for decision - therefore a comprehensive report is needed

One problem is that politicians and other decision-makers currently lack an overall picture of trends and environmental impact. The Swedish EPA should therefore produce a regular report describing how much waste is generated, with a particular focus on hazardous waste: where the waste goes and how it is managed, emissions of various pollutants to air and water, and the quantities of environmentally hazardous chemicals managed. The report should also describe trends and changes over time (see also point 11 below).

As regards the timetable, implementation and project management of the proposed work, the Ministry of the Environment should decide how to proceed. The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency can be the formal coordinator, provided that it has access to competent consultancy resources and the necessary funding for the measures required.

Ambition Sverige will work for:

• That the installation of a fifth treatment stage becomes a reality in the municipal wastewater treatment plants in the 30 largest municipalities, where the total annual emissions of organic pollutants including heavy metals are also measured, identified and reported.
• That supplementary treatment is introduced in all PFAS-contaminated waterworks in Sweden to meet future limit values for PFAS.
• Launching a programme to reduce emissions to air and water of so-called microplastics, including nanoparticles, from traffic, roads, industries, wastewater treatment plants, etc.
• A monitoring programme is started for Sweden's 30 largest lakes, where, in addition to organic pollutants and heavy metals, the amount and number of microplastic particles are measured and reported.

• In the wake of the Think Pink scandal, in which waste was allowed to spread unchecked in some 15 municipalities, to set up a monitoring project on waste management in general. The aim is to examine whether the control of waste is working satisfactorily.
• That ongoing projects within Avfall Sverige dealing with emissions of PFAS from waste incineration, among other things, be given extra resources so that results can be obtained more quickly.
• Initiate continuous random testing of organic pollutants in suspected imported consumer products, especially in products from China and Asia. A mandate should be given to the Swedish Chemicals Agency with the aim of stopping the import of the most toxic products - or influencing suppliers to supply non-toxic products.
• That the Swedish Chemicals Agency be given the task of proposing a programme of measures to reduce emissions, leaks and spills of PFAS from various products.
• That the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency initiate a project to report on the state of the environment in Sweden, as a guide for decision-makers/politicians.
• That a monitoring project under the Environmental Code be started, where emissions of particles and other substances from rotor blades in onshore and offshore wind power are investigated and reported. Emissions from various types of malfunctions/breakdowns should also be reported.
• Launch a project to provide an overview of the environmental impact and demand for rare earths in the manufacture, use and scrapping of electric vehicles, solar energy systems and wind turbines, using life cycle assessments (LCA).
• addressing the most serious water and air pollutants, such as persistent and accumulative pollutants.
• That the work of public authorities is based on facts - not on activism based on unrealistic projections of climate emissions.
• Sweden leaving the Paris Agreement (from 2015).
• Sweden to leave coalitions aiming for net zero carbon emissions by 2050, such as the UN Net Zero Coalition, the Carbon Neutrality Coalition (CNC), the EU Fit for 55 and the World Economic Forum's First Movers Coalition.
• That Sweden abolishes the climate policy framework consisting of the Climate Act and the Climate Policy Council and renegotiates the Climate Goals.

• That Sweden establishes a non-political climate science council that follows scientific developments in order to be able to give good advice to decision-makers. Those who are part of this council should be professors in the basic sciences on which the climate issue rests.
• Cancelling all public involvement in the “green transition”. Innovation and energy efficiency should take place in a free market without government interference.
• The removal of subsidies and other special treatment for companies in the transition industry. For example, companies that want to engage in battery manufacturing, hydrogen production or underground storage of carbon dioxide can do so with their own resources and not with the public's pension funds or taxes.
• That planned bans on the sale of petrol and diesel cars are removed. The same conditions will apply to vehicles with internal combustion engines as to electric cars and hybrids.

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6. reinstate law and order

– Nolltolerans mot kriminella gäng och klaner.

Make Sweden safe again

In just a few decades, Sweden has gone from being one of the safest countries in the world to one of the most violent in Europe. The society that was once a model for other nations is now used as a cautionary tale.

The number of laws has grown exponentially, but often in the wrong areas. Good citizens have seen their freedoms of expression curtailed and scrutiny increased. But criminal gangs have escaped with minimal consequences.

Ambition Sverige recognises the escalation of violence, gang crime and widespread everyday crime as one of the greatest threats to our society. The state has an absolute obligation to protect its citizens - on the streets, in the home and in the workplace.

Strengthening criminal law with a focus on victims and protecting society

Current criminal law is largely based on rehabilitating the offender and often ignores the needs of the victim. Victims of violence, humiliation or economic exploitation should not have to experience a quick return to the streets. When the legal system prioritises the interests of the offender over the victim's redress, it is a betrayal of society.

Swedish criminal law must place victims and their right to justice at the centre. A sentence should reflect the seriousness of the offence and provide real protection for victims and the public.

To achieve this, we want to increase minimum sentences for systemic crime, gang-related crime, violent crime and property crime linked to organised crime. Sentencing discounts and conditional release for these types of offences will be abolished, and sentences will be served in full as a starting point. In addition, the provision in the Criminal Code, Chapter 30. 4 of the Criminal Code, which obliges the court to always consider whether a lighter penalty than imprisonment can be chosen, is to be abolished. The court's focus should be on the seriousness of the offence, the victim's right to redress and the protection of the public - not on finding the mildest possible penalty.

Furthermore, law-abiding citizens should never risk being penalised more severely than their attacker. The right of self-defence must therefore be strengthened and designed so that it always takes the perspective of the real victim first.

Imprisonment and deportation

Swedish citizens have the right to demand that sentences are executed without delay. To ensure this, a major expansion of prison, remand and detention centres will be implemented.

Deportation should be mandatory for non-Swedish citizens who commit serious offences or repeat crimes. As a general rule, those sentenced to deportation should serve their sentence abroad. Sweden should therefore enter into international cooperation agreements that allow it to rent prison places in other countries, in exchange for financial or other support.

A special enquiry should be set up to ensure that citizenship obtained on false grounds can be revoked. What was illegal from the outset should not be considered valid and be given protection value.

If third countries refuse to take back their citizens after a final deportation judgement, Sweden should be able to use economic or diplomatic sanctions to force their readmission. The role of the state is to protect its own citizens - not to act as a refuge for repeat offenders from other countries and force the Swedish people to finance their everyday lives.

Swedish aid should also be conditional on convicted criminals from aid countries being accepted in order for the country to receive financial support from Sweden.

No parallel legal system - only Swedish law applies

Sweden shall be free from religious or political legislation that is contrary to our legal system. Sharia or other foreign law shall never be applied in Sweden. Imams and other preachers of hate who incite violence, oppression of women or subversive activities should be able to lose their citizenship and be deported. Foreign funding of religious communities and buildings should be banned, as it is often used to influence our society and democracy.

Curbing everyday crime and protecting citizens

The wave of fraud and theft that has swept across Sweden requires a new approach. The methods used so far have not worked. Citizens must be able to feel secure in their everyday lives, including when dealing with digital services and financial systems. Therefore, the fight against these crimes must be prioritised and conducted with completely new methods.

Fighting fraud and identity fraud is no longer a one-off exercise, but a central task for the entire rule of law. It is about tackling organised crime that operates across borders, exploits technological gaps and directly targets ordinary people. Reversing this trend requires modern technology, stronger protection of personal data (such as income information, phone numbers and email addresses) and determined international cooperation.

Police will have dedicated units focusing on fraud, identity theft and cybercrime. Personal data protection must be strengthened: sensitive data must no longer be freely searchable and easily accessible to criminals. Banks, payment services and credit institutions must be required to actively protect Swedish citizens by quickly stopping suspicious transactions and cooperating in the fight against crime. In addition, Swedish authorities will work closely with foreign police to crack down on organised crime groups operating across national borders. Countries where organised gangs commit fraud against Swedish citizens, authorities and institutions should be clearly met with demands to stop crimes against Sweden and otherwise be met with economic or diplomatic sanctions until they put an end to the gangs.

Crimes against children, domestic violence and women's rights

Sweden today faces a serious reality where domestic violence often leaves women and children without protection. When threats, control and physical violence are allowed to continue without adequate prevention, many are forced to live in constant insecurity. The state often intervenes only after the damage has been done, leaving victims to bear the consequences of a system that should have protected them in the first place.

Polisen måste ges betydligt bättre möjligheter att ingripa tidigt. Våld i nära relationer ska prioriteras och kunna stoppas “preventivt”, innan det övergår i handling. Skyddade boenden för kvinnor och barn som tvingas fly från våld måste byggas ut och hålla högsta säkerhetsnivå. Sådana boenden ska erbjuda långsiktigt stöd så att offren kan återuppbygga sina liv i trygghet. Förövarna ska aldrig kunna nå fram för att hota, kontrollera eller störa deras frid. På så sätt markerar vi tydligt att staten alltid ska stå på brottsoffrets sida.

The internet and social media have become a tool for paedophiles to lure children into physical or digital encounters. This happens without society having sufficient tools to stop the perpetrators in time, making children a vulnerable target for abuse.

This is why we need tougher legislation against child sexual abuse. Police must be given the tools to act preventively - crime prevention for protection purposes, similar to Dumpen's methods, should be allowed.

Introduction of the Constitutional Court

Sweden is currently one of the few European countries without a constitutional court. As a consequence, laws that conflict with the Constitution or other higher sources of law cannot be invalidated. While courts and authorities can override such a law on a case-by-case basis, it continues to apply and be enforced against other citizens until Parliament votes it down.

In practice, this means that unconstitutional laws can remain in place, undermining the protection of people's constitutional rights and freedoms. Strong constitutional protection requires a body that can put an end to laws that violate higher law.

Ambition Sverige wants to introduce a constitutional court with the power to annul laws that violate the constitution. Only then can citizens' rights and freedoms be seriously guaranteed.

Functioning civil service accountability in practice

Sedan Socialdemokraternas avskaffande av ämbetsmannaansvaret på 1970-talet har många tjänstemän som begår tjänstefel i praktiken inte straffats. Bestämmelsen om tjänstefel i Brottsbalken (20 kap. 1 §) finns redan och skulle, om den tillämpades korrekt, ge ett fungerande tjänstemannaansvar. I verkligheten väljer dock polis och åklagare ofta att inte inleda, eller att snabbt lägga ned, förundersökningar – även vid bevisbara tjänstefel. Att åtal väcks och dom fälls är ytterst sällsynt. Problemet är därför en implementeringskris – inte avsaknad av lagstöd.

In order to re-establish true accountability of public servants, Ambition Sverige wants to set up an investigation to clarify the underlying causes of the lack of application of the misconduct clause. A special, well-resourced investigation unit, the misconduct unit, within the police and prosecutors with the exclusive task of investigating reports of misconduct, should be established. This unit will deal exclusively with misconduct investigations in the service of citizens and will assist citizens who have been victimised.

Citizens should not feel powerless when the state commits wrongdoing. A functioning civil service accountability system, where violations of the rule of law lead to investigations and consequences, is crucial to counteract political activism, abuse of power and corruption.

A non-political judiciary

The core institutions of the state have been weakened by political appointments replacing competence and experience as the basis for appointments. When the government unilaterally controls the power of appointment, heads of agencies, police chiefs, prosecutors and judges all risk becoming career dependencies of political power instead of serving citizens. This undermines the independence of the judiciary and jeopardises the possibility of maintaining a rule of law where laws and rules apply equally to all.

Restoring an independent judiciary requires a fundamental reform. Jurors should no longer be appointed by political parties, but alternative appointment methods must be explored to ensure impartiality in the courts.

Similarly, the police must be free of political agendas and always act in accordance with the impartiality requirements of the Constitution. When police officers participate in parades or events with political messages in uniform or while on duty, activism is mixed into an activity that should be about security and order. This threatens the legitimacy of their mission.

We want to limit the government's power of appointment and introduce meritocratic appointments to key positions. Heads of government, police chiefs, prosecutors and judges should be appointed on merit, based on competence and experience. They should be reminded that they serve the people first.

Modern law enforcement with decentralisation

There is a need to change the way police work is organised. Technologies such as drones, cameras and digital tools can be crucial in the fight against crime, but decisions on their use must be taken locally, where the reality is, not by remote centralised bodies.

Laglydiga medborgares rättigheter ska alltid respekteras, och vi måste motverka alla försök att bygga en polisstat som sägs handla om att bekämpa kriminalitet – men i praktiken syftar till kontroll.

However, the police do not only create security through intervention, but also through prevention and by being present in people's everyday lives.

Ambition Sverige therefore proposes several measures: The receptions at police stations should be reopened so that citizens always have an open door to the authority. Police education in schools will be reintroduced, so that children and young people can learn about law and order, traffic, drugs and safety at an early age. Finally, we want to see more neighbourhood police officers who are visible and present in local communities. It is when the police are present in everyday life that crime can be prevented and security restored.

Demonstrations and public order

Sweden has recently been hit by disproportionately aggressive demonstrations. This has seriously affected the daily lives of both individuals and businesses. Freedom of expression is a fundamental right - but it can never mean an unlimited right to restrict the freedom of others or threaten their safety. The state has a responsibility to protect both the right to demonstrate and the right of citizens to be safe in public places.

Ambition Sverige therefore proposes that masking should not be allowed, and in the event of aggressive behaviour, the organiser should be warned immediately. If problems persist, the demonstration should be dissolved. Counter-demonstrations that are unauthorised and disruptive should always be disbanded.

Specialised unit against systemic crime

Sweden is facing a criminality that not only harms individuals but threatens the very fabric of society. Clan-based networks, infiltration of authorities and organised economic crime undermine the authority of the state and create parallel centres of power. This cannot be tolerated.

Ambition Sverige therefore proposes the creation of a special unit to combat systemic crime, based on cooperation between the police, customs and coastguard, and organised within the Swedish Police Authority so that it automatically has the necessary powers. This specialised unit will have specific powers, sharp tools and an independent status. The aim is clear: the state must regain control of those parts of society where criminal networks are currently above the law.

For this to work, the rules on confidentiality must also be reviewed. Today, they prevent the effective sharing of records between police and other authorities - something that greatly complicates the fight against crime. We want to change this.

Illegal residence and internal immigration controls

Today, Sweden has an estimated hundreds of thousands of people living in the country without a legal right to be here. This creates shadow communities, fuels crime and weakens the state.

This situation has been allowed to develop through lack of control and inefficient processes. When illegal residents can stay in the country, sometimes for years, laws and decisions have lost their meaning. Shadow communities become a breeding ground for both crime and exploitation, and when identity fraud is allowed to continue, the entire justice system is undermined. At the same time, it is crucial that the fight against these problems is not directed at the law-abiding - Swedish citizens need to know that their rights and freedoms are protected.

