http://www.tv4.se/partitest/tv4/questions.asp
While I’m not Swedish myself (I’m a Finn), I nevertheless found this very interesting. While it’s not information you’ll need on daily basis, it’ll still provide one a new perspective. Since most everyone here would have severe difficulties using this, here’s a translation of questions. (Not my doing, mind. Found here.) The right column from top to bottom: Completely Agree, Partially Agree, Don’t Know, Partially Disagree, Completely Disagree; Left Column from top to bottom: Not Important At All, Not Important, Important, Very Important.
Q1: Society should give families economic support towards the childcare of their choice after the child reaches the age of 1. Parents who stay home with their children should also recieve such support.
Q2: There needs to be more than two dedicated “father months” in the parental insurance scheme. (System that provides support for parents to stay at home with young children, currently one month together plus a freely allocated year - Trans. Rem.)
Q3: Grades should be given earlier and more frequently than today. (From grade seven/eight currently - Trans. Rem.)
Q4: There need to be more “Free Schools”. (Free Schools are privately run but state-funded schools - Trans. Rem.)
Q5: The tax on Petrol should be raised for environmental reasons.
Q6: Mink Farms should be forbidden.
Q7: Sweden should join the EMU.
Q8: Sweden should join NATO.
Q9: Sweden should hold referendums more often on important issues. (Five total in the twentieth century… - Trans. Rem.)
Q10: Working time should be cut by shortening the working day.
Q11: The right to a year off work with state support should be given to everybody.
Q12: The negative sides of globalisation can be fought with a Tobin Tax. (Small tax levied on international capital transactions - Trans. Rem.)
Q13: Small buisness employers should be able to exempt two people from the prescribed order during lay-offs. (Sweden has laws stating that the last hired person should be the first to go during a lay-off - Trans. Rem.)
Q14: Real Estate Tax should be eliminated.
Q15: Net Wealth Tax should be eliminated. (Tax directly levied on capital wealth over a certain value - Trans. Rem.)
Q16: The State should give more subsidies to housing development.
Q17: The tax on househols services (cleaning, etc.) should be lowered.
Q18: Progressive Taxation should be limited to 50%.
Q19: Patients should be able to pick doctors themselves, even when recieving specialist care.
Q20: Employers should take greater responsibility for sick leave.
Q21: Emergency hospitals should be able to be owned privately and aim for profit.
Q22: Work Valuation done by an independant party is a good method for evening out the wage differences between men and women.
Q23: The Monarchy should be eliminated.
Q24: There need to be more police officers.
Q25: The Tax Preassure in Sweden should be decreased.
Q26: Homosexual couples should be assessed as potential adoptive parents using the same criteria as other couples.
Q27: Wine and Beer should be sold in normal food stores. (Currently in special state-run stores - Trans. Rem.)
Q28: Better corporate conditions is the best way to lower unemployment.
Q29: More jobs in the state-run services sector is the best way to lower unemployment.
Q30: Sweden should have more generous rules for refugees seeking asylum in Sweden.
Also, some notes on Swedish parties. (Again, not mine.)
Centern: Traditional Farmers’ Party who for many years was left-of-middle before switching over in its glory days in the seventies to become Sweden’s biggest right-wing party. Now down to 6% of the votes. Quite soft liberal (european liberal, that is) views, with a strong regionalist slant. European Parliament Group: ELDR
Folkpartiet: Sweden’s oldest still active party, Classical Liberal, used to be Social Liberal but have moved to the right in recent years. Now down to 5% of the votes, because they’re too similar to the Moderates. European Parliament Group: ELDR
Kristdemokraterna: Relatively new party (30 years) who only entered the Parliament two elections ago. Model themselves on the small number of Protestant Christian Democratic parties in europe. 10% of the vote. Extremely soft-issue social conservatives. European Parliament Group: EPP
Miljöpartiet: The other newish party, also only been in the parliament for a few terms. Traditional Green politics, ie. Environmentalist and then hotch-potch mix ‘n’ match for the rest. Not as radical as most Green Parties are. 4% of the votes, close to falling out of Parliament. European Parliament Group: Greens
Moderaterna: Sweden’s second oldest party, used to be The Right Party until the sixties. Now pragmatic neo-liberal fiscal conservatives with a strong hard-issue bent. 20% of the votes. European Parliament Group: EPP
Socialdemokraterna: Sweden’s biggest party since the thirties and for the vast majority of time its ruling party, the Social Democrats are now increasingly third-way. Upwards of 40% of the votes. European Parliament Group: PSE
Vänsterpartiet: Traditionally a left-wing socialist party that got a bit lost politically between 1924 and 1990 when they were Communists. Now a feminist-socialist (populist?) left-wing party with 12% of the votes. European Parliament Group: GUE-NGL
And lastly, my results:
72% Folkpartiet
70% Moderaterna
70% Kristdemokraterna
66% Socialdemokraterna
58% Centern
46% Miljöpartiet
32% Vänsterpartiet