Sweden

Population Statistics

9,801,616

Total Population

1,470,242

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

15 December 2008

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Kingdom of Sweden (1991, last amended 2012)

Updated: June 2015

Instrument of Government, chapter 3, article 4 states:

Every Swedish citizen who is currently domiciled within the Realm or who has ever been domiciled within the Realm, and who has reached the age of eighteen, is entitled to vote in an election to the Riksdag.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Kingdom of Sweden (1991, last amended 2012)