Ambition Sverige therefore believes that the police should consistently check foreigners' right to stay in Sweden under Chapter 9 of the Aliens Act. 9 §. Internal immigration checks must be integrated into everyday work and carried out when conditions exist - without exception. Persons staying illegally must be located, detained and deported. No one staying here illegally should have access to welfare support or benefits. The Dublin Convention must be respected - a refusal in one EU country is valid throughout the Union. In this way, order can be restored, security ensured and legal certainty for law-abiding Swedish citizens strengthened.

Hate speech law to be abolished

Current legislation on incitement to racial hatred threatens freedom of expression. It has been used in practice in a way that risks criminalising perfectly legitimate criticism of the behaviour and ideologies of certain groups. The law gives different groups different levels of protection, which is contrary to the principle of equality before the law. In practice, this means that ethnic Swedes are not protected - while their freedom of expression is restricted in relation to other groups. Therefore incitement to racial hatred-law is abolished.

An investigation may examine whether there are better alternatives to the current legislation, but the starting point should always be that citizens' right to legitimate social criticism must be guaranteed.

Freedom of expression and the truth must be protected

Swedish citizens should never risk imprisonment for telling the truth. Defamation laws must be reformed so that they no longer criminalise truthful statements about people.

Strengthening the right to self-defence - victims of crime should never be punished more severely than perpetrators.

Establishing that only Swedish law applies - sharia and hate preachers should be discouraged, citizenship could be revoked and foreign funding of religious communities banned.

Reforming defamation laws - it should never be illegal to speak or publish the truth.

Ambition Sverige will work for:

• Att straff ska spegla brottets allvar – sett utifrån både brottsoffrets och allmänhetens synvinkel.
• Abolishing sentence reductions and conditional release for these types of offences; a conviction should mean that the sentence is served in full.
• Courts should no longer be obliged to impose lighter sentences than imprisonment, but instead focus on the seriousness of the offence, the reparation of the victim and the protection of the public.
• Implement a major expansion of prisons, remand centres and detention facilities so that detention and enforcement of sentences can always take place without delay.
• introducing mandatory expulsion of foreign nationals who commit serious offences or show repeated criminality.
• Those sentenced to deportation should serve their sentence abroad, through international agreements on prison places and with receiving countries.
• that citizenship obtained under false pretences can be revoked or declared invalid.
• Sweden should make aid agreements conditional on the recipient country undertaking to accept its citizens who are sentenced to deportation.
• Using new methods and modern technology - police will have dedicated units and AI-based tools to detect patterns, stop crimes in time and prosecute the gangs.
• Strengthening the protection of personal data - sensitive personal data such as income details, phone numbers and email addresses must not be easily accessible.
• Strengthening the protection of children online - legislation against sexual abuse will be strengthened so that the police can use preventive methods before an abuse has occurred.
• Establishing a Constitutional Court with the power to annul laws that violate the Constitution or international sources of law.
• Re-establishing civil servant accountability in practice - ensuring that the provisions of the Criminal Code on misconduct are applied consistently and with legal certainty.
• Establish a dedicated, well-resourced misconduct unit within the police and prosecution services with the exclusive mandate to investigate allegations of misconduct.
• Ensuring meritocratic appointments - Heads of agencies, police chiefs, prosecutors and judges should be appointed on merit, focusing on competence and experience, not political loyalty.
• Reform the system of jurors, political parties should no longer appoint jurors. New appointment methods will be introduced to ensure impartiality in the courts.
• Opening police stations and raising the visibility of neighbourhood police officers: Reopening police station receptions and increasing the presence of neighbourhood police officers in local communities.
• Police visibility in schools: Law, traffic, drugs and safety education should be reintroduced - children and young people need the police as a source of knowledge and role model.
• Ensuring consistent order in the public space. Unauthorised demonstrations should be broken up immediately, and counter-demonstrations that disrupt order should never be tolerated. Organisers of demonstrations should be clearly accountable and masking should be banned and aggressive behaviour stopped.
• Establish a specialised unit against systemic crime within the Police Authority. It will have combined resources from the police, customs and coastguard, as well as specific powers to combat clan-based networks, government infiltration and organised economic crime.
• The police should systematically check foreigners' right to stay in Sweden. Persons staying illegally must be located, detained and deported.
• Abolish the law on incitement to racial hatred, as it restricts freedom of expression and is applied in a way that creates different levels of protection for different groups. And reforming defamation laws so that it is never illegal to speak or publish the truth.
• Strengthening the right to self-defence - victims of crime should never be punished more severely than perpetrators.
• Establishing that only Swedish law applies - sharia and hate preachers should be discouraged, citizenship could be revoked and foreign funding of religious communities banned.

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7. Minimising the risks of digitalisation and AI

– Personlig integritet i stället för digital diktatur.

Technological system that allows direct control by those in power.

Digital identity, digital currency and artificial intelligence - a new global infrastructure with far-reaching consequences

Digital identity systems, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and artificial intelligence (AI) together constitute an emerging global digital infrastructure that is gradually being integrated into our societal structures. Technically, much of this infrastructure is already in place - but it is only now that its full implications are becoming clear. Whoever controls this infrastructure will effectively control the development of society.

Despite the potential benefits in terms of increased efficiency, convenience and accessibility, the risks of this development are both tangible and fundamental. Linking digital wallets, controlled by a central actor such as the European Commission, to an individual's digital identity creates a technological system that allows decision-makers to have direct control over citizens' economic and social participation in society. This opens up a new type of governance that was previously technically impossible - where the right to spend one's money, travel, or access social services can be conditioned, restricted or blocked in real time.

At the same time, a parallel revolution is taking place in the field of artificial intelligence. AI is essentially defined as systems that can communicate and act in ways that mimic human intelligence - by reasoning, making decisions, solving complex problems and adapting to new information.

As AI integrates with other data-driven technologies such as advanced data storage, machine learning, image and language processing, and sensor technologies, we are undergoing a technological transformation of enormous scope. What we are witnessing is not a gradual evolution, but a profound systemic change - probably faster and more far-reaching than any previous technological revolution since industrialisation. The effects will be felt in all areas of society: from the economy, justice and education to public administration and democratic decision-making.

It is therefore crucial to understand that this infrastructure - although marketed as technologically neutral and socially beneficial - in practice creates new power structures. Structures that can reinforce control, surveillance and inequality, if left unregulated or entrusted to private or supranational actors without democratic oversight. This is not a technical detail. It is a structural shift of power, from citizens to systems, from democratic control to code-driven surveillance. Whoever controls this infrastructure will in practice control the development of society.

The question is no longer whether this happens - but on whose terms

Policy so far has been reactive, slow and technically ignorant. The government has set up a so-called National AI Council, but it's a loosely knit discussion forum with no clear powers, no independent scrutiny and no technical depth. It is not a body that can take responsibility for protecting Swedish society from the risks - and seize the opportunities - that digital infrastructure and AI bring. But these same technologies are also capable of distorting opinion, cementing power, marginalising professions, and turning people into monitored consumers in a system they do not understand.

Ambition Sverige will work for:

Regarding digital IDs and central bank digital currencies:

• Demand public debate and referendum before implementation of digital central bank currency and ID.
• We demand that every individual is given full legal ownership and control over their own biometric data - including the right to consent, restriction, traceability and financial protection from commercial exploitation.
• We call for an end to the mandatory link between ID systems and financial transactions.
• Secure and preserve cash as a statutory, protected right.
• Set legal limits on what digital currencies and ID systems can contain, record and control.
• Build open, non-centrally controlled digital identity options.

As regards AI:

• Without free access to information, there is no free thought - and without free thought, there is no democracy. Ambition Sverige therefore demands that access to information on the internet remains free, open and uncensored - because freedom of information is a prerequisite for democracy, freedom of expression and a free society. AI provided to Swedish citizens must therefore fulfil these requirements.
• Vi kräver en nationell AI-infrastruktur – Offentligt finansierad samt öppet och transparent granskade AI-modeller som bygger på lokal lagstiftning, språk, kultur och etik ska tas fram.
• We demand that no AI can make decisions that affect people's lives without full transparency, legal accountability and human control - as in Danish law. It must be clear who is behind an AI decision, what data it is based on and what values have been prioritised. Automated decisions should always be appealable.
• Datasuveränitet – All känslig data, särskilt från myndigheter, skolor och vård, måste lagras och behandlas inom Sveriges gränser och av aktörer under demokratisk kontroll (inte EU eller globala och privata aktörer).
• Digital bildning – Medborgare och beslutsfattare bör utbildas kring ny teknik och AI.
• Active regulation to prevent platform dependency and to promote open, interoperable options.
• Ambition Sverige calls for work to identify and analyse risks linked to AI in military and civilian security systems to be initiated and for the protection of critical infrastructure from AI-driven attacks, sabotage or disinformation to be developed.
• Finally, we call for developing our defence capabilities against autonomous weapons systems and digitally targeted attacks, and for strengthening international legal, ethical and technical safeguards against the use of AI against populations - by other states or by private actors.

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8. Make Sweden rich again

– Sluta skänka bort svenskarnas skattepengar.

Deteriorating economic development

Sweden has had a weak economic performance for many years. GDP growth has been far below our historical figures. In terms of GDP per capita, growth in welfare is extremely modest because our population has increased sharply, but without a corresponding increase in GDP. This is because Sweden currently has a mixed economy, and too large a proportion of this economy is now managed as a planned economy.

In the 1970s, Swedes were one of the richest people in the world, on a par with Switzerland in terms of wealth. Today, an experienced Swedish secondary school teacher earns around SEK 40 000 per month, while a Swiss teacher receives the equivalent of SEK 150 000. Given that Switzerland has lower taxes but higher prices, the Swiss teacher receives just over four times as much purchasing power as the Swede for the same working hours. In the 1970s, a Swedish worker could support a family on one salary. Today, few can afford such a luxury. Why did we become poorer and how did the Swiss become four times richer than us in 50 years?

One reason for the weak development is that the Swedish public sector has expanded. Increased bureaucracy results in lower productivity. One problem with the public sector is the lack of both competition and entrepreneurship. It is important to make public expenditure more efficient. This requires firm discipline and clear priorities throughout the public sector.

Sweden has a generally favourable business climate, with strong innovative capacity and a good culture of creative entrepreneurship. At the same time, businesses, both large and small, are burdened by growing regulations and burdens from the EU.

A Poor Nation Becomes Rich Through Economic Growth

Människans naturtillstånd är fattigdom och svält, att jaga och samla det lilla som naturen bjuder. Hur kunde vi lyfta oss ur detta trista tillstånd? Genom ekonomisk tillväxt. Begreppet ekonomisk tillväxt innebär att producera mer med samma insats – att skapa mervärde.

It is not working time rules per se that have given us weekends and holidays off. It is not compulsory schooling that has allowed us to afford to spare children's labour in agriculture. It is economic growth. Growth is created by the sum of people's productive endeavours and is driven by the availability of cheap and reliable energy, competition and entrepreneurship.

High taxes stifle economic growth

People who add value to society should be rewarded, through fair wages and other remuneration. It should be worthwhile to work. If it does not pay to work, the willingness to work decreases.

Say 90 per cent of the farmer's harvest is confiscated in taxes. That makes him poorer. But it also reduces his willingness to invest, which makes the rest of us poorer too. Why bother if you don't get to keep the results? You'd rather do something else with your time.

High taxes stifle the willingness to invest for economic growth. But high taxes also mean that money is shifted from a market economy to a planned economy. A planned economy means that the government takes most of your wage income and decides what your earned money is spent on, instead of you deciding for yourself.

All experience shows that planned economy systems tend to produce a strong growth of bureaucracy. The more bureaucracy, the more a country's economy stagnates because bureaucracy creates minimal added value for society.

The public sector must not grow unrestrained

In Sweden, almost 50 per cent of the country's GDP is consumed by the public sector, compared with 30 per cent in Switzerland. In Sweden, the public sector accounts for more than 30 per cent of the total workforce, while in Switzerland it is only 15 per cent. This is a major reason why we have fallen behind.

The public sector should focus on the country's core tasks: defence against external and internal enemies, health, education, justice, infrastructure, social safety net and business management.

Reducing the number of authorities and cutting costs

Sverige har idag 367 statliga myndigheter. Det är alldeles för många. De offentliga kärnverksamheterna måste prioriteras, men i dag sysslar många myndigheter med uppgifter som antingen överlappar andra – eller inte är nödvändiga. Det finns därför ett stort utrymme att både minska antalet myndigheter och kapa kostnaderna.

A significant proportion of these authorities could be dismantled altogether, while others should be merged. Those that remain should be subject to clear efficiency and savings requirements. Technological developments in IT and AI make it possible to carry out government work more cost-effectively than ever before.

For example, the National Institute of Economic Research, the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth and Growth Analysis could be brought together in a joint organisation. Similarly, the Swedish Export Credit Corporation, the Swedish Export Council and Business Sweden could be merged and streamlined. For authorities that are not structurally affected, savings requirements of at least ten per cent should be introduced as a first step.

Ambition Sverige wants to halve both the number of authorities and their costs. At the same time, a general efficiency requirement will be introduced for those authorities that are still deemed to have a necessary function. The central government will focus on its core tasks - not grow on its own.

The economy can be repaired quickly

Sverige skulle på kort tid kunna bli rikt igen. Detta kräver inte politiker som gör smarta saker med ekonomin för att “skapa tillväxt och jobb”. Tvärtom kräver det politiker som kliver ur spåret och låter individer och företag få större utrymme att skapa välstånd. Ju mer avreglerat samhället blir, desto större blir kreativiteten, arbetslusten och välståndet. Ju högre välstånd, desto bättre löneutveckling och följaktligen högre pensioner.

Reduce the tax burden to the industrialised countries' (OECD) average

Today, the tax burden in Sweden is about 42.8% and the average tax burden in OECD countries is 33.9%. During the period up to the mid-1960s when Sweden had the highest average growth in the world and became one of the world's richest countries, the tax burden never exceeded 30%. Ambitions Sweden's intention is to reduce the Swedish tax burden towards the OECD average. This will shift economic resources from command economy management to market management. This will boost economic growth in Sweden. It has been done before and it can be done again.

Abolish the state income tax

It should pay to work and it should pay better to work even more. Reduced tax pressure provides room for increased creativity and economic growth. That is why we want to abolish the state income tax of 20%, which applies to monthly incomes above SEK 51,200. Income tax will then be levied at the municipal tax rate. The tax revenue from the central government income tax amounts to approximately SEK 54 billion.

Ambition Sverige wants to phase out the state income tax in stages over a few years until it is completely eliminated.

