Swedish Government decides not to call extraordinary election

Prime Minister Stefan Löfven announced at a press conference on 27 December that the Government will not call an extraordinary election. This announcement comes against the backdrop of an agreement reached by the Social Democratic Party, the Moderate Party, the Green Party, the Centre Party, the Liberal Party and the Christian Democrats. The current Government, which is led by Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, will remain in office.

 

The agreement covers the following points:

         The candidate for prime minister who gathers support from the constellation of parties that is larger than all other conceivable governing constellations will be allowed to take office.

         A minority government will be able to have its budget passed.

         Separate votes on parts of the budget will not be allowed.

         The agreement identifies three political areas for cooperation and dialogue: defence and security policy, the pension system and energy.

 

The agreement, which is valid until 2022, will be applied for the first time in connection with the Spring Fiscal Policy Bill that the Government will present in April 2015.

 

The agreement between the six parties has been published on the parties’ websites.

Planned extraordinary parliamentary elections in Sweden, 22 March 2015

After the Government failed to pass the budget in Parliament, the Prime Minister, Stefan Löfven, has announced that the Government plans to hold an extra election on March 22, 2015.  Extra elections will be carried out in the same way as the general elections but with a shorter time-frame.  Voting abroad can begin at the earliest on the 20th day before the scheduled election, which falls on March 2, 2015. More concrete and practical information regarding voting at the Consulate will follow when an official decision has been made on the election date by the Government.

We are happy to announce that the Mobile Passport Station will visit the Consulate in Kirkland on May 4-7th 2015

The station enables Swedish citizens to apply for passports at a number of Swedish Consulates, however the number of applications is limited so make sure to book an appointment well in advance.To book an appointment at the Consulate in Kirkland we need you to complete the bullet points below for each individual applicant and paste them into an email addressed to seattle@consulateofsweden.org.
First name (tilltalsnamn och förnamn):
Middle name
(om två efternamn):
Last name:
Swedish person number/coordination number:
Address:
Phone number:
E-mail:
State preferred date of appointment
(May 4-7th 2015):
State preferred time of appointment
(AM /PM):
Please specify if the applicant have a visa, green card or dual citizenship and if this is a first time passport:
We will do our best to make this as convenient as possible for all applicants but please keep in mind that you are not booked until you receive a confirmation email from us that confirms your appointment. Note that this email is not an automatic reply – it will be sent to you as soon as we are setting up the schedule for all appointments.

Click on HERE to read what you need to bring in order to renew your passport or make a first time passport. The cost of the passport and the fees that applies can be found right HERE.