Increase the basic allowance

By increasing the basic deduction, we want to increase the part of income that is not taxed at all. This affects local taxation and means that people on low incomes get to keep more of their money. It also benefits our pensioners who, after a lifetime of hard work, often have to live on a meagre pension.

Increasing the basic deduction directly contributes to reducing the tax burden and makes it more profitable to move from benefits to work. Sweden currently has a basic deduction that amounts to a maximum of SEK 49,400. In comparison, Germany has a basic allowance of EUR 11 784 (equivalent to about SEK 130 000) and Norway about NOK 88 000 (2024).

Ambition Sverige wants to increase the basic deduction so that it is comparable to the level of the subsistence minimum. The subsistence minimum consists of the sum of a reservation amount and the cost of housing. For a single person in 2025, this would be SEK 6,186 plus rent of around SEK 6,500, i.e. around SEK 12,600/month or around SEK 150,000 per year.

To simplify the calculations around such an increased basic deduction, one can use the price base amount (PBB) that is determined each year. For 2025, the PBB is SEK 58,800. Doubling the PBB would amount to SEK 117,600, which is a reasonable level to set the basic deduction at.

Ambition Sverige believes that the basic deduction for both earned income and pensions should be increased to twice the price base amount, which for 2025 would amount to SEK 117,600.

Reducing sick pay liability for small businesses

In Sweden, employers are fully responsible for sick staff during the first 14 days of sick leave, apart from a qualifying day. For small companies, this is a very big financial risk. Suppose a company with 4 employees has two people who are repeatedly absent due to illness. The company will then have to pay both sick pay for the sick people and salaries for extra staff, which will result in significant costs for the small company. If the firm cannot afford to bring in a replacement when absent due to illness, production is reduced. One option is for the firm to be very restrictive about employing people who have the slightest sign of illness risk. Sick pay liability thus becomes a clear burden for small businesses and can seriously hamper their ability to survive and grow.

Ambition Sverige believes that the responsibility for sick pay for companies with fewer than ten employees should be changed. The company should only be responsible for day two of sickness, while the state takes over the cost responsibility from day three.

Reduced VAT on food

The government currently has three VAT levels: 25%, 12% and 6%. VAT on foodstuffs amounts to 12%, which annually provides the state treasury with approximately SEK 25-35 billion. Reducing VAT on food to 6% provides a relative economic improvement, especially for low-income earners, while reducing the overall tax burden.

There is also added administrative value in reducing the number of VAT rates from three to two, i.e. less bureaucracy to deal with.

Ambition Sverige wants to reduce VAT on food from 12% to 6%. We want to remove the VAT rate 12% completely, so that the VAT on restaurants, hotels and catering is also reduced to 6%. The result will be a simpler tax system, a lower cost of living and better conditions for jobs in the food and service sectors. The total reduction in tax revenue will then be around SEK 40-45 billion if no account is taken of positive effects from increased consumption of food, hotels, restaurants and catering (so-called dynamic effects).

Introduce benefit caps

Välståndet i landet är en följd av att företag och anställda producerar varor och tjänster som i sin tur genererar skatteintäkter. Ambition Sverige vill att det ska löna sig att arbeta, därför ska man inte kunna “tjäna” lika mycket på att ta emot bidrag som på arbete.

Today, beneficiaries can stack benefits on top of each other, making it impossible to take a job without loss. This should not be the case. Examples of benefits that can be stacked are income support, housing allowance, housing supplement, maintenance support, activity compensation and unemployment benefit. For example, a single person with 2 children can receive income support of SEK 9,000, housing allowance of SEK 4,500, housing supplement of SEK 4,500, maintenance support of around SEK 3,000 and child benefit of SEK 2,500, provided that the requirements of the Social Insurance Agency are met. This means a total allowance of SEK 23,500/month after tax, which corresponds to almost SEK 35,000/month before tax. It would be almost impossible to motivate such a person to move from benefits to work.

A benefit ceiling of 50 % of the price base amount (for 2025: SEK 29,400) before tax should be introduced. The Tidö parties' proposal for a benefit cap, which certainly reduces benefits, still gives some families up to SEK 38,000 per month after tax.

Ambition Sverige believes that a benefit ceiling should be introduced so that a maximum of half a price base amount before tax is paid to benefit recipients and that a work effort should be required of the recipient.

Ambition Sverige will work for:

• phasing out the state income tax through a gradual process over a few years.
• Increasing the basic deduction for both earned income and pension so that it corresponds to twice the price base amount, which for 2025 would be SEK 117,600.
• Abolishing the general payroll tax for company employees numbered 2-6 and gradually removing it for all employees.
• Reduce VAT on food to 6% and remove the VAT rate of 12% so that VAT on restaurants, hotels and catering is also reduced to 6%.
• Halving the number of Swedish authorities and imposing a general efficiency requirement on other authorities.
• Lowering the benefit ceiling so that a maximum of half a price base amount before tax is paid to benefit recipients.

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9. defending Swedish culture

- Re-establishing a cohesive society.

Sweden in a cultural vacuum

For several decades, Sweden has been plunged into a cultural vacuum where Swedish identity has been weakened and in many cases completely denied. What has outwardly been called multiculturalism has in practice been used as a political tool to undermine Swedish culture. This is not the result of unfortunate circumstances, but the consequence of a deliberate and long-term political course, implemented without the support of the people. The political decision to transform Sweden into a multicultural society was taken in 1975 by the Social Democratic government led by Olof Palme.

Instead of nurturing and communicating what unites us - language, norms, values, traditions - those in power from both the right and the left have dismantled fundamental parts of our social foundation. Swedish culture has been reduced to something superficial or even problematic, while parallel cultures with strong religious and patriarchal elements have been allowed to grow strong in the absence of Swedish culture. The result is a Sweden where cohesion has broken down, where people live side by side but not together, and where fundamental values such as equality, freedom and responsibility are being eroded.

Without a strong host culture, society fragments

Culture is not decoration - it is the common base of values that builds trust between people, provides moral compass and social cohesion. Without a clear host culture, diversity is not created, but fragmentation. A society without a shared culture becomes a society without shared responsibility, where different groups set their own norms and laws. This has led to the emergence of parallel societies in Sweden where Swedish law and legal order are no longer self-evident. Where children grow up without knowing the Swedish language, where women live under strong social control and where religious leaders preach values that are in direct conflict with the Swedish social contract.

When the state no longer dares to stand up for its own culture, a vacuum is created that is always filled by someone else - and that is what has now happened in Sweden. This is not an expression of openness, but of cultural capitulation. It is not a result of the actions of immigrants, but a responsibility that falls on those politicians who have actively chosen not to defend Swedishness. Those who have dismantled our culture and called it tolerance have in fact betrayed both the people and the future. Sweden has thus lost its clear role as a host country and in practice opened the door to a form of ideological colonisation, in which foreign systems of norms take over at the expense of our own.

Freedom of expression and independent media

Freedom of the press and freedom of expression are historically strong cultural expressions in Sweden and they must be guaranteed and protected from restrictions. These freedoms are human rights.
Freedom of expression is the foundation of a functioning society. Together with the Freedom of the Press Ordinance, the Freedom of Expression Act is one of the two media statutes in Sweden.

Without free access to information, there is no free thought, and without free thought, there is no democracy. Freedom of information is a prerequisite for independent media.

Ambition Sverige is committed to freedom of the press and freedom of expression, as well as free journalism, which acts as a bridge between cultures within and beyond Sweden to create understanding and togetherness.

Ambition Sverige will work for:

1. Reclaiming Sweden's role as a strong host country with a clear, safe and vibrant culture that permeates the whole of society.
2. Restoring and safeguarding Swedish culture in schools, public institutions, the justice system and the public space.
3. Recognising the role of culture in integration and cohesion, where new citizens are exposed not only to welfare, but also to the values that build society.
4. Promoting Swedish traditions, language, history and community values through state and municipal initiatives.
5. Ending public support for activities and schools that run counter to Swedish values, including gender-segregated and value-conflicting teaching.
6. Reallocate resources to activities that strengthen Swedish identity, integration and social cohesion, especially among young people and new arrivals.
7. To reinstate a clear social contract, where rights are balanced with obligations and where respect for Swedish law and norms is a prerequisite.
8. Strengthening the place of culture in the construction of society to enable true diversity, based on respect and shared responsibility - not division and complacency.

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10. Ensure a functioning energy system

– Planera för kärnkraft – bygg gasturbiner och stoppa vindkraften.

Prosperity requires access to cheap energy

Building material wealth requires inventive people, cheap inputs and a limited bureaucracy. Energy is the most important, as it is needed in all production. Agriculture, forestry, the steel mill, the IT agency, the car repair shop and the hair salon all run on energy. A country's prosperity is directly proportional to its access to cheap energy. Therefore, to maximise our prosperity, we need to increase the supply of cheap and environmentally friendly energy, not cut it off.

From horsepower to nuclear power

The history of Sweden's wealth runs parallel to the development of our energy sources. When agriculture moved from hand to horse power, we were able to farm larger areas. Harvests increased. The grain needs to be milled, which is hard work. Water-powered mills freed up labour time and increased prosperity. Forests had long been a source of power, but with industrialisation they were cleared for a period to power more and more smelters and steam engines. Charcoal was replaced by the more compact - but imported - energy sources of coal and oil. The forest was then able to recover. The rivers in Norrland were then dammed and the country was electrified without being dependent on foreign energy resources.

In the 1960s, nuclear power came along. For the first time, we had really cheap energy without making major inroads into nature. A person's lifetime need for electricity can be extracted from an amount of uranium the size of 30 sugar cubes. Sweden is one of the world's most uranium-rich countries, but since 2018 the Environmental Code has prohibited the extraction of uranium in our country. Importing from other countries is fine, however. We now had one of the best electricity systems in the world. Swedish industry was running at full speed. Ordinary people got electricity from two holes in the wall, without having to think about whether the spot price was suitable for baking a sponge cake.

A number of political decisions have since destroyed our robust electricity system. Electricity has become significantly more expensive, while the price has become more unstable. In southern Sweden, it is difficult to build new industries, as the power supplied cannot be guaranteed.

The 1980 referendum decided to abolish nuclear power

The result of the 1980 referendum, political punitive taxes on nuclear power and government activism without an impact assessment have led to the closure of six out of twelve nuclear power reactors.

Liberalisation of the electricity market in 1996

Förhoppningen var att med avregleringen skulle elproduktionen och elpriset bli som på en riktig marknad, alltså högre kvalité och lägre priser. För att det ska fungera måste dock både utbudssidan (produktion) och efterfrågesidan (försäljning) avregleras. Då kommer stigande efterfrågan leda till stigande priser, vilket är en signal som lockar fram mer produktion, vilket tar ner priset igen. Det är tyvärr byråkratiskt och svårt att bygga ny baskraft vilket innebär att i praktiken har bara priset avreglerats – men inte utbudet.

Subsidies for wind and solar power 1991 - 2021

Government subsidies led to the large-scale construction of unprofitable wind and solar power, as a supposed replacement for decommissioned nuclear power. Wind and solar produce electricity depending on the weather. In a real market, this type of electricity would have been considered a lower quality product with its own pricing. Now it is sold on the same market as dispatchable power. It is then subsidised by the dispatchable power, which has to step in and stabilise the grid by compensating for wind and solar variations. This leads to more wear and tear on hydro turbines and higher costs, which so far have not burdened wind and solar power.

The total cost of electricity, consisting of electricity prices, grid costs and taxes, have all risen sharply since the last reactor at Ringhals was shut down in 2020. Weather-dependent power can never replace dispatchable power on a large scale.

The EU and the 70% rule

Sweden used to have a national pricing system for electricity. We could then distribute and price electricity as it suited us best. As members of the EU's internal electricity market, we are no longer allowed to use our own electricity to do what is best for us in Sweden. We are not allowed to have a national electricity price, but we have been authorised to have four electricity areas, with in practice four national prices.

According to the EU, foreign electricity buyers must be allowed to bid for Swedish electricity on the same terms as Swedish buyers. To enable them to transport electricity out of the country, we have built a number of power cables to foreign countries - and more are on the way. The EU requires 70 per cent of the capacity of all cables to be made available to foreign electricity buyers. This, of course, drives up the price for Swedish buyers as electricity prices on the continent are usually much higher.

Wind power - a scourge for people and nature

Our energy needs once led to the devastation of forests and the damming of rivers. Then came nuclear power, which has minimal impact on animals and nature. With the construction of wind and solar power, we have gone backwards in development and are once again using large areas of land and sensitive wilderness to produce low-quality electricity.

Where wind power is built, nature is destroyed and wildlife is affected. Those living nearby suffer from noise, harmful infrasound, a loss of horizon and depreciation of their properties. The loss of value is thus a transfer of capital from private individuals to a large, partially subsidised, billion-dollar industry - usually owned by foreign interests.

Ambition Sverige will work for:

• Swedish energy production should primarily secure Sweden's energy needs. We continue to export our surplus to other countries via existing cables but are restrictive about new capacity that raises our electricity prices.
• That Sweden should build new nuclear power and thus return to the well-functioning electricity system we had before 1999. In this way, Sweden can offer electricity at low, predictable prices for industry, societal functions and private individuals. Vattenfall should be tasked with ensuring the rapid expansion of nuclear power.
• Transitional solutions pending new nuclear power should be increased power output from CHP and gas turbines, especially in southern Sweden. Increased capacity and electricity production in existing plants are encouraged on market terms. All restrictions on existing hydroelectric power due to environmental assessments will be cancelled.
• That no more wind power is built, neither on land nor at sea.
• That existing wind power industries are checked to ensure that they meet the requirements set in operation. Also investigate the environmental effects of wind power, for example with regard to the spread of microplastics and infrasound.
• That all expansion of large solar power plants on agricultural land is put on hold while waiting for a new regulatory framework to be in place.
• The governance of the state-owned utility Svenska Kraftnät (SVK) and the state-owned company Vattenfall should be reviewed. SVK should become the system operator for the entire electricity system.
• That the number of bidding zones is reviewed with the aim of equalizing electricity prices across the country.
• That no subsidies or special support are given for so-called green transition or electrification.
• That energy storage in hydrogen and batteries is not subsidised by the state as these are not sustainable solutions for the energy system (not cost-effective).
• That the consequences of increased use of biomass are carefully analysed, as much is currently imported into Sweden.

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11. protect agriculture and forestry from bureaucracy and activism

- Stop EU micromanagement and work towards greater self-sufficiency.

The state has deliberately killed small-scale agriculture

Agriculture is the first industry in the history of civilisation and the most important for our survival. It is not surprising that it is the industry that was first regulated and is now most heavily politicised.

Since the 1960s, parties from right to left, with the help of agricultural universities and agricultural boards, have pushed for a rapid structural rationalisation of Sweden's agriculture. This development has been enforced by laws, bureaucracy and subsidies - using both the stick and the carrot.

The EU is centralising agriculture

Since Sweden joined the EU in 1995, Swedish regulation of agriculture has been replaced by the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which brought with it even more micromanagement and bureaucracy. When Sweden joined the EU, prices for agricultural products fell due to increased competition, but this is partly compensated for by EU farm subsidies. Joining the EU is considered to have made food cheaper, but what has really happened is that we pay part of the price of food through taxes.

Self-reliance requires food sovereignty

Most countries have strategies to protect their agriculture. They realise that without food sovereignty there is no independence. But in Sweden, the state has killed off most small and medium-sized family farms through anti-agricultural policies. The farms are still there, but they have been merged into ever larger units. Where there used to be ten active farming families, there is now only one farmer left. As a result, the basis for rural schools, local grocers and other small businesses has disappeared.

Robust food sovereignty requires a diversity of both large and small farms. A nation with low self-sufficiency is highly vulnerable. Not so long ago, Sweden was self-sufficient in food. Back then, there were many more active farmers, foresters and vegetable growers, and we had a stockpile of food. Forest pastures and meadows were used all over Sweden, which not only provided grazing but also a more open landscape. We got that ecosystem service in return.

Today, with larger and significantly fewer farms, the self-sufficiency rate in Sweden is below 50%. In the event of a serious crisis, that figure shrinks even further, as our modern large-scale agriculture is heavily dependent on imported inputs such as diesel, soy and fertilisers.

Ett diversifierat jordbruk i hela landet är vad som behövs om vi ska ha tillgång till mat vid en allvarlig kris. Ett sätt att skydda vår matproduktion är att vara noga med vem som får köpa jordbruksmark. Därför vill vi bevara och stärka jordförvärvslagen – den får inte luckras upp eller kringgås. Sveriges åkermark och skog ska inte köpas upp av multinationella företag.

Laws, rules and activists make farming risky

In Sweden, agriculture is classified as an environmentally hazardous activity. This is despite the fact that a large part of our biodiversity has been created through human use of the land. The perception that farming is environmentally hazardous has created an aggressive attitude among the authorities that supervise farms. An official can shut down a farm on his or her own initiative, leaving the farmer virtually lawless. It is natural to want the next generation to take over the farm you have built up. But now many are hesitant to expose their children to the risk of being lawless against an authority.

Ambition Sverige is clear on agriculture not should be classified as an environmentally hazardous activity. Instead, agricultural ecosystem services should be recognised as a benefit to society. The officials who control animal husbandry in agriculture must have relevant knowledge of the natural conditions and characteristics of different animal species and breeds. Animal welfare inspectors without this knowledge should never be allowed to make crucial decisions in animal welfare cases.

Favouring Swedish livestock production

By over-regulating livestock production, politicians and civil servants have put Sweden at a competitive disadvantage compared to other countries. The self-sufficiency rate for beef is only 60 per cent, partly due to a lack of confidence in the industry. For lamb, the corresponding figure is just under 30 per cent. As a result, we are importing meat produced using methods that are illegal in Sweden.

Ambition Sverige wants to favour Swedish agriculture. Therefore, we do not want mandatory laws on grazing requirements for the largest dairy herds, as this is difficult to organise in a good way in practice. On the other hand, we want to distribute agricultural subsidies so that they favour grazing and increased use of natural pastures.

We want to make it easier for young people to start dairy and meat production. That is why we continue to favour generous transitional rules and exemptions from the loose housing requirement. This will allow older barns to be used again. We also want assessments of different housing systems for farm animals to be based on common sense and real animal welfare in individual cases.

Facilitating farm sales

Under Swedish law, selling meat and milk directly from the farm is complicated and expensive. We want to remove the complex regulations that inhibit direct sales from Swedish farms. Consumers should be able to decide for themselves whether they want to buy unpasteurised milk products. There is great potential for small-scale slaughter, but it requires a major simplification of the regulatory framework.

Forests - Sweden's green gold

Forests are one of our country's greatest assets. Two thirds of the country is covered by forests and growth has long exceeded felling. For over a hundred years, we have had a reforestation obligation, which means that every harvested area must be replanted. Thanks to this, Sweden is carbon-neutral, meaning that our forests sequester almost as much carbon as we emit.

The forest industry is a cornerstone of the Swedish economy. Sweden is one of the world's largest exporters of paper and sawn timber. In 2024, the total export value of Swedish forest products was approximately SEK 185 billion, and the forest industry accounts for 9-12 per cent of total employment in Swedish industry. The ongoing forestry report shows an opportunity to increase the value added by SEK 24 billion annually through world-leading research in biotechnology and sustainable materials.

The value of Swedish forests has largely been created by hundreds of thousands of private forest owners, who together own around half of the productive forest land. The fact that each owner has managed his or her land as he or she sees fit has favoured biodiversity. The reforestation obligation and private ownership are important reasons for the success of Swedish forestry. The volume of timber in Swedish forests has doubled in the last hundred years. For farmers, the forest has always been an economic buffer and a labour complement - a resource that has provided security in times of uncertainty.

EU wants to micromanage

Now this autonomy and success story is threatened by growing micromanagement and surveillance from the EU. A recent example is the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). It is a control and traceability regulation that aims to avoid deforestation globally. Although the risk of deforestation is non-existent in Sweden, we have to adapt to an EU law that increases the administrative burden and reduces the freedom of Swedish forest owners. Full implementation of the regulation has once again been postponed, but the intention is to introduce it as soon as the digital monitoring systems are in place. Instead of telling the EU that the EUDR should not apply in our forest-rich country, work is now underway to adapt Swedish legislation to an EU law that has no relevance to our forestry.

Trading in carbon credits

Med hänvisning till “klimatet” tycker EU att skogsägare ska börja handla med kolkrediter. Förordningen “Carbon Removal Certification Framework”, (CRCF), trädde i kraft i slutet av 2024 och handlar om certifiering av koldioxidinfångning. Om en skogsägare avstår från eller skjuter upp en avverkning, ska detta kunna certifieras och säljas som en kolkredit. Systemet ställer stora krav på övervakning, rapportering och certifiering – ytterligare ett arbetsområde för EU:s många byråkrater.

Skogsägaren kan få en ny inkomstkälla, men tappar samtidigt intäkter från virket. Risken är stor för en inlåsningseffekt – skogen blir klimatpolitik i stället för att användas till virke, energi eller lokal ekonomi. Svenska politiker och aktivister är duktiga på att driva frågor om att “skydda skogen”, dvs. stoppa avverkningar. De nämner dock inte att ökade avsättningar till reservat och andra uppskjutna avverkningar leder till att skogstillväxten på sikt stagnerar. Risken för bränder och skadedjursangrepp ökar naturligtvis också när andelen gammal skog ökar.

ETS2 and monitoring

The EU's new Emissions Trading System 2 (ETS2) for buildings and transport threatens to increase fuel costs for forestry and agriculture. Sweden itself has chosen to include agricultural and forestry machinery, which means that every litre of diesel is subject to extra costs.

In addition, the EU is planning a common framework for forest monitoring, based on satellite data and reporting requirements. This means further centralisation and control over privately owned forests. Every new EU directive seems to be an attack on property rights and the freedom of use that has built up Sweden's well-managed forests.

Our response

Ambition Sverige anser att ägande- och brukanderätten alltid ska värnas. Varje skogsägare vet bäst hur den egna skogen ska brukas. Skogsägare ska känna trygghet i att de får full ersättning vid intrång. När staten tex använder “artskydd” för att stoppa avverkningar utan full kompensation till skogsägaren, då hotas både ägarens ekonomi och landsbygdens utveckling. Otydliga regler och långsamma myndighetsbeslut gör att många markägare tvekar inför långsiktiga satsningar.

We stand up for the Swedish forest and for the people who use it. We say no to EU overregulation, the deforestation regulation and to irrelevant emissions trading. Forest owners and farmers should not be burdened with costs and bureaucracy for problems that we do not cause. Sweden's forests should be managed by Swedish forest owners - not by bureaucrats in Brussels.

Ambition Sverige will work for:

• Increasing the profitability of agriculture by removing climate-related requirements and reducing the administrative burden.
• Reducing the influence of supranational bodies such as the EU, UN, WHO and WEF. Sweden, as a sovereign nation, should regain power over our agriculture and forestry.
• That as long as we are in the EU, EU regulations should be interpreted strictly in Sweden's favour. In the event of an EU exit, we want national support for agriculture, with the aim of increasing our food self-sufficiency.
• Strengthening ownership and utilisation rights for forest and agricultural land. The state's ability to stop deforestation and compulsory purchase of forests must be limited.
• Sweden says no to the EU's deforestation regulation, carbon credit trading, ETS2 and plans for satellite monitoring of forest land.
• To introduce strict civil servant responsibility and stop activism in government agencies. Government authorities and municipal officials must promote agricultural and forest production, not make it more difficult.
• Removing the grazing requirement but favouring grazing. The farmer knows best what suits his farm.
• Facilitating the sale of meat and milk directly from farms. The rules for small-scale food processing and sales need to be simplified.
• Enabling pastoral farming and other grazing-based livestock production by authorising and facilitating wolf hunting (see chapter on rural areas).

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12. a living countryside

– Öka det regionala självbestämmandet.

Upgrading the vision of rural areas

Two hundred years ago, 90 per cent of Sweden's population lived in rural areas. Urbanisation took off 150 years ago and today almost 90% of the population lives in urban areas.

Cities rely on economies of scale because many people live in a small area. Rural areas have other natural competitive advantages, such as low land costs, space, quality of life and security, but also disadvantages such as long distances. It is time we recognised the unique values of rural areas and upgraded the perception of their people.

Closing small schools in the countryside, or moving small, well-functioning homes for the elderly into the city, are political decisions that often stem from a lack of understanding of rural conditions. There is an idea that everything will be better and cheaper in the city, which is not at all the case if rural businesses are allowed to operate on their own terms. Greater regional autonomy is the key to well-functioning public services in rural areas.

Reduce micromanagement

Government bureaucrats and civil servants are particularly heavy-handed when it comes to rural affairs. New bills and costly regulations on housing and construction, wood burning and small-scale animal husbandry are constantly being proposed. This is often blamed on the EU, or on the climate. A tendency to over-interpret EU regulations sets Sweden apart from other comparable countries. What is needed here is more common sense and an end to government activism. The more the rural population is given control over its own affairs, the more it can flourish on its own. The municipal veto is important to stop, for example, wind power projects and environmentally destructive industries that harm local people and their living environment.

The car is needed

In rural areas, almost everyone relies on their own car. In fairness, you cannot penalise people for this by raising fuel prices - or imposing unreasonable requirements for zero carbon emissions. Petrol and diesel cars must be allowed to exist as long as the alternatives are not good enough for rural needs. Reducing petrol/diesel tax would benefit all types of rural businesses and lower food prices overall.

Building and living in rural areas, individual drains and forced connections

The Swedish authorities' pursuit of private sewers is socially unjust and environmentally illogical in comparison with municipal sewers, where society is instead faced with real environmental problems. Municipal sewerage networks are old and literally leaking like a sieve. Sewage leaks in, contaminates drinking water and enters the groundwater. Most of the sewerage networks were built in the 1950s and 1960s, and the maintenance debt for repairs at the current rate of repair is estimated at 80-100 years. In addition, in the event of overloading, large quantities of completely untreated wastewater (so-called overflow) are discharged directly into rivers, seas and lakes.

There are around 700 000 properties in the countryside that are not connected to municipal water and wastewater services. Many of them are forcibly connected every year through the establishment of so-called service areas. Property owners have no choice but to pay the high cost - without any corresponding environmental benefit. Older property owners who have difficulty getting a loan may then be forced to sell their house.

In addition to forced connections, rural property owners often suffer from overzealous environmental enforcement. Households with individual drains can be forced to take expensive measures - even when no emissions or deficiencies have been detected. We believe that the burden of proof that a sewer causes nuisance should lie with the municipality, not with the individual property owner. Previous court cases/precedents show that the municipality may not require a specific technical solution or time limit BDT drains without justification. According to Chapter 2, Section 7 of the Environmental Code, the authorities' requirements must be reasonable in terms of the balance between cost and benefit. In contrast to large sewage plants, small plants rarely discharge directly to surface water, but to land. Government-funded studies show that the natural filtration of the soil provides effective environmental protection, but that municipal environmental inspections rarely take this into account.

Ambition Sverige believes that the hunt for individual sewers must stop. Legislation should take into account nature's own purification processes in the soil (soil retention). A sewer that does not show signs of damage should not have to be replaced. Individual water and sewerage systems should be seen as a robust, circular and often highly efficient solution that should be preserved and encouraged in rural areas. In addition, they are of paramount importance for national defence; water is our most important food.

Simplify for new and extended buildings outside the zoning area

Swedish building permit regulations have become increasingly complex and ambiguous. Many changes and exceptions have been made to the existing regulations over the years, making them difficult to understand. Outside a zoning area, it is particularly difficult to find a logic in the expensive and often lengthy process that precedes a new building or extension.

Increasing legal certainty for building permits

Hur regelverket för bygglov tillämpas kan skilja mycket mellan olika kommuner, både av politiska skäl och för att det tolkas olika. Vi trycker på att hänsyn alltid ska tas till lokala faktiska förhållanden. Men vi vill också minska risken för maktmissbruk, godtycke och överimplementering från lokala tjänstemän. Godtycke kan förebyggas genom bättre spårbarhet i beslutskedjan, dubbelgranskning och externa kontroller. Vi föreslår att en extern andrahandsprövning alltid ska kunna göras, där sökande får en snabb, skriftlig “second opinion” till exempel från en grannkommun, innan en formell överklagan görs. Ett sådant system kan minska risken för partiska beslut. Det är ett snabbt och billigt sätt att öka medborgarnas rättssäkerhet vid bygglovsärenden.

Local influence on beach protection

Ambition Sverige wants to see continued relaxation of shoreline protection and greater local influence in decisions on building near the shore. Being able to build near the shore can, among other things, provide incentives for increased settlement in sparsely populated municipalities.

Energy Performance of Buildings Directive

EU-direktivet om byggnaders energiprestanda (EPBD) gäller i EU från 2024 och ska vara infört i Sverige senast 29 maj 2026. Om Sverige sin vana trogen överimplementerar de nya reglerna, finns en risk för omfattande renoveringskrav på gamla hus. Det drabbar landsbygden hårdast. Tillsammans med EU-kommissionens förordningar om “ekodesignkrav för rumsvärmare/värmepannor för fastbränsle” kan de nya kraven bli en ekonomisk börda för människor på landsbygden. Vi säger nej till ständigt ökande krav på “klimatanpassningar” för bostäder. Staten ska inte bestämma när och hur en fastighetsägare måste renovera, eller vilken vedpanna som får installeras.

Ambition Sverige wants to see simple, clear rules that give more freedom to property owners. In rural areas, there is rarely any need to control the details of outbuildings or extensions. As the building permit offices and the land registry are mainly financed with tax money, we believe that citizens should have full transparency in their decision-making processes and fee systems.

Hunting is an important part of Swedish culture

Hunting and hunters are important in many respects. They manage wildlife, keep control of reasonable game populations and search for road-killed animals. Hunting is also an important carrier of culture and knowledge between generations. As one of the most common leisure activities in rural areas, it produces good marksmen and contributes to local knowledge, which is even more important in terms of preparedness.

In northern Sweden, hunting is largely reserved for the Sami who are members of Sami villages. The local population is often excluded from all forms of hunting in the mountains. As this is undemocratic, local management of hunting on all state land should be introduced instead.

Wolf

The political decisions that have allowed the wolf population to increase run counter to the objectives of the food strategy and the goals of more natural pastures. Farmers, hunters and rural residents have had their livelihoods curtailed. Extending Section 28 of the Hunting Act would give greater powers to protect our domestic animals. The wolf population must be radically reduced, as it is a serious threat to small-scale livestock farming and valuable natural pastures.

Unequal conditions in Norrland

Den statliga myndigheten Sametinget baseras på etnisk tillhörighet. Den gynnar ensidigt samer som äger renar och ger dem en särställning – samtidigt som andra folk, kulturer och näringar får stå tillbaka. Bakgrunden till detta är ogenomtänkta politiska beslut på riksplanet, där man har valt att satsa ensidigt på samernas kultur och rättigheter. Besluten har slagit undan benen för småskalig rennäring, fjälljordbruk och andra hållbara näringar som de ursprungliga folken i norra Sverige ägnade sig åt.

The large-scale reindeer husbandry practised by the Sami communities in Sweden bears little resemblance to traditional reindeer husbandry. Today, the reindeer herding industry's pastures take up a significant part of Sweden's total area. This is why there is strong conflict between Sami reindeer owners and other communities along the mountain chain. This is not acceptable in a democratic country, which is why we believe that the Sami Parliament should be abolished.

Ambition Sverige will work for:

• To increase regional self-determination.
• To introduce local management of state land.
• Reducing petrol and diesel taxes.
• Abolish all mandatory laws on expensive climate change adaptation in housing and construction.
• Att införa förbud mot att tvinga fastighetsägare med fungerande enskilda avloppslösningar att ansluta sig till kommunala nät – såvida inte akuta hälso- eller miljöskäl föreligger.
• Creating a level economic playing field for municipalities to provide education, health and elderly care in rural areas. Small schools and elderly care centres should not have to meet the same detailed conditions as large entities.
• Dismantling the Sami Parliament. The same rights and obligations should apply regardless of ethnicity.
• To extend section 28 of the Hunting Ordinance, i.e. to authorise and simplify wolf hunting. This is to enable pastoral farming and other pasture-based animal husbandry.
• Att förenkla tillståndsprocesserna när det gäller mindre besöks- och turistföretag som caféer, “Bed & Breakfast” och gårdsbutiker.
• Replacing licensing requirements for activities with animals, such as horse riding and dog boarding, with a notification procedure.

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13. More care for money and less political control

– Organisera för bättre sjukvård och tandvård i hela landet.

Swedish healthcare is among the best in terms of quality and outcomes in international comparisons. However, accessibility, participation and patient-centred care need to be improved. Care queues are too long and need to be reduced. More health-promoting and preventive care would benefit both patients and taxpayers.
To meet the population's healthcare needs for common diseases, primary care needs to be significantly expanded and adapted to our population size.

To get some perspective on Swedish healthcare, we can compare primary care in Sweden and Denmark. Denmark has around 3200 specialists in general medicine in primary care, with a population of around 6 million inhabitants. Sweden has fewer specialists in general medicine in primary care than Denmark, despite having a population of 10.6 million. The basis for primary care should be health promotion and prevention. This is to avoid unnecessary medicalisation of symptoms caused by the environment and life circumstances. Due to the undersized primary care system, this is not the case today.

State control of health care provides more equal care and better monitoring

There is a broad political consensus that primary care should be the hub of Swedish healthcare. Primary care is not only resource efficient. Well-developed primary care also results in lower mortality from cardiovascular diseases, cancer and respiratory diseases, as well as higher life expectancy in the population than with more specialised healthcare.
18 billion has therefore been set aside by the government since 2018 for a transition to more healthcare being provided in primary care.

A report by the Swedish Agency for Health and Social Care Analysis 2025 summarises the results:

“Vår sammantagna bild är att omställningsarbetet pågår i regioner och kommuner, framför allt på en strategisk nivå, men även genom olika projekt och avgränsade insatser. Vi kan samtidigt konstatera att none of the government's transition targets have been met so far, although we see some glimmers of light. The conditions for primary care have not been strengthened in the form of increased resource allocation or improved skills supply, vilket vi menar är den viktigaste förklaringen till att vi inte kan se tydligare resultat av omställningen. Vi ser inte heller några tydliga förändringar av patienternas upplevelser av vården.”

18 billion has thus not benefited primary care and patients.

The money has been spent on a strategic level.

One of the the main problems in Swedish healthcare is the management and governance of health care.
It is not primarily the governance of patient care that is lacking - but the governance and monitoring of the health care bureaucracy.
Nationalised health care would provide opportunities to build a national system for financial management and monitoring.

The National Audit Office could be tasked with scrutinising exactly how health care money is spent. Accountability systems for regions and health administrations must be put in place. It should not be possible for 18 billion to just disappear into the administrative spheres of the healthcare bureaucracy.

Knowledge- and experience-based healthcare and accountability

State control of health care via the regions also offers the opportunity for major rationalisation of health care bureaucracy.
The National Board of Health and Welfare could then be responsible for coordination, knowledge development, training of health professionals and quality monitoring of care nationally.

Healthcare needs to work more like the Swedish Transport Administration, i.e. evidence-based and with risk/benefit analyses that ensure that the money is spent where it does the most good.
The management and governance of health care should be predominantly carried out by health professionals with long experience. Officials and decision-makers at all levels of the healthcare bureaucracy should be legally equated with healthcare professionals and be as personally accountable for their work as healthcare professionals are for their work, and thus also subject to scrutiny by the IVO.

Healthcare is, and should be, evidence-based. The exchange of experience between different organisations' statistics and results is an important part of the development of healthcare.
Vid ett alltför stort fokus på att mäta vårddata och statistik riskerar man dock att patienternas behandling i alltför hög grad styrs utifrån incitamentet att uppnå fina siffror för verksamheten. Dessutom är många av de jämförelser av statistik och benchmarking som görs mellan olika verksamheter inte vetenskapliga. De tar inte hänsyn till olika faktorer som påverkar statistiken, till exempel att olika verksamheter kan ha helt olika typer av patienter. Förutsättningarna är annorlunda på en vårdcentral i Rinkeby – med en stor del utomeuropeisk population som har låg utbildningsnivå och dålig språkförståelse, jämfört med förhållandena i ett socioekonomiskt välmående område. Det är stor skillnad på att behandla diabetiker på Östermalm jämfört med att behandla hemlösa, missbrukande, psykiatriskt sjuka patienter med diabetes.

Brakes on a cost-driving bureaucracy

One reason why healthcare administration is growing at the expense of patient care is that officials are writing new regulations and introducing new requirements for processes, certifications and quality assurance. Analyses of risk, benefit and cost from a patient safety perspective are often absent. There needs to be a cost brake on healthcare bureaucracy, just as there is on the direct, patient-related costs of healthcare.

Specialister på riskanalys behöver anställas för att hjälpa tjänstemän och beslutsfattare till rimliga riskbedömningar. Sjukvårdsbyråkratin behöver också ta ett kostnadsansvar för de regelverk och krav som den driver fram. Annars finns det inga incitament till att göra rimliga bedömningar, utan man kan fortsätta arbeta efter devisen “mer kvalitetssäkringar och regelverk är alltid bättre”.

New regulations, processes and quality assurance should be required to have demonstrated a clear benefit for patients, not just a theoretical benefit. We don't need more bureaucrats telling healthcare professionals how to work, but more hands doing the actual work of caring.

Care queues and high care needs

In order to address current healthcare queues, more specialists need to be trained in areas such as neurology, psychiatry, general medicine, cardiology and ear, nose and throat. Special funds need to be allocated directly to orthopaedic clinics for knee and hip operations, as well as other targeted initiatives directly to healthcare providers with long waiting lists.

To prevent billions being lost in the health bureaucracy, like the government funds for primary care, it is important that payments are made directly to operating clinics and the healthcare providers where investment is needed.

A national care guarantee office needs to be set up so that patients can be referred to other care providers if their own health region cannot fulfil the care guarantee. Long-term planning and coordination across the country is also needed to prevent long queues from arising again.

Fler sjuksköterskor behöver utbildas och undersköterskeutbildningen behöver reformeras och större krav ställas för att examineras som undersköterska. Detta skulle motsvara en återgång till de tidigare kraven för undersköterskeexamen, vilket kan ge ett väsentligt kompetenstillskott till vården. En hel del arbetsuppgifter skulle då kunna tas över från sjuksköterskorna inom bland annat hemsjukvården – med bibehållen patientsäkerhet. En praktiskt, yrkesinriktad, tvåårig (YH) sjuksköterskeutbildning skulle också kunna införas för undersköterskor som arbetat tre år inom vården med goda vitsord. Alla sjuksköterskor behöver inte ha en forskningsinriktad, teoretisk grundutbildning.

Home care is transferred to municipalities throughout the country. Funds for home care are allocated by the central government to the municipalities to ensure a high standard of care throughout the country. The state will employ the doctors needed for home care. All in all, this would mean greater efficiency, with patients not having to have so many different people/staff in their homes. Home health care and home care services can then coordinate their tasks and doctors can work more efficiently.

Over-medication causes suffering, illness and more deaths than road traffic

Pharmaceutical treatment is an important part of healthcare. Medicines can alleviate and cure serious medical conditions and are a prerequisite for operations, intensive care and effective pain relief in acute conditions.
But adverse drug reactions are also a common cause of death. Exact figures on this are unclear, as under-reporting is high. Even for serious side effects and death, only 1-10% of cases are reported. The healthcare system needs better data to make the use of medicines more rational and efficient.

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are responsible for one tenth of emergency hospitalisations of older people in Sweden. Most adverse drug reactions in older people are not even recognised; they resemble and are interpreted as symptoms of disease or signs of ageing.

Better and safer drug treatment, with more patient involvement, requires more and clearer risk-benefit assessments of different treatments. In particular, when the number of medicines a patient takes is the single biggest risk of side effects.
Achieving more appropriate and reasonable drug treatment also requires a change in the way healthcare is managed, particularly in primary care. Today, more and more care programmes are generating a doctrine for primary care that means patients should have more and more medicines, based on each disease the patient has. This is not a reasonable development. To change this, two things are required:

1. Bättre vårdprogram, som tydliggör nyttan av och riskerna med en behandling – inklusive dödligheten för patienter som behandlats med ett läkemedel jämfört med patienter som inte fått läkemedlet.
   Communicating benefits as a relative risk reduction, as is currently the case, is not enough, as it gives both doctors and patients an unreasonable amount of confidence in the effects of treatment.
   (If the initial risk is 2 cases/1000 and the risk is reduced to 1 case/1000 with a drug, then the relative risk reduction is 50%.
   However, the absolute risk reduction for the disease for a patient treated is only 1/1000, or 0.1%).
   Similarly, the risks of a treatment must be made clear.
   Care programmes must show the overall mortality rate between the treated and the untreated group of patients.
   For example, if intensifying blood pressure treatment towards lower blood pressure guidelines (130/80) reduces the risk of stroke and heart attack, but also leads to more deaths from hip fractures due to dizziness and treatment instability (so that the overall mortality in both groups is the same), then patients and doctors need to know.
2. Evaluating the quality of care provided by organisations is not based on how many medicines the patient collects from the pharmacy, as prescribed in the care programmes.
   Sådana “kvalitetsuppföljningar” kommer ofrånkomligen att styra vården mot att behandla med allt fler läkemedel och minskar möjligheten till en individualiserad, rimligt avvägd läkemedelsbehandling där patienten också varit delaktig i beslutsfattandet.
   You will inevitably get what you measure. As long as the statistical systems that measure quality of care focus on patients having received all the medicines prescribed by the care programmes for each disease, patients will receive more and more medicines.

Preventive public health work in health care

Preventive interventions are important to reduce unnecessary suffering, but also to reduce the overall burden and costs of healthcare.

Prioritised areas to work on:

• Childbirth services across the country need sufficient resources to provide women in labour with the security and confidence in their own ability to give birth.
  Unplanned home deliveries or deliveries in the car due to long distances are not patient-safe obstetric care.
• There needs to be a paradigm shift in premature and newborn care. Care should endeavour to avoid separation of mother and baby, as this is a major risk factor for poorer development and higher mortality of preterm babies. Separation also negatively affects full-term babies.
• Information on breastfeeding and breastfeeding support for women who need it.
  Breastfeeding provides major health benefits for the baby and the mother in both the short and long term. Breast milk stimulates and supports the young baby's undeveloped immune system and reduces the risk of serious infections and sudden infant death syndrome. Later in life, it also reduces the risk of obesity and diabetes.
  Breastfeeding reduces the risk of breast cancer, ovarian cancer and type 2 diabetes.
• Att försöka hitta orsakerna till att en patient har utvecklat en sjukdom, till exempel typ 2 diabetes, högt blodtryck, spänningshuvudvärk, ångest, migrän och depression. I första hand bör vården hjälpa patienten att åtgärda orsaken, genom exempelvis problemanalys, stresshantering, hantering av sömnproblem, kostförändringar, rök/snusavvänjning och fysisk aktivitet – innan läkare överväger läkemedelsbehandling.
• Environmental adaptations, parental support, school support and information for ADHD in children to reduce the use of medication for children with neuropsychiatric disabilities, (but also for children who have difficulties for other reasons).
• Reduce drug treatment of older people to promote better health and quality of life.
  Ageing brings with it changes in the metabolism of medicines, increased sensitivity to medicines and to multi-drug therapy.
  The number of medicines is the single most important risk factor for adverse events. Increased support and resources are needed to enable primary care to cope with this work.

Teeth are part of the body

Oral health is crucial for the health of the whole body, but Swedish dental care is currently significantly more expensive for the patient than medical care is. Ambition Sverige believes that dental care should, as far as possible, be covered by the same conditions as other medical care. Therefore, we want both the treatment fee and the high-cost coverage for dental care to be equalised with that of medical care.

The conditions for private dentists should be equalised with those for private doctors. Unreasonable supervision and connection fees for private dentists should therefore be abolished.

Priorities

I nuläget behöver det ske en avgränsning av de digitala “vårdapparna”. De ger en ökad tillgänglighet till vården, men dränerar också sjukvården på personal och resurser.
Private health insurance schemes risk undermining the legitimacy of the solidarity-based financing of health care. Controls are therefore needed to ensure that the public health system is not used to give preference to insured patients.

Ambition Sverige will work for:

• Streamlining and reducing the number of government agencies through mergers and the creation of a Health Services Board (HSS) with an expanded remit for the National Board of Health and Welfare. This would allow for a substantial reduction in healthcare bureaucracy both nationally and regionally.
• Radically reducing bureaucracy within the regions and increasing the autonomy and influence of healthcare units and their staff.
• Reducing unnecessary prescribing of medicines through better care programmes that do not measure quality of care based on the number of medicines dispensed for each disease.
• Bureaucrats should also take responsibility for the increased costs that new requirements bring to the organisation. The healthcare budget is not infinite. Money should be spent on what is most beneficial for patients.
• Reducing waiting lists through more resources, better coordination and increased efficiency. More beds, a care guarantee with real incentives and more patient time per doctor. Money should go directly to the activities for which it is intended, not detoured through the health administration bureaucracy.
• Taking greater national responsibility for training specialist doctors and nurses. More nurses need to be trained and nurse training should be improved.
• Regions to facilitate more private, physician-led options. Public and private care should be treated equally.
• Increasing knowledge about complex adverse drug reactions. This will help reduce misdiagnosis and unnecessary hospitalisation, especially among the elderly.
• Swedish dental care should be subject to the same fees and coverage as medical care.

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14. legal protection in care for the elderly

– Trygghet, insyn och respekt för de mest utsatta.

Dignified care for older people - with security, transparency and respect

Care for the elderly should be based on security, dignity and respect for the individual. Unfortunately, today we see how the system is flawed: crimes against the elderly are increasing, perpetrators can move between employers without control, and anyone who raises the alarm about abuses risks being silenced. This must change.

Ambition Sverige wants everyone working in elderly care to be checked against the criminal record. People convicted of violence, sexual offences or financial crime should never be able to work near our most vulnerable. We also want to introduce a national register of suspended persons, so that no one can move from employer to employer after abuse or misconduct.

In addition, older people should have the right to genuine autonomy in their care. This includes a legal right for women to request a biological female carer for intimate care - this is a fundamental issue of safety and respect.

In order to uncover abuses, employees, relatives and older people themselves must dare to raise the alarm without fear of reprisals. That is why we want to establish a national ombudsman for the elderly with strong whistleblower protection.

Finally, transparency in elderly care must be strengthened. Today, the GDPR is often used as a pretext to keep information about decisions and responsible officials secret. This is unacceptable. Sweden has a principle of public access to information and this should also apply to elderly care. All decisions concerning the individual's accommodation or care must be documented, be able to be requested and easily appealed.

Our goal is clear: care for older people where safety, responsibility and respect come first. Where perpetrators are kept at bay, where older people have real influence and where relatives and staff can raise the alarm about problems without risk. Only then can we restore dignity to elderly care in Sweden.

Care for older people where everyone understands and is understood

Safety in care is not only about staffing and resources, it is also about language, communication and transparency. No older person should feel unsafe, misunderstood or isolated because staff cannot communicate properly. And no relatives should be excluded without reason.

Currently, there are no national language requirements for elderly care. This means that people with dementia, hearing loss or other needs sometimes cannot even make themselves understood by the staff caring for them. IVO has repeatedly shown that a lack of language skills leads to errors in medication, inadequate documentation and, in the worst cases, danger to life and health.

Ambition Sverige wants to change this. We demand clear language requirements and language training for all staff in elderly care. No one should be at risk of poor treatment or loneliness because the carer does not speak Swedish.

We also want to strengthen the right to transparency for older people and their families. Decisions on accommodation, care or contact must always be clearly documented, with the responsible official and the basis for the decision. They must be subject to appeal and follow-up. The GDPR must no longer be used as a pretext to hide abuses or those responsible.

Family members should have the right to participate in care planning and assessments and should not be arbitrarily excluded. All older people and carers should also be able to turn to a national ombudsman for older people for support, queries and to report poor communication.

Dignified care for older people is based on trust. Trust requires transparency, traceability and comprehensible information. Ambition Sverige wants to create elderly care where every elderly person knows their rights, every relative has transparency and every decision is traceable and legally secure.

Our goal is clear: care for the elderly based on security, comprehensibility and full transparency, where no one is left alone and where power is always accountable to both the elderly and their families.

Care for older people with safe accommodation when needed

No elderly person should be forced to stay at home when it is no longer safe or dignified. Yet this is the reality in Sweden today: queues for specialised housing are growing, municipalities interpret rules differently and older people are pressured to stay at home with extensive home care services despite needs indicating otherwise.

IVO och Socialstyrelsen har redan varnat för konsekvenserna. Platsbristen skapar ensamhet, otrygghet och medicinska risker. Det som kallas “effektiv resursanvändning” är i själva verket en bristande respekt för människovärdet.

Ambition Sverige wants to change course. We know that more care homes need to be built and that resources need to be redirected. But we also know that dignity can be secured through clear rules and rights. No one should have to wait an unreasonably long time for a place when the need is recognised. Older people should be able to choose between specialised housing and home care, and the municipality should not be allowed to force anyone to stay at home against their will. Assistance assessments must be followed up regularly and the availability of places must be reported openly, so that relatives and the elderly have transparency and security.

If a municipality fails in its responsibilities, there must be consequences. Sanctions are not there for the sake of punishment, but to emphasise that elderly care is a statutory obligation. The state should be able to withhold parts of the state aid, demand improvement plans with strict deadlines and openly report which municipalities do not fulfil their responsibilities.

At the same time, we want to give municipalities better support. A national ombudsman for the elderly should be available as a resource and adviser to strengthen the competence of clients, provide advice on procurement, follow up on agreements with private operators, assist in the planning of new housing and collaborate with the state on targeted support or investment loans. The ombudsman for the elderly should also be a safe place for older people and their relatives to turn to for guidance, insight and support in their contact with the municipality.

Closing the gap requires long-term planning, transparency and government accountability. It won't happen overnight, but we must start now. Every year we wait is a year in which thousands of older people pay the price in loneliness and insecurity.

Our goal is clear: safe housing should not be a lottery, but a given when the need arises. Older people should never again be left alone waiting for a place that never comes.

To continue living in joy, dignity and security

Care for the elderly must never be reduced to a place of detention. It should be an environment where health, community and quality of life are at the centre. All older people in Sweden have the right to a dignified life with security in everyday life, but also with the opportunity for exercise, good food, social interaction and meaningful activities.

Today, for too long, the focus has been on the basics of coping with care, while quality of life has been neglected. Lack of exercise, poor nutrition and over-medication lead to loneliness, illness and shortened life expectancy. This is not dignified. We want to reverse this trend.

Each care home will have a Geriatric Activity and Health Developer (GAH). This new role will be responsible for ensuring that health and well-being are not a side issue but a central part of care. The GAH will lead activities, monitor nutritional status, document medication consumption and report deficiencies, in collaboration with staff and the Elderly Ombudsman. To ensure competence and independence, the function should be nationally certified and directly linked to the supervision of the Ombudsman for the Elderly.

Another crucial issue is food. Malnutrition is a hidden but serious problem in Swedish elderly care. Meals are served with low nutritional density and little adaptation to individual needs. We want to enshrine in law the right to nutritious food and the joy of eating, where every meal becomes a moment of community and quality of life.

The issue of medicines is particularly serious: today, almost a third of all elderly people are hospitalised urgently due to adverse drug reactions. Over-medication is used as a shortcut to deal with anxiety or night work, when safe staffing would have been the real solution. We want to break this culture. All pharmaceutical companies should be required to update the FASS with clear, practical instructions for tapering medication in the elderly, based on evidence and tools that already exist, such as the book Phase out. All care homes should keep digital records of medication consumption, and discrepancies should be reported to the Ombudsman for the Elderly.

The aim is simple: to reduce suffering, hospitalisations and avoidable deaths, and instead create person-centred care for older people. Quality of life is not just about surviving, it's about living.

The right to an analogue alternative

Digitalisation is advancing rapidly as governments, municipalities and businesses increasingly require everyone to be able to use apps, BankID and email. However, for many older people, this development leads to exclusion and a feeling of losing control over their own lives. When social services are only offered digitally, those who cannot or do not want to use technology become dependent on relatives for errands, finances and care. This not only creates frustration, but can also lead to isolation, financial problems and mental health problems.

At the same time, we are seeing cash disappear from everyday life, even though for many older people it is the safest and most understandable way to pay. Removing the ability to pay in cash excludes people from fully participating in society. A dignified society must offer all citizens the opportunity to participate on their own terms, and digitalisation must never become a compulsion that divides generations.

We therefore want to ensure the right to analogue alternatives. All municipalities and government agencies must offer paper forms, mailings and personal processing for those who need it. Cash should always be accepted in healthcare, care, housing and municipal fees. No elderly person should be powerless because technology has been put before people.

In addition, each municipality must develop a clear plan for how digital support and analogue alternatives are guaranteed in key public services. The Ombudsman for the Elderly will be tasked with monitoring the work of municipalities and ensuring that the right to analogue alternatives is not just symbolic words, but an actual guarantee.

Our goal is clear: to end digital exclusion, restore freedom of choice and ensure that all older people can live on their own terms, analogue, digital or a combination. No-one should be excluded from society because of the advance of technology.

Förvaltarskap och överförmyndare – från skydd till miljardindustri

The guardianship and trustee system was created to protect the most vulnerable. In practice, it has become a billion-dollar industry where the elderly and people with cognitive difficulties risk losing both self-determination and transparency in their own lives. As early as 2017, the Swedish National Audit Office concluded that the state lacks a holistic approach: no central authority, inadequate supervision, unequal legal certainty and no comprehensive statistics. Despite this, change is slow. The government is now talking about a national register of representatives, but not until 2026-2028. Our elderly and their relatives cannot wait another few years for basic legal protection.

Meanwhile, reports of abuse are growing. Relatives are excluded while professional carers take over their lives and finances; private companies make huge profits while the elderly are isolated; and lack of oversight allows embezzlement and neglect to continue.

On paper, the chain of responsibility is clear: municipalities and caseworkers initiate decisions, guardians appoint deputies, county administrative boards are responsible for supervision and private actors for implementation. In practice, however, this arrangement has been broken down by fragmentation and weak control mechanisms. Overlapping mandates lead to a lack of accountability and inadequate oversight. This has created an environment where abuses and financial irregularities can continue, which in turn has laid the foundations for a multi-billion dollar industry built on exploitation rather than protection. This is unworthy of a country that claims to uphold the rule of law and human rights.

Ambition Sverige demands that the state takes collective responsibility now. We want a national register of guardians to be introduced as a matter of urgency and used as real protection for the principal, not as another administrative shelf. The register should provide traceability, enable relatives to gain transparency, and prevent rogue actors from moving between municipalities. At the same time, oversight needs to be tightened and accountability enforced when abuses occur. The system should protect the elderly, not exploit them.

The goal is simple: to rebuild a system that is easily corrupted so that it once again protects the elderly and their families.

We demand accountability for how our elderly were treated during the pandemic - the truth must be told

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sweden failed its most vulnerable. Thousands of elderly people never received the care they were entitled to. Instead of basic medical care and life-saving interventions, palliative care was prescribed, often without a doctor even seeing the patient. Decisions were made remotely and people were deprived of their chance for treatment.

At the same time, relatives were excluded. Families were denied the chance to hold their loved ones' hands at the end of life. Many elderly people died alone, not because of the virus itself, but because the state chose to save resources at their expense. It was a violation of both our vision of humanity and basic human rights.

This must never be forgotten or silenced. We are now investigating the issue of accountability: How could an entire social system, from the National Board of Health and Welfare to the municipalities, accept guidelines that effectively denied older people their right to care? Which authorities, decision-makers and officials are responsible? And why has no one been held accountable so far?

Ambition Sverige's goal is clear: those who were deprived of their care and dignity will get their voice back through us. We demand transparency, we demand accountability and we demand that the truth comes out.

This is not just about yesterday, it is about the future. If we don't dare to talk about what happened, it risks happening again. We will come back with a review, we will ask the hard questions, we will debate, and we will never let the atrocities of the pandemic fade into silence.

Sverige måste stå upp för sina äldre – och för de principer som gör oss till en rättsstat.

Ambition Sverige will work for:

• Care for the elderly should be based on security, dignity and respect for the individual.
• That everyone working in elderly care should be checked against the criminal record.
• All staff in elderly care should speak and understand Swedish.
• Strengthening the right of both elderly people and their families to be involved in decisions related to care and housing.
• The right to safe housing should be a given when the need arises.
• Legalising the right to nutritious food and enjoyment of meals in elderly care.
• To guarantee the right to an analogue life.
• Reviewing the system of trusteeship and guardianship. The system should protect the elderly, not exploit them.
• To recognise and hold accountable the way older people were treated during the pandemic.

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15. Educate for knowledge instead of ideology

– Kompetens i stället för aktivism.

Introduction

The Swedish school system has seen an evolution from strong results historically to a decline in the 2000s. Some recovery was seen around 2015-2018, but according to PISA, new deteriorations came in 2022. Students with a native background perform better overall compared to students with a foreign background.

In 2023/2024, around 28 % of pupils who completed compulsory school (year 9) had not achieved the learning outcomes in one or more subjects. 16 %, around 19 600 pupils, had failed at least one of the core subjects Swedish, English and maths. These students are not eligible for any upper secondary school programme and are more likely than others to end up in youth unemployment or exclusion.

In the case of upper secondary education, it is estimated that approximately 40 000-50 000 pupils per cohort do not complete their upper secondary education or do not graduate. The number of truants is increasing every year. 10 000 children are truants and up to 90 000 children can be considered as having problematic school absences.

How can we improve learning in schools?

We see that the skills level of pupils coming out of primary school is too poor - and it continues to fall. Ambition Sverige believes that we need to get back to being internationally competitive as a knowledge nation. This applies to the entire chain from primary school to university and other specialised education.

The decline in student achievement is rooted in the increased political and administrative control of education at all levels in recent decades. At the same time, the role of professional teachers has been curtailed, hampering intellectual diversity. The latter is important to ensure an open, objective and comprehensive public debate that moves Sweden forward.

Education should promote free thinking - not indoctrinate

The most important tasks of schools and universities are to promote thinking, critical analysis, curiosity and the desire to learn. In concrete terms, this means that teaching and research should not be guided by politically defined goals such as green transition, equality policy, digitalisation and/or security policy. Teaching should be characterised by facts and objectivity in subjects such as science and technology, as well as in ideological, political and social issues. Pupils should be given the conditions for critical thinking in order to form their own opinions about history and the present. Universities should primarily function as places of research, free thinking and intellectual debate, not as producers of commissioned politicised knowledge. Prioritised research questions and themes should be formulated by the researchers themselves in non-political and researcher-led councils/academies. Research funding by big industry and private foundations needs to be regulated in order to avoid the academy being reduced to a knowledge supplier for special interests.

Merit and competence should guide appointments

The state's influence on the content of teaching must be limited in order to guarantee a broad and transparent transmission of knowledge. For the same reason, teacher training needs to be liberalised and new routes to the teaching profession opened up. Work experience and specialised knowledge in various fields should be considered as qualifications for the teaching profession. Society should recognise men and women, regardless of sexual orientation, as equal. People should not be labelled based on gender, skin colour or sexual orientation. Everyone should be given equal opportunities, i.e. not be discriminated against through racism or quota systems. Ambition Sverige are against anything that divides the population into groups. Politicised feminism has led to a strong gender imbalance in the entire education sector. We need more men in primary and secondary schools and at universities.

Mot en mer flexibel utbildningsskyldighet – alternativa undervisningsformer

The current system, which only regulates school attendance, risks limiting individuals' opportunities for personalised and meaningful learning. By allowing for greater variation in how knowledge is acquired, education can better meet the unique needs and circumstances of each student. This can include alternative pedagogies, home learning or digital solutions. This not only promotes learning and reduces stress, but also strengthens the right of parents to actively participate in shaping their children's education.

Experience from several European countries shows that such flexibility is compatible with high quality and safety in education, while responding to today's challenges of increasing school absenteeism and mental health problems among students.

Vi tror att det finns en övertro på digitala hjälpmedel när det gäller att inhämta baskunskaper, speciellt i de lägre årskurserna. Vi vill också se en återgång till en uppdelning i allmän och särskild kurs i ett flertal ämnen, både i grundskolan och på gymnasiet. Denna nivågruppering anser vi gynnar samtliga elever. Det ger också lärarna en bättre möjlighet att möta eleverna där de kunskapsmässigt befinner sig. Det måste vara möjligt att göra karriär inom mer praktiska och hantverksmässiga yrken – utan att det ställs samma krav på “teoretisk kompetens” som för de elever som väljer en mer akademisk inriktning.

Rural schools - a foundation for the future

We are committed to rural schools and see them as a crucial part of a vibrant countryside. Schools are not only places of learning, but also centres of community and security. That is why we want to both preserve the existing rural schools and work to expand their number. All children, regardless of where they grow up, should have access to a safe and high-quality education.

Rationalise and improve school authorities

We believe that the three largest and most influential school authorities, Skolverket, Specialpedagogiska skolmyndigheten and Skolinspektionen, should be merged into a single authority. This improvement in organisation will be the foundation on which a better Swedish school is built.

Ambition Sverige will work for:

• Education should be characterised by objectivity and enlightenment; it should be free of political activity and values.
• The state's influence over schools should be reduced. The autonomy of schools needs to be increased and teachers freed from administrative burdens. Home schooling and similar forms of education should be allowed.
• That universities should be politically independent places for free thought and intellectual debate, not suppliers of politically commissioned ideological education.
• Cherish rural schools and see them as a crucial part of a vibrant countryside.
• To counteract political correctness, broaden the corridor of opinion and let merit decide when appointing.
• That all pupils should have passed Swedish, English and maths after completing primary school.
• More men to want to work in the education sector.
• To counteract the cancel culture. Introduce guidelines for public institutions and workplaces that support diversity of opinion and protect employees from being penalized for private opinions.

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16. Pensions should be affordable

– Bättre pensioner genom egenägt pensionssparande och högre grundavdrag.

Three parts of the pension

Sweden currently has a pension system consisting of three parts: 1) State pension. This is based on your income and may in some cases be a guaranteed pension. 2) Occupational pension from work, often regulated by collective agreements. 3) Personal savings through voluntary contributions, for example private pension insurance.

Den allmänna pensionen fungerar i huvudsak som “pay-as-you-go”, vilket innebär att dagens löntagare betalar in pensionsavgifter till ett buffertsystem, som i sin tur betalar ut pension till dagens pensionärer. Löntagarnas pensionsavgift går därmed i huvudsak direkt till pensionsutbetalningarna.

The system has two main problems

The system is based on the assumption that there are always at least as many workers paying pension contributions as there are pensioners. When there are fewer contributions than payments into the public pension system, the buffer is reduced and the money will eventually run out. Swedish demographic trends show that the population is ageing faster than new children are being born. Consequently, it will be difficult to guarantee today's wage earners the pension they are entitled to.

Det innebär också att löntagaren inte äger sitt pensionskapital – förutom den lilla del som kallas för premiepensionen (PPM). Av de 18,5% som löpande betalas in i det allmänna pensionssystemet så går 2,5% till den egenägda premiepensionen. 16% går in i det som kallas “buffertfonder” och som förvaltas av de statliga AP-fonderna.

Like all government agencies, the AP funds are also affected by political decisions. One example of this is the much-discussed investment in Northvolt, which caused a total loss of around SEK 5.8 billion in 2025 - an investment that should not have been made and which reduced the pension capital by the same amount.

PPM funds have delivered better returns

During the period 2001-2024, the annual return on average PPM savings has amounted to approximately 7.4%, while the corresponding return for the AP funds has been approximately 3.4%. Even if you have not actively chosen PPM, the return in PPM funds has been about twice as high as the average return of the AP funds during the same period. Owned private pension management thus leads to higher pensions and therefore Ambition Sverige wants the national pension capital to gradually transition to being completely owned and managed like the PPM system.

Pensions will be higher and more secure with an increase in the basic allowance

Increasing pensions requires more contributions during working life, higher premiums in occupational pensions and equal conditions. Working a few years longer also makes a big difference.

The most effective way to achieve higher pensions is to increase the basic allowance. This increases the portion of income that is not taxed at all, favouring pensioners who, after a lifetime of hard work, still have a low pension.

Sweden currently has a relatively low basic allowance, with a maximum of SEK 49,000. By way of comparison, Germany has a basic deduction of EUR 11 784 (equivalent to around SEK 130 000) and Norway around NOK 88 000 (2024).

Ambition Sverige wants to increase the basic allowance to two (2) Price Base Amounts, which will be SEK 117,600 for 2025. This will make the basic deduction more comparable to the level of the subsistence minimum and will also follow the general cost trend.

Ambition Sverige also believes that married couples should be free to share their pensions between them. They have shared the various circumstances of family life between them, especially at the time of family formation when the mother has often spent a long time at home with children. It is therefore reasonable that spouses should be free to divide their pensions between them, without restrictions or obligations.

Ambition Sverige will work for:

• Transforming the public pension capital into a fully self-owned pension capital, far from being politically expedient.
• Reducing taxes on pensions by increasing the basic deduction to two price base amounts.
• Allowing spouses to freely distribute pension capital between them.
• Increasing guaranteed pensions for those with the lowest pensions.

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17. a healthy Sweden where diseases are prevented

– Alla har rätt till kroppslig integritet.

Ambition Sverige wants to shift the focus from healthcare to wellness, where ill health is prevented naturally and where the whole person's health is in focus.

Ambition Sverige wants to bring about a paradigm shift in Swedish health and healthcare policy. Our vision is a Sweden where health is seen as an asset, not a cost, and where society's primary task is to create the conditions for people to stay healthy and prevent them from becoming ill and ending up in the healthcare system.

We want to move from a reactive to a proactive system, where wellness, prevention and lifestyle awareness are at the centre. It's about building a society where people are empowered with knowledge, support and tools to take responsibility for their health in a safe, accessible and professional context.

Background/Current situation

We are seeing a sharp increase in chronic diseases in society, which is a major factor in the rising costs of healthcare.

It not only affects the quality of life and work capacity of individuals, but also places a growing burden on health care and the economy at large. Addressing this trend requires a systematic and independent mapping of the causes of the increase, analysing drug interactions/side effects, environmental factors, lifestyle and socio-economic conditions. A constructive and robust action plan is essential to develop effective preventive measures.

Another problem, according to the National Board of Health and Welfare's report published on 2 December 2024, is the sharp increase in autism, especially among girls. The number of girls diagnosed with autism has increased six-fold since 2010. In the 18-24 age group, the prevalence of autism was just under 5 % among boys (one in 20) and 4% among girls (one in 25).

Between 2019 and 2022, the proportion of children and young people diagnosed with ADHD increased by up to 50%. Among the youngest children, girls aged 5-9, the proportion diagnosed with ADHD increased by almost 45 per cent over the same period.

The share of prescribed ADHD medicines among girls aged 10-17 years and young women aged 18-24 years is increasing most rapidly. In these groups, the proportion of ADHD medicines dispensed increased by around 50 per cent from 2019-2022.

Public expenditure on pharmaceuticals amounts to over SEK 40 billion per year and the total cost of healthcare in Sweden is approaching SEK 600 billion annually, which is just over 40% of the entire state budget.

By working on preventive healthcare, these costs along with human suffering can be significantly reduced.

1. VAT on wellness - A cost we cannot afford to keep

Charging VAT on wellness is a short-term tax on what will strengthen our country in the long term. Wellness is not a luxury, it is a foundation for physical, mental and social health. When people are given the opportunity to prevent ill health through exercise, dietary advice, stress management, counselling and alternative therapies, the pressure on the healthcare system is reduced.

A healthy population is not only a human right, it is one of our most powerful economic tools. For every krona society loses in VAT revenue on wellness services, we gain many times over in terms of reduced sick leave, increased work capacity, reduced drug consumption and improved quality of life.

Healthier people work more, live longer, are more creative and more present both at home and in the workplace. Businesses benefit from lower sickness absence and healthier work teams. Society saves huge amounts of money by not having to treat preventable lifestyle-related diseases.
We see the human being. We believe in the ability of individuals to influence their health. And we want to provide the conditions to do so and not put financial obstacles in the way.

2. Doctors for the future - new knowledge for a new era

The disease landscape in Sweden has changed. Most people seeking care today are not suffering from acute infections, but from chronic, lifestyle-related illnesses. Yet our doctors are trained in a model that is largely based on treating disease with drugs, rather than understanding the whole picture. We believe this must change.

Future doctors need a solid grounding in nutrition, the importance of sleep, physical activity, stress management, lifestyle and how life situations affect physiology and disease development. It's about understanding not just what's wrong with the body but why it got that way.

Doctors do not need to become therapists, but they do need to be able to talk to, understand and interact with those working in areas such as nutrition, herbal medicine or functional medicine. This way, patients can get help earlier, more accurately and with fewer side effects.

When doctors understand the impact of lifestyle, there is also a greater respect for the patient's own power and a natural collaboration with health centres, wellness and complementary care.

It is time to update not only the healthcare system - but also its basic training.

3. Health centres - a necessary return to real health

Det fanns en tid i Sverige då vi talade om hälsovård, inte bara sjukvård. På 70- och 80-talet fanns hälsovårdscentraler som arbetade förebyggande, helhetsorienterat och nära människan. Men med tiden förändrades prioriteringarna. Ekonomiska intressen och läkemedelsindustrins inflytande började sätta agendan. “Prevention” kom att betyda förebyggande med mediciner såsom statiner, insulinreglerande läkemedel och nu senast, viktminskningspreparat som Ozempic. Men det är inte verklig prevention.

Prevention is not putting a person on lifelong medication. It is understanding the cause of ill-health and doing something about it. It is listening, supporting, guiding and empowering people to change, using diet, exercise, recovery, community and knowledge as tools.

That's why we want to take back health - not through new medicines, but by rebuilding what should never have been lost: a network of local, people-centred health services.

A vision for the future - and a promise to mankind

Municipal health centres will be the hub of a new public health movement where care doesn't start when you get sick, but long before. They combine the best of modern science and traditional medicine in a context that recognises the whole person. Physical, mental and spiritual health are not treated as separate parts, they are connected, and here they meet.

After cancer treatment, you don't just leave the hospital and hope for the best. You will be guided to the health centre where your body and mind will be rebuilt. Where you get help with nutritious food, strengthening exercises, stress management and counselling. Where you don't just survive, where you are helped to start living again.

And as much as the reception helps afterwards, it is there before. To prevent ill health from occurring at all. To break sedentary behaviour, loneliness, exhaustion and depression before they become diagnoses.

Here, qualified doctors work together with functional medicine specialists, psychologists, body therapists, nutritional counsellors, acupuncturists, herbalists and addiction therapists. It's not about quick fixes, but about real change rooted in respect for people's own healing power.

A response to the great crisis of our time: loneliness

Loneliness is not only an emotional problem, it is a life-threatening social disease. It increases the risk of depression, cardiovascular disease, dementia and premature death.

Health centres respond to this. There are not only treatments here, there is a health café, where people meet. Here people knit together, sing songs, read poems, play chess, drink herbal teas and share everyday stories. It builds community, friendship and trust. It is simple but life-changing.

It's a place where people are seen, where someone asks how you are and means it. It is preventive care in its most human form.

It is also a promise to never again leave people alone with their concerns, symptoms or grief

4. Complementary medicine becomes part of health care

As chronic diseases are on the rise and many patients feel over-medicated but under-cared for, the need for a new model is becoming increasingly apparent. Integrative medicine is a response to this, a form of care that combines conventional medical expertise with complementary approaches in multi-professional and multidisciplinary teams.

Doctors, psychologists, body therapists, nutritionists, acupuncturists and counsellors work side by side to address the whole person, not just the symptoms. The model focuses on causal treatment, prevention and self-care, providing patients with the knowledge, support and tools to regain balance in the long term.

In many European countries, integrative medicine is already a recognised and established part of healthcare. Germany, Austria and Switzerland offer licensing or certification for complementary practitioners, which creates both security and professionalisation. In Sweden, on the other hand, there is no such structure, which means that important healthcare resources are being excluded despite high demand.

For integrative medicine to get the place it deserves in Swedish healthcare, we need a) a licence or national certification for complementary professionals, b) two-way referral possibilities between healthcare and municipal health clinics, and c) research, follow-up and collaboration that build bridges - not walls.

It is not about choosing either or, but about combining the best of both worlds. A safe, professional and humane healthcare system recognises the whole person and uses all available scientific, clinical and experiential knowledge to promote health, alleviate suffering and prevent future illness.

5. Childbirth care with security and freedom of choice for all

We want to strengthen women's right to give birth on their own terms. Childbirth is one of life's most crucial events and should be characterised by safety, respect and participation.

Today, access to alternative forms of childbirth such as midwife-led birth centres or home births is severely limited - and in many cases reserved for those who can afford to pay for it themselves. We believe this creates unacceptable inequalities in care.

Our positions are a) alternative forms of childbirth should be available to all - not just those with financial resources b) midwife-led birth centres and home births should be covered by the public health care system and included in the high-cost coverage c) freedom of choice should be real - it should not be financial conditions or place of residence that determine where and how a woman can give birth, but her own needs and wishes and d) safety and quality should be guaranteed regardless of choice, with midwives who have the right skills and the ability to provide support throughout the birth.

Equitable and flexible maternity care not only means greater security for women and their families, but also a more sustainable healthcare system. When women give birth in an environment where they feel safe, the need for unnecessary medical interventions is reduced, which is both health-promoting and resource-efficient.

6. Children's health first - safe school health, parental responsibility and in-depth investigations

Children and young people are among the most vulnerable in society, yet we see a trend where their mental health is often handled carelessly, quickly and medically, rather than with care, time and holistic understanding. Ambition Sverige wants to put the long-term wellbeing of children at the centre of all school health services, while restoring the natural role of parents.

Parental transparency is crucial.

Currently, legal guardians do not have an automatic right to digitally access their children's medical records after the age of 13. This is due to practices and regional systems, as well as rules on confidentiality and consent.

This means that children can receive both treatments and diagnoses without parents knowing or being able to support, understand or question. We want to legislate that parents should have full access to their child's medical records up to the age of majority. It is not the state's child, it is the parents' responsibility to protect, guide and make crucial decisions together with their child.

Gender dysphoria requires care and time - not apps and fast-tracks.

We are concerned about the trend where young people today are encouraged to undergo rapid gender reassignment, sometimes after a cursory examination or with a simple click on an app. This is a deeply existential decision that in many cases is irreversible and has led to regret, severe side effects and increased suicide risk.

Ambition Sverige therefore wants to a) ban all forms of medical or legal gender reassignment before the age of 18, except in very specific cases; b) ensure that every decision is preceded by a comprehensive psychological examination, careful assessment and full understanding of what the treatments entail - physically, psychologically, socially and hormonally; and c) ban gender reassignment via apps or automated systems - gender identity must never be reduced to bureaucracy.

Children experiencing gender dysphoria need support, safety and a climate of open dialogue, not immediate solutions. They may have other needs: loneliness, exclusion or a desire to belong. All these issues need to be taken seriously before considering a medical route.

Stop rapid diagnostics - investigate the causes of mental health problems.

More and more children and young people are being diagnosed with ADHD, ADD, depression and anxiety - often through quick test batteries, simple checklists and a lack of in-depth conversation or analysis. This has created a situation where medication with SSRIs and stimulants has become a first measure, rather than a last resort.

We demand that a) rapid diagnostics be banned for ADHD b) all neuropsychiatric and psychiatric diagnoses be preceded by clear, comprehensive and individual assessments c) all factors behind mental health problems such as diet, sleep, screen habits, relationships, trauma and school environment be analysed before drugs are considered and d) an independent review be conducted of the links between the pharmaceutical industry and current diagnosis and prescribing practices

We suspect that many of today's diagnoses have become a way of locking children into lifelong medication, without solving the real problem. This is not acceptable.

Our vision is clear:

Children should be allowed to be fine as they are. They shouldn't be misdiagnosed, medicated or steered into life-changing decisions before they are ready to understand them. We want a student and youth health system with time, presence, dialogue and parents who are involved all the way.

7. Food is your medicine

In a country with one of the world's most advanced healthcare systems, nutritious food should be a given for everyone, especially for children, the elderly and the sick. Yet today we see a system where these groups are too often served food that is nutrient-poor, processed and in some cases directly harmful to recovery and development.

Growing children need building blocks, not just satiety. A good school meal is not only a support for learning, it is a tool for lifelong health. Similarly, we know that up to 50 % of all elderly people in hospitals and nursing homes are malnourished, according to research from Lund University and others. It is a silent but serious failure.

At the same time, the research is clear: eating habits are the biggest risk factor for years of healthy life lost in Sweden, according to the Public Health Agency of Sweden and the Institute for Health Metrics. When food is deficient, the risk of diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, depression and cognitive impairment increases.

How then can we allow healthcare, the place where people are most vulnerable, to serve an unhealthy diet?

Ambition Sverige wants to see a society where nutrition is seen as part of care, not as a cost.

We demand that a) all meals in schools, health and social care follow clear nutritional requirements, designed based on current research, not industrial conveniences b) food in health and social care is considered as part of the treatment, not as an option c) chefs and staff in public kitchens are trained in nutrition and specialised diets to meet different needs, from children with ADHD to elderly people with poor appetite.

When we invest in nutrition, we invest in people's resilience, healing and development.

When children are fed real food, they learn what their bodies need. When elderly people are fed food that tastes good, their health and dignity are enhanced. And when sick people are fed nutritious food, they recover faster, have fewer complications and need less medication.

8. Food should make us healthy - Make demands on the food industry

What we put on our plate affects everything from our immune system to our ecosystems. Yet the market is allowed to be flooded with products that are anything but food, such as ultra-processed, chemical-heavy, addictive products that do not benefit the body, the planet or the future.

Vi vet att sambandet mellan ultraprocessad mat och kroniska sjukdomar är starkt, men ändå är det denna typ av “livsmedel” som dominerar i butikernas hyllor, skolornas menyer och sjukhusens brickor. Bakom fina förpackningar döljer sig socker, farliga sockerersättningar, syntetiska tillsatser, industrioljor, färgämnen och kemikalier som tillsammans utgör en cocktail av substanser vars långtidseffekter ofta är dåligt kartlagda, men som konsumeras dagligen av barn, sjuka och äldre.

At the same time, environmental toxins such as PFAS and glyphosate are spreading in our soil, water and bodies with potential consequences for hormonal systems, fertility, neurological development and cancer. New additives, such as Bovaer in animal feed, are being allowed to be rolled out before their effects have been safely assessed, in a system where lobbying outweighs long-term health.

Ambition Sverige is calling for a complete overhaul of how food is produced, authorised and sold in Sweden. It is time for consumers to be given true information about what they are buying and the risks involved. Just as with medicines, food should be scrutinised on the basis of transparency, honesty and science.

We demand that a) all meals in schools, health and social care follow clear nutritional requirements b) food in health and social care is considered as part of the treatment, not even as an option c) a total stop is introduced for market authorisation of new chemical additives before long-term safety is scientifically established, e.g. Bovaer in animal feed d) environmental toxins such as PFAS are regulated and glyphosate is banned e) the food industry is given clear limits and responsibility - not a free pass to harm public health for short-term profit

9. Sweden to leave the WHO

Sweden's health policy should never be dictated by international bodies without democratic support. We are facing a choice: Should we as a nation retain the right to make independent decisions about our public health or should we allow supranational actors like the WHO to have influence over our health, our children, our freedom?

The WHO's new proposed international rules and pandemic treaty allow the organisation to declare health emergencies, impose lockdowns, propose vaccination programmes and direct national actions even if countries disagree. These are no longer recommendations, but binding decisions, behind closed doors and without transparency and influence from Swedish citizens.

During the pandemic, we already saw the beginning of what such a system can lead to. Lockdowns that caused mental illness, isolation and economic collapse. Vaccination passports that divided the population into authorised and unauthorised. Medical procedures imposed without adequate information or research. Censorship of critical voices and experts who wanted to add nuance to the picture.

We are now seeing how the WHO's new framework risks being institutionalised with digital health passports, global crisis management and centralised powers, where nations are reduced to implementers of decisions they have not made themselves. This is contrary to the Swedish constitution, personal integrity and medical ethics.

Sweden should be a free and independent country, where every health decision is based on respect for human rights.

In a free society, it is the right of individuals to make their own decisions about their health. It is not for the WHO to decide what is best for Swedish citizens.

10. An independent investigation into the mRNA injections and pandemic management

For the truth. For the future. For human dignity.

During the pandemic, decisions were taken in a crisis situation, but this does not excuse the abandonment of fundamental ethical and scientific principles. New technologies, such as the mRNA injections, were authorised under emergency procedures despite the lack of long-term testing. In practice, the population was used as a test group in a massive medical experiment.

It happened without people giving informed consent, at a time when scientific debate was censored and with flawed safety protocols, unclear risk analyses and suspected carelessness at the manufacturing stage.

This must not be swept under the carpet. Ambition Sverige demands a fully independent and public investigation where the truth is revealed without political or industrial influence. In particular, we want to scrutinise a) the content and manufacturing process of mRNA technology b) how side effects and deaths have been reported and handled c) the role of PCR tests and abuses that have guided decision-making and d) communication and misleading information by the authorities.

We must never forget that human bodies are not for sale. We must never allow political, economic, medical or technocratic experiments on living people.

We defend bodily integrity, medical autonomy and the right to say no without being penalised.

11. Informed consent - a pillar of a free society

In a democratic and dignified society, it is always the individual who has the final say over their own body. The principle of informed consent is not only an ethical guideline, it is a fundamental human rights requirement, as described in the 1947 Nuremberg Code. No person should ever have to undergo a medical treatment without first having access to full, comprehensible and truthful information about the risks, benefits and alternatives.

During the pandemic, we saw how this principle was eroded. People were directly or indirectly pressured to participate in medical programmes without the possibility to make real, independent decisions.

Ambition Sverige calls for informed consent to be strengthened in law.

This means that a) every individual should have the right to full transparency about medical interventions, including new technologies such as mRNA or other gene-based treatments b) it should always be clear whether a treatment is emergency authorised, experimental or lacks long-term data c) children, elderly and dependent persons should never be exploited through misleading or emotional pressure d) it should not be possible to circumvent consent through societal pressure, economic sanctions or social discrimination.

We stand for care where people are respected as thinking individuals, not as obedient recipients of ready-made decisions.

12. Authorities should be free from industry influence

Public health out of the hands of industry - for the good of the people, not the market

In a society that cares about the health of its citizens, trust in our authorities must be unshakeable. But this trust is deeply flawed.

Today we see how the Public Health Agency of Sweden and the Swedish Medical Products Agency, two of our most central institutions for health and safety, are at risk of losing their credibility, because the system they operate within has allowed industry decisions to take centre stage.

Decision-makers and advisors often have links to the pharmaceutical industry, both through past appointments and indirect financial interests. Research is funded by companies that also profit from its results. Government agencies run information campaigns sponsored by the same companies whose products they are charged with scrutinising. And perhaps most worryingly, critical voices of scientists, doctors, patients are silenced and character assassinated and not invited to dialogue. What happens to science then? With trust?

We believe this is unacceptable in a democracy. Health must never be for sale. Truth must never be dependent on sponsors.

We therefore call for a) a total removal of conflicts of interest in advisory functions. No one making decisions on public health should have financial interests in pharmaceutical companies or the biotech industry b) full transparency on funding. All research and education that affects Swedish healthcare or policy must disclose its funders openly, traceably and in real time c) a return to objectivity, integrity and transparency, where research is free. Where the conversation is open. Where human health is put before market profit

13. freedom of expression and not censorship in science, medicine and public health

Public health policy must be based on transparency, integrity and scientific honesty. But today, these basic principles are threatened by growing dependencies between governments, researchers and commercial interests. When public health is shaped behind closed doors and when criticism is censored rather than addressed, public trust is lost. Without trust, there is no public health.

This is not an exaggeration. Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of the prestigious medical journal The Lancet, has himself warned that up to 50 % of all published research may be inaccurate, distorted or directly manipulated, often as a result of pharmaceutical industry influence. When profit interests control what can be researched, what results can be published and who is silenced, science has lost its independence and value.

At the same time, we have seen in recent years how crucial decisions on human health have been taken without transparency, how risk analyses have been withheld, and how critical voices have been excluded from the debate. Science requires open scrutiny, not a culture of silence. Health policy must be based on the people's right to know, not on the right of corporations to rule.

Ambition Sverige calls for a) full transparency of all government decisions, expert opinions and scientific bases for public health policy b) an independent review of research funding and potential bias c) a clear ban on censorship of legitimate scientific perspectives d) that all research affecting human health should be free to scrutinise - and free from industry influence.

When people's bodies are at stake, we must never compromise the truth. A truly democratic public health policy is open, honest and always on the side of the people, not the market.

14. 5G and WiFi radiation should be scrutinised

Ambition Sverige sees digital infrastructure as an important resource, but believes that technology development must take into account both health and the environment. Research on electromagnetic radiation shows signs of risks and gaps in knowledge, particularly with regard to long-term exposure, non-thermal effects and sensitive groups such as children and pregnant women. Current guidelines and limit values are largely based on older research and do not fully take into account the criticisms and studies that have emerged in recent years.

We therefore call for an independent review of research on 5G and WiFi and a revision of current guidelines. The deployment and use of new technologies should follow the precautionary principle and safety margins need to be strengthened to protect people and the environment.

Ambition Sverige will work towards:

• Shifting the focus from healthcare to wellness where ill health is naturally prevented and the focus is on the health of the whole person
• Launching a public health reform to counter the trend of increasing chronic morbidity in the population
• Removing VAT on health care
• Launching programmes at universities and colleges on the prevention of ill health by promoting natural health and healing
• Promoting the return of health centres
• Including complementary medicine as part of health care
• Promoting alternative maternity care
• Putting children's health at the centre - Safe school health, parental responsibility with access to children's records and in-depth investigations
• Ensuring food is nutritious in health, education, care and retail settings
• That authorities work to ensure that environmental toxins such as PFAS, Glyphosate, etc. are greatly reduced and that substances such as Bovaer are not allowed in animal feed
• Sweden leaving the WHO, whose mandate invites abuse of power. The WHO can give advice, but should not have power over Sweden and/or its citizens
• Sweden to urgently conduct an investigation into the pandemic management including risks and side effects of mRNA technology
• Strengthening the principle of informed consent in legislation - especially when using new or experimental medical technologies (Nuremberg Code)
• Authorities should be free from industry influence
• Protecting freedom of expression in science, medicine and public health
• Conduct an independent review of 5G and WiFi radiation and review guidelines based on new research and criticism